Movies
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Kitten stars of 'Keanu' destined for posh Hollywood futuresMay 02, 2016 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Anyone who's spent time with a cat might agree with filmmaker Peter Atencio when he says cats are the “15-year-olds of the animal kingdom.” Dogs are eager ...
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'Jungle Book' rules box office again; 'Civil War' loomsMay 01, 2016 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Disney's "The Jungle Book" trounced a handful of underperforming new releases to rule the box office for a third consecutive week, while next week's certain c...
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'Jungle Book' rules box office again; 'Civil War' looms
May 01, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Disney's "The Jungle Book" trounced a handful of underperforming new releases to rule the box office for a third consecutive week, while next week's cert...
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Hollywood is pushing reset button on video game adaptationsApr 30, 2016 7:19 am - LOS ANGELES - At long last, it seems Hollywood has pushed the reset button on its approach to video game adaptations. From the reviled 1993 live-action rendition of "Sup...
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Key and Peele's cat caper 'Keanu' challenges racial stereotypesApr 28, 2016 6:00 pm - In the first film carried entirely by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the creators of the recently shuttered sketch-comedy show “Key and Peele” take a slender idea ...
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Playstation premise doesn't pay off for 'Ratchet'Apr 28, 2016 6:00 am - If have young kids, you've probably lowered your expectations for acceptable family-friendly entertainment. From the sea of animated options, you know that few movies wi...
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Half-baked comedy 'Dough' fails to riseApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - The title "Dough" offers a double meaning in John Goldschmidt's stylistically unstable culture-clash comedy about an old-school Jewish baker, curmudgeonly widower Nat Da...
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Insipid, tasteless 'Mother's Day' comedy a waste of talentApr 28, 2016 5:15 am - Warning: Side effects of watching Garry Marshall's "Mother's Day" may include, but are not limited to, symptoms similar to an overdose of artificial sweeteners. I can't ...
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Reel life: 'Meddler' creator talks truth, mom and griefApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Actress, writer, director Lorene Scafaria, 37, is best known for her bitey adapted screenplay to “Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.” In 2012, Scafaria, Lemont native Dia...
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'Papa' not a novel approach to Hemingway or his workApr 28, 2016 5:00 am - Bob Yari's "Papa: Hemingway in Cuba" is the first Hollywood movie to be shot in Cuba since its 1959 revolution, It's such an emotionally vacant and sterile work of drama...