Movies
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'Eagle Eye' more eye candy than substanceSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "Eagle Eye" -- a cyberspace thriller with Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan bedeviled by cellphones and pursued by super-cops -- is just too fast for its own good. Dire...
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Soldier buddy movie 'Lucky Ones' loses its waySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Either "The Lucky Ones" is an Iraq war drama masquerading as a buddy road movie, or a buddy road movie masquerading as an Iraq war drama. Either way, its heart and inten...
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Coming soon: 'Hari Puttar'
Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - MUMBAI, India -- Move over Harry Potter. Make way for Hari Puttar. "Hari Puttar" is set to hit cinema screens this week after an Indian court rejected a Warner Bros. law...
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'Lakeview Terrace' rules box office with $15.6 million
Sep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Movie-goers welcomed Samuel L. Jackson to the neighborhood, lifting his thriller "Lakeview Terrace" to the top spot at the weekend box office with $15.6 m...
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Is the rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?
Sep 19, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - It is an elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability. Yet die-hard fan Alex Webb is convinc...
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'Igor' scares up smart, funny taleSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "Igor" is an animated feature that keeps alive the old screwball tradition of the American comedy. This horror movie parody is about a mad scientist's assistant named Ig...
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New DVD releasesSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "Made of Honor" Tom Bailey (Patrick Dempsey) and Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) first met in college and have become best friends. While Hannah is on a business trip to Scot...
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On screen this weekendSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - "Towelhead" This edgy, coming-of-age drama, directed by "American Beauty" writer Alan Ball, sports a perfectly pitched performance by Peter Macdissi as a materialistic C...
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'Outsider' status helps Ball create complicated filmsSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Being gay has its obvious political and social drawbacks in mainstream America, but for telling "straight" stories on film, it can be a huge asset. Ask Alan Ball, the un...
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Spirited 'Ghost' a delightfully spooky comedySep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Wit, feeling and verbal style are often in short supply in modern Hollywood romantic comedies, especially since Woody Allen fled for England and Europe. But that's not s...