Movies
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'Kong' outmuscles 'Logan' to become king of the box office
Mar 12, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - It was a battle of the beasts at the box office this weekend, and King Kong emerged as the definitive victor over Wolverine. According to studio estimates ...
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Revisit the last 'Kong' with a definitive - and cheap - Blu-rayMar 10, 2017 5:00 am - The king of the apes returns to theaters this weekend in "Kong: Skull Island," and the definitive home release of the titular beast's last big-screen adventure is now av...
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Red alert! Realistic films need realistic blood effectsMar 09, 2017 5:00 am - Dann checks his email Dann: I enjoyed your review of "Logan," although reading "R-rated" and "Marvel Comics" in the same sentence was a little weird. I liked your remark...
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Animated 'My Life as a Zucchini' leaves sweet tasteMar 09, 2017 5:00 am - Of this year's Oscar-nominated animated features, only one can reasonably be described as enchanting and heavy. Yet "My Life as a Zucchini" deserves both accolades. It m...
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'Brimstone' a feminist horror tale in a Wild West costumeMar 09, 2017 5:00 am - "Brimstone" looks like your typical Wild West revenge tale. It acts more like a cautionary feminist horror movie, one that glimpses a lawless, male-dominated society in ...
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Hackneyed romance wins out over drama in 'The Ottoman Lieutenant'Mar 09, 2017 5:00 am - Between "The Ottoman Lieutenant" and next month's "The Promise," audiences can look forward to not one but two movies about love triangles set against the fall of the Ot...
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MacLaine rules 'Last Word' with effortless control-freak characterMar 09, 2017 5:00 am - It's only March and we already have an early contender for the Academy Award for Best Actress Who's a Hollywood Legend, plus the leading contender for AARP magazine's be...
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Images: #TBT Gallery revisits suburban movie theatersMar 08, 2017 10:00 pm - For over a century, suburbanites have been rushing to the local movie theaters to see the latest picture show. The Berlin Wintergarten Theatre opened in 1895 becoming kn...
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'Kong' a surprising, fleetly edited, old-fashioned monster movieMar 08, 2017 9:45 am - Add a giant gorilla to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's “The Lost World,” then twist it into a fleetly edited, blistering political parable that also functions as the strangest ...
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'Logan' is really about caring for an elderly relative while also raising a childMar 07, 2017 5:00 am - In the middle of the new film "Logan," as Wolverine is on the run, we glimpse on a television a scene from the classic 1953 Western "Shane." The allusion could not be mo...