Movies
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'What Just Happened' talent-laden but inertOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Top-notch talent both behind and in front of the camera can't save "What Just Happened," a surprisingly inert dark comedy about two weeks in the life of a Hollywood prod...
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Wahlberg's vengeful cop Max truly 'Payne'-fulOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Wahlberg deserves better than "Max Payne," and so do we. This dour but visually gaudy neo-noir thriller, adapted from the popular video game, stars Wahlberg as veng...
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Indiana Jones' latest adventure still delivers action, effectsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" It's been 19 years since the last Indiana Jones film, and this one delivers. It has all the action and adventur...
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Star Trek director: I was a Star Wars guy
Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie. The director and producer of the new "Star Trek" film, due in 2009, said he was always more of a "Star Wars" guy. "All my smart...
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'Sex Drive' coasts on cheap laughsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In the mood for a raunchy, gross-out road comedy about sex-crazed nerds and nervous virgins on the loose? Or a movie that tries to make amends for its dumb-but-calculate...
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Bush-league: 'W.' a provocative, premature presidential dramaOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In one of its sillier sports metaphors, Oliver Stone's "W." casts George W. Bush as a star baseball player performing to the roaring approval of an invisible stadium cro...
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Who's leading the Oscar race?Oct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It happens pretty much every year, usually right about now: Hollywood insiders grumble that they haven't seen any Oscar-worthy movies yet and fret that there might not b...
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Inspiration for 'Casino' dies at 79
Oct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal -- sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" -- died Monday. ...
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New on DVD: 'Chaplin,' 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'Oct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (two-disc special edition) - Tell me, how can a movie that includes a nuclear explosion, interdimensional aliens...
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'Chihuahua' fetches $17.5 million to win another weekend
Oct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- An adorable talking dog remained just the sort of escapist movie hero audiences wanted after a week of awful economic news. Disney's family comedy "Beverl...