Movies
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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
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "Suicide Squad" and "Sausage Party" remained no. 1 and no. 2 at the weekend box office in North America, while a trio of newcomers failed to make much of...
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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 ...
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'Ben-Hur' crashes, 'Suicide Squad' stays on top for 3rd week
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Thousands revel in fandom at Comic Con in RosemontAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - Growing up in the 1980s, Trevor Mueller remembers Saturday morning cartoons and action figures that came to life from his favorite comic books. But that was never really...
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'Ben-Hur' remake puts emphasis on faith, redemptionAug 18, 2016 6:00 am - Remaking a film that won 11 Academy Awards invites inevitable comparison, but the latest adaptation of “Ben-Hur” distinguishes itself from William Wyler's 1959 epic by r...
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'Kubo and the Two Strings' strums with imaginationAug 18, 2016 6:00 am - Early in "Kubo and the Two Strings," our hero meekly strides into an ancient Japanese village marketplace the way Toshiro Mifune might have entered a Kurosawa film, but ...