Movies
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'Hands of Stone' no match for subplot overloadAug 25, 2016 6:15 am - Panamanian prizefighter Roberto Duran is best known for defeating Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 to become the welterweight world boxing champion - then dropping out of their...
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Portman's 'Tale of Love' a detached, dour dramaAug 25, 2016 6:00 am - Disappointingly true to its title, "A Tale of Love and Darkness" is dark and somber in just about every way. In her feature directorial debut - which she also wrote and ...
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Taut home invasion thriller 'Don't Breathe' will leave you breathlessAug 25, 2016 6:00 am - Fede Alvarez's taut home invasion thriller "Don't Breathe" achieves levels of perverse dread and unrelenting threat missing from most similar risk-averse PG-13 suspense ...
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Measuring the fallout from a summer full of box-office flops
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hollywood's blockbuster machine frequently stalled and sputtered this summer, leaving behind a steady trail of misbegotten reboots, ill-conceived sequels...
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'Southside With You' a sweet take on Obamas' first dateAug 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Obama haters will hate "Southside With You," just because it humanizes the pre-First Couple and allows them to win us over with sincerity, optimism, first-date awkwardne...
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Rated 'S' for slaughter? New film questions Canada seal huntAug 23, 2016 5:55 am - BOSTON - It's not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic. But for the Cape Cod-based Int...
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'Kubo' animator uses an artist's eye and a mathematician's mindAug 23, 2016 5:33 am - Suburban native Mike Laubach's job as an animator requires an artist's eye and a mathematician's mind. "I love it because it's unusual for you to find a position that re...
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Box office top 20: 'Suicide,' 'Sausage' stay on top
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Natalie Portman tells 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'Aug 22, 2016 6:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - “It's like, I guess you caught me! I'm a nerd!” Natalie Portman says, laughing. She's talking about frenzied internet responses to a recent inter...
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Newcomer comes of age in indie darling 'Morris From America'Aug 22, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Newcomer Markees Christmas had a lot of firsts making "Morris from America," a coming-of-age tale about a single father and his 13-year-old hip-hop-loving ...