Movies
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Hollywood feeling pinch amid economic worries
Oct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - When Paul Hodges lost his job as a newspaper librarian this summer, he cut back on junk food, canceled his Netflix subscription, went back to his old DVDs ...
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Crime clichés shoot down 'Pride and Glory'Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - "Anything that makes cops look culpable is bad!" groans Chief of Detectives Francis Tierney, Sr. Does that mean any movie that makes cops look bad is culpable? "Pride an...
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Graduation doesn't look like the end for 'High School Musical 3'
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High School Musical 101Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The heartthrobs of East High School return to sing, dance and fill out their college apps when "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" opens in theaters just after midnight...
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DVD shows that 'Hulk' could have been incredibleOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Incredible Hulk" (three-disc special edition): "The Incredible Hulk," based on the Marvel Comics superhero, is a solid slice of pop entertainment that's as big,...
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The Wright choice for Powell in 'W'Oct 20, 2008 11:00 pm - If he doesn't watch it, actor Jeffrey Wright could become typecast as Hollywood's resident good guy. In two movies, Oliver Stone's current political biopic "W." and Marc...
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Former NU hoops player stars in own filmOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The jump shots looked the same. So did the drives to the basket. It's been nearly 15 years since Maureen Holohan and I were teammates at Northwestern, but her game looke...
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Plenty of challenges going from screen to stageOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's do a price check. The 20th anniversary DVD edition of the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing" has a list price of $14.98 (or $9.49 if you buy now from Amazon.com). "Dirty D...
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'Secret Life of Bees' not typical HollywoodOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This sanitized 1964-set drama centers around three fascinating, educated, cultured black women running their own honey business during the Civil Rights movement in South...
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Marsden not your typical leading man