Movies
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Depp's 'Sweeney Todd' will do you inDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Blood spurts and flows while Johnny Depp sings in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." And that's how it should be for what is unquestionably the greatest s...
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'Book of Secrets' can't keep lid on bad acting, outrageous plotDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - When we last left off with treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) he was on an action-packed quest around the globe to find treasure and save the world. ...
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'Walk Hard' plays the rock biopic for laughs -- detox and allDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Although it tells the tale of a fictional singing star, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" doesn't just lampoon movie biographies of iconic musicians. It punctures the pre...
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Jackson to produce 'The Hobbit,' prequel to 'The Lord of the Rings'
Dec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the...
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There but for the 'Grace' of big screen goes this fifth-graderDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - When Gracie Bednarczyk disappeared from her school in River Grove for a long period of time, some classmates might have thought she moved away. Only Gracie's closest fri...
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Simpsons to slasher can stuff those stockingsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Christmas is a week away, and the movie studios are releasing a slew of stocking-stuffers today. Let's get to it: "The Simpsons Movie" -- Like many "Simpsons" fans, I wa...
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$76 million for the last human on earth
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'Potter' gift set offers lots of goodiesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," was released in November 2001 and had worldwide box-office earnings of almost $1 billion. The story...
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'No Country' earns critics' top honorsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - "No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, won big Thursday when the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Awards were announced on WGN-T...
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Cusack a marvel in powerful 'Grace'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • If veteran actors ever qualify for one of those "breakthrough performance" awards given by various critics organizations, John Cusack would easily win one for his role...