Movies
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'Runaways' features familiar rock band refrainMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - "The Runaways" tells that oh-so-familiar tale of a promising, cutting-edge rock band created in a messy birth of ego and opportunism before hitting the heights of fame a...
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Hey! Look! It's Aniston and Butler in 'The Bounty Hunter'Mar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - In Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez memorably created romantic sparks while huddled in the trunk of a car. By contrast, the action-l...
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Organ-ized crime: 'Repo Men' a gory sci-fi thrillerMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - "Repo Men" is a horrifically violent and gory science-fiction action thriller surfing on an allegorical wave of American political Zeitgeist. It wants to grab us by our...
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Sweet 'Wimpy Kid' comically captures middle-school angstMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - From the very beginning, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" kept reminding me of some other motion picture. I couldn't pin it down right away. Then, it came to me: "A Christmas Stor...
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MGM studio relives past as binding offers are dueMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is dialing back to its past as it prepares to be sold yet again and is stressing the value of its film archive as a major asset. ...
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'Alice' sparks debate over quick DVD releasesMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Disney's plan to quickly release the blockbuster "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD is heating up a debate between Hollywood studios and movie theaters over how q...
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'Alice' extends her stay atop box office gross with $62 millionMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Alice is still ruling the movie palace. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, accord...
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Authorities: No illegal drugs found in Haim caseMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigati...
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'Rambo'-like 'Green Zone' just revisionist history of Iraq conflictMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Matt Damon's muscular and fast-moving action film "The Green Zone" may be marketed as an Iraq war thriller, but it's really a classic example of revisionistic wish fulfi...
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Cast delivers in weak rom com 'League'Mar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Here's a breezy summer sex comedy that somehow jumped the gates and wound up as a spring break release. Jim Field Smith's "She's Out of My League" is like a vintage Judd...