Movies
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Werner Herzog on ski jumping and filming in North KoreaJan 31, 2016 6:28 am - PARK CITY, Utah - The first time Werner Herzog came to Sundance a little over a decade ago with "Grizzly Man," he asked that the Festival prepare the Olympic-sized ski j...
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'Kung Fu Panda 3' tops box office; 'Finest Hours' flounders
Jan 31, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Kung Fu Panda 3" kicked its way to the top of the North American box office with a respectable $41 million, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. The Dre...
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DVD previews: 'Bridge of Spies,' 'Truth'Jan 29, 2016 10:00 pm - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 2: “Bridge of Spies” (PG-13, 142 minutes, DreamWorks/Disney): Steven Spielberg's real-life Cold War drama stars Tom Ha...
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When Oscar's big movies are coming homeJan 29, 2016 4:54 am - Most of this year's best picture nominees are still playing in theaters, but you can watch five of them at home before the big night. Two of the films vying for the top ...
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Third time a charmer for the animated 'Kung Fu' fantasiesJan 28, 2016 5:00 am - The last two animated comedies I've seen - "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" and "Norm of the North" - served up such willful awfulness that I fear they might ha...
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'Son of Saul' makes the human cost of Nazis the focusJan 28, 2016 4:45 am - Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes' hard-hitting, gripping, gimmick drama - and it is a marvelously effective gimmick - uses a single 40 mm. lens to focus exclusively on t...
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Cheap jokes, hammy acting infest alien invasion comedy 'Lazer Team'Jan 28, 2016 4:00 am - The cheap and cheesy science-fiction comedy "Lazer Team" sets its intergalactic sights so lowbrow that its infantile humor and wide-eyed, hammy acting almost succeed as ...
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Slow-sailing 'Finest Hours' waterlogs fact-based sea survival taleJan 28, 2016 4:00 am - These "Hours" aren't the finest. Just the slowest. Walt Disney's "The Finest Hours," Craig Gillespie's fact-based 3-D survival tale about a daring 1952 U.S. Coast Guard ...
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Pixar animator Matthew Luhn to speak at 12th annual Imago Film FestivalJan 27, 2016 10:00 pm - Pixar animator Matthew Luhn will speak during the 12th annual Imago Film Festival. He has helped to create some of the most memorable animated characters this side of in...
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Geneva library to present 'Fed Up' documentary, discussionJan 27, 2016 10:00 pm - View the 2014 documentary "Fed Up," about the obstacles people have when trying to lose weight and eat healthier and how sugar plays a big role from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday...