Movies
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'Hangover' takes No. 1 box-office spot over 'Up'
Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- It turns out Hollywood's weekend hangover was bigger than expected. The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" drew larger audiences than earlier projected to...
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Outdoor movie screens still in McHenry and West ChicagoJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Looks like the world's first drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, called it right, way back in the '70s: "The drive-in will never die!" Despite being on the endangered...
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Quietly moving 'O'Horten' at Music BoxJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A quietly moving story about quietly moving on. Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer's art house offering "O'Horten" is less interested in plot than in the moody visuals surro...
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'Hangover' comically blunt but hilariousJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Before we get to "The Hangover," we should ask the first and most important question of comedy: Did you laugh? Yes, I did. And my derriere is still running around the Ri...
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Revamped 'Land of the Lost' not fit for kids - or adults acting like themJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I'd say "Land of the Lost" is a sketchy, embarrassingly disjointed, monster-packed movie that sniggling junior high students would make, but that would be insulting to s...
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DiCaprio, Winslet shine in stunning 'Road'Jun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - "Revolutionary Road" - Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet atone for their "Titanic" sins with this powerful (if bleak) drama about the unraveling of a marriage. DiCa...
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'Ruins' no 'Greek Wedding' for suddenly hot NiaJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - "My Life in Ruins" tries oh-so-hard to replicate the magic that made Nia Vardalos' sleeper "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" such a popular smash. That 2002 box office bolt of ...
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'Twilight' takes a bite out of MTV Movie Awards
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Pixar goes 'Up' with $68.2 million debut weekend
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3 more movies you shouldn't missMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Departures' If there is such a thing as cheap sentiment, Tojiro Takita's "Departures" must be the expensive kind. This pensive, eloquent drama centers around Daigo (Mas...