Movies
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Forgotten 'Ghostbusters 2' worth a second look as remake hits theatersJul 13, 2016 8:00 am - “Hairless pets: Weird!” “We had part of a Slinky, but I straightened it.” “So you wanna play Boggle, or ‘Super Mario Bros.'?” These quips are from a not-so-beloved movie...
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Who ya gonna call? Maybe not these 'Ghostbusters'Jul 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Not as clever as the 1984 “Ghostbusters.” Funnier than the 1989 sequel. Paul Feig's bold female reboot of the beloved Ivan Reitman comedy qualifies as a disappointment a...
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'Incredibly hyper' Crystal Lake native loves casting movies, TVJul 12, 2016 5:00 am - Growing up in Crystal Lake, Brittani Smith knew what she wanted to do with her life. Become a casting director. You know, the person who finds the right actors and match...
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Bryan Cranston makes fact-based 'Infiltrator' workJul 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Bryan Cranston breaks good in "The Infiltrator." So good that his complex, in-the-moment portrait of real-life undercover drug agent Robert Mazur compensates for the def...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Pets' kicks 'Dory' out of top spot
Jul 11, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - After a three-week run at the top of the box office, "Finding Dory" finally found some worthy competition in "The Secret Life of Pets," another animat...
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'Life, Animated': For one young man, the prison of autism turns out to be a palaceJul 11, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - When Owen Suskind shows up for an interview to talk about "Life, Animated," the new documentary of which he is the subject, he's stooping under the weight o...
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Widescreen: Five Emmy nominations to root forJul 11, 2016 6:00 am - The long trek to September's Emmy Awards honoring the past year's best television enters the home stretch at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, when the nominations will be a...
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Aubrey Plaza, rising: A Hollywood dreamer with a biting witJul 10, 2016 7:24 am - LOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, it's rare for an actor to be 30 minutes early for an interview. It's even rarer for them to arrive unaccompanied. But on this sunny afternoon...
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'Secret Life of Pets' fetches $103 million in opening days
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Mike and Dave did NOT bring crazy wedding datesJul 09, 2016 7:12 am - NEW YORK - Adventure. Suspense. True Love. Royalties! Those are just a few of the things Mike and Dave Stangle promised in a Craigslist ad they posted in search of dates...