Movies
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New this week: 'Never Back Down,' 'Harold and Kumar,' 'Shine a Light'Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - These DVDs were released this week. "Never Back Down" Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) is a tough kid who has moved with his family from Iowa to Orlando. He enters high school, a...
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Costner's comic 'Swing Vote' a lesson in citizenshipJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - "Swing Vote" never quite achieves the high level of convincing schmaltz of a Frank Capra classic - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" becomes the obvious example - but in th...
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'Tomb' should be a fitting finale for the 'Mummy' moviesJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - At the most ludicrous point in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," an abominable snowman protects the heroes from villainous Chinese soldiers on a snowy mountain to...
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'American Mall' movie premiere in Hoffman EstatesJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Can a feature-length music video translate to back-to-school sales? Sears is banking on it. The Hoffman Estates-based retail giant has teamed with MTV to launch the new ...
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Alicia Keys, Jack White team up for latest 007 theme
Jul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- It's a double-O duet. Alicia Keys and Jack White have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace," producers said Wednesday. The R...
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Hype, excitement building for 'Twilight' finale 'Breaking Dawn'Jul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Shortly after the clock strikes midnight on Saturday, you just might hear squeals of delight echoing from all corners of the suburbs. The reason: The final "Twilight" bo...
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'Baghead' worth baggingJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Bag this "Baghead" The Duplass brothers, those indie filmmaking guys who gave us the ultra-low-budget "The Puffy Chair," return with a would-be comic horror tale about f...
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Hasbro rolls the dice on board game moviesJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The 1985 movie "Clue" was a box-office flop, and critics said the characters were as flat as the Parker Brothers board game that inspired it. Nevertheless, Hasbro Inc., ...
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'High and Low' gets top-shelf DVD treatmentJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - "High and Low" (The Criterion Collection) - Akira Kurosawa's hypnotic, haunting 1963 crime thriller gets a fantastic new presentation in this two-disc set from Criterion...
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New book gives Doris her dayJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - David Kaufman comes right to the point at the start of his life of Doris Day: "Day has been largely and unfairly neglected by cultural arbiters." Day's career is not som...