Movies
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'Bank Job' can't balance tense action with fun caperMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Inspired by the true story of a 1971 London bank heist that goes terribly wrong, "The Bank Job" has it all: corruption, sex scandals, political intrigue, murder. Despite...
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Three to seeMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Band's Visit" This gentle culture-clash comedy won eight Israeli Film Academy Awards. When an Egyptian police band gets lost on the way to inaugurate an Arab Cultu...
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'Witch Mountain' becomes action thrillerMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Ciaran Hinds and Alexander Ludwig have joined the cast of "Race to Witch Mountain," Disney's reimagining of its 1975 adventure movie "Escape to Witch Mountain." Andy Fic...
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Silly 'B.C.' offers 10,000 reasons to avoid this filmMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The sheer lunacy of "10,000 B.C." -- the audacious scope of its spectacular awfulness -- gives it a peculiar fascination akin to witnessing a cinematic head-on collision...
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Actor Patrick Swayze battling cancerMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, published reports say Wednesday. Swayze, 55, was diagnosed with cancer more than a month ago, th...
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New film uses 40th anniversary of 1968 convention to spur today's youthMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A television reporter looks into the camera and speaks about a popular new children's game. We see a group of kids playing as he speaks. The rules are simple: Half of th...
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Steve-O arrested on suspicion of narcotics possession, vandalism
Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Steve-O of "Jackass" fame was arrested for investigation of vandalism and possession of a controlled substance at his Hollywood home. Police arrested the ...
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Penn skillfully creates rewarding 'Into the Wild'Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "Into the Wild" (two-disc collector's edition) -- If there's any doubt that Sean Penn has the chops necessary to be a major film director, "Into the Wild" should put...
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New DVD releasesFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - These DVDs were released this week: "Beowulf" Robert Zemeckis uses the same technology he used in "Polar Express" to tell the legend of the mythical hero from an eighth-...
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No passion in 'Other Boleyn Girl'Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - In the hands of British television director Justin Chadwick, "The Other Boleyn Girl" feels like a poshly budgeted Masterpiece Theatre version of a grand Hollywood histor...