Movies
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Smith's 'Hancock' bounds to $66 million opening weekend
Jul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" -- the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum -- le...
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Local comic drama 'Diminished Capacity' short on comedy, dramaJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity" possesses an innate sweetness, almost an innocence, that, coupled with a robust appreciation for Chicago and the Cubs, should make i...
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New on DVDJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - "Vantage Point" This action thriller that turns into a mystery builds on an attempted assassination of the president (William Hurt). The story is then told from the poin...
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Non-fiction films hit the skidsJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - It was only a few years ago that everyone was proclaiming the box-office triumph of nonfiction films. "Winged Migration," a movie about birds in flight, grossed over $11...
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No joke: Ledger's Batman villain has Oscar shot
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'Hancock' cast can't rescue story of seedy superheroJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Did the moviemakers behind Will Smith's new picture "Hancock" have any premonitions of disaster when they included a train wreck as one of their big visual gags? Probabl...
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Candyland: The MovieJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The 1985 movie "Clue" was a box-office flop. Critics said the characters were as flat as the Parker Brothers board game that inspired the film. Nevertheless, Hasbro Inc....
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As a comedy, 'Drillbit' not quite sharp enoughJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - "Drillbit Taylor" (extended survival edition) - One of my favorite movies ever is "My Bodyguard," the 1980 flick about a henpecked kid who hires a hulking older stud...
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New DVD set shows the magic of Maxwell StreetJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Bob Kopka will never forget the chant he heard each weekend from outside his father's shoe store. "Socks! Socks for a bargain!" It was the call of a Maxwell Street merch...
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Angelina is good; robots are better