Movies
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Kick this 'Bucket'Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Bucket List" might as well be a McDonald's Happy Meal. We already know the contents before we buy it. We already know what it's going to taste like. The familiarity...
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Good questions, bad comments fill my e-mailJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Time to hit the e-mail basket and see what Daily Herald readers want to say about the movies: Dear Dann: Can you please enlighten me on something? Why is it that the Am...
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Grant's film charm enduresJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Cary Grant was a terrific actor who was named by the American Film Institute as the second "Greatest Male Star of all time," behind Humphrey Bogart. He was one of the mo...
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Crackerjack ensemble gives 'First Sunday' a boostJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - "First Sunday" is a broad, funny populist comedy with a seemingly unsavory subject. It's about two hapless Baltimore criminals -- a kind of Laurel and Hardy of street cr...
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Clever 'Pirates' spins tale for kids, adults alikeJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie" is a crazy movie for sure, but crazy like the intelligent nonsense of Monty Python crammed with film-geek refere...
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Writers' strike lead to cancellation of Golden GlobesJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was canceled Monday when NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association couldn't reach an agreement on how to deal with the writers' st...
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'No Country' named best film in Critics ChoiceJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "No Country for Old Men," a gritty drama about a killer who cuts a path of destruction across Texas, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards Mond...
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Local Iranians hope 'Persepolis' will open eyes about their homelandJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - On Mooness Talebnia's first day at Palatine's Fremd High School in 1989, her classmates couldn't believe she'd just moved to the U.S. from Iran. Talebnia dressed just li...
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Writers OK separate deal with United ArtistsJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- United Artists, the film company backed by actor Tom Cruise and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., said Monday it has reached a deal enabling striking Hollywood sc...
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DVD extras make top-shelf 'Zodiac' a killerJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - "Zodiac" (two-disc director's cut) -- With "Zodiac," David Fincher leaps from talented showoff to accomplished filmmaker. This based-on-fact movie -- a stunning mixt...