Movies
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Sound jazzes up 'Singer,' movie industryOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - In 1927, Warner Brothers Studios took a huge gamble by adding sound to its film "The Jazz Singer." The public was used to seeing silent films, and the introduction of so...
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Branagh's 'Sleuth' makes viewers feel a little connedOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Six reviews. No waiting. • In "Sleuth," Kenneth Branagh's remake of the 1972 thriller with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, the icy set decor and antiseptic productio...
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'Hellraiser' the latest to get remadeOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Following the recent success of the "Halloween" remake, Dimension is moving ahead on reinventing "Hellraiser," setting Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo to write and d...
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Mistakes suck '30 Days' dryOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - TV ads claim "30 Days of Night" presents "a new vision of the vampire." Well, yes. Technically, these exact vampires have never been seen on the screen, although they ma...
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Gosling falls in love with a doll -- a real dollOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Gosling, who won acclaim for his breakthrough performance as a drug-addicted teacher in 2006's "Half Nelson," is now taking on a very different kind of role -- as a...
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Movie guideOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - KEY: Four stars means superior; three stars means good; two stars means average; one star means poor. D for drug use, L for language, N for nudity, S for sexual situ...
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This time, it's personalOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - In 1585, Queen Elizabeth faced the same questions today's working women encounter: Where do you draw the line between business and personal life? And, are those co-work...
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New MGM set showcases top musicalsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - MGM Studios reigned supreme during Hollywood's golden era with its musicals. There are collections available that feature MGM musicals; the latest one focuses on six ter...
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Quotes point to depth of Spike Lee masterpieceOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - First, a reader e-mail, then some film notes: • Dear Dann: In your Oct. 4 story about Roger Ebert being honored at the Chicago International Film Festival, you referred ...
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Dialogue, plot cop out in crime dramaOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "We Own the Night" sounds like the title for a horror movie about vampires. If only. Nope. Instead, "We Own the Night" is an old-fashioned, potboiler family crime drama ...