Movies
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Peter Jackson unveils 'District 9' at Comic-Con
Jul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- As director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and producer of the forthcoming "Hobbit" films, Peter Jackson was given a hero's welcome Friday when he made...
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'Criterion' an amazing study of Apollo missionsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - "For All Mankind: Criterion Collection" With all the excitement surrounding the 40th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon comes this terrific documentary of th...
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Guinea pig action flick 'G-Force' deserves an FJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The hits just keep getting dumber. Walt Disney's partially computer-animated "G-Force," created by action-film mogul Jerry Bruckheimer's production company, barely quali...
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James Cameron wows Comic Con with 3-D 'Avatar'Jul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- James Cameron originally wrote "Avatar" as a way to challenge the special-effects firm Digital Domain, where he served as chief executive. But it took techn...
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10 dog tales totally worth your timeJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Just in time for the dog days of summer, 10 of the better canine movies ever made. (Sorry, no Benjis, Cujos or Scooby-Doos allowed. We have standards.) By the way, if yo...
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Botched 'Orphan' adopts shoddy scare tacticsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - "Orphan" wastes no time in letting us know that we're in the hands of filmmakers who lack the skills and imagination to mount a well-constructed horror tale. Near the be...
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Gaiman's animated 'Coraline' a visual triumphJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - "Coraline" (two-disc special edition) - Wow, who knew that buttons - yes, just plain old buttons - could be so creepy? Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman, that's who. Seli...
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Attractive cast can't save romantic 'Ugly Truth'Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The ugly truth about "The Ugly Truth" is that this romantic comedy takes two popular actors and a clever, gimmicky idea - a chauvinistic TV commentator and a control-fre...
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Police seize 'La Dolce Vita' cafe for Mafia ties
Jul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - ROME -- Italian authorities on Wednesday seized about $284 million in assets and businesses owned by the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, including the Cafe de Paris of "La ...
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'Potter' conjures up $159.7 million in 5 days
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth installment, "Harry Potter ...