Movies
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'The Force Awakens' wins top honors at MTV Movie AwardsApr 10, 2016 11:00 pm - BURBANK, Calif. - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" took the top prize at the 25th annual MTV Movie Awards. The audience at Warner Bros. Studios waved what looked like red ...
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Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss' debuts to $23.5M at box office
Apr 10, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Step aside, Batman and Superman. Melissa McCarthy is "The Boss" at the box office now. The actress' latest comedy narrowly topped "Batman v Superman: Dawn ...
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Why musical biopics so often go wrongApr 09, 2016 7:24 am - The movie "Miles Ahead" arrives in theaters this weekend, marking the end of the beginning of a mini-onslaught of musical biopics. "Miles Ahead," in which Don Cheadle pl...
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Midwest travel: 5-day CIMMfest blends best of movies, music in ChicagoApr 09, 2016 7:23 am - Chicago Movies. Music. Mingle. Love the music you hear in movies? Then the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival (CIMMfest), a five-day showcase celebrating the ...
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McCarthy to be hailed as Comedic Genius at MTV Movie AwardsApr 07, 2016 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: • Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy will receive the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards, starting at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, f...
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Don Cheadle aims to entertain with Miles Davis' biopicApr 07, 2016 5:00 am - The talented Don Cheadle not only stars in this wild and impressionistic biography of jazz musician/composer Miles Davis - easily one of the most influential and origina...
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Game-like 'Hardcore Henry' sacrifices character for killsApr 07, 2016 5:00 am - As a formal and technical achievement, "Hardcore Henry" is almost virtuosic. Shot entirely on GoPro cameras attached to the heads of a dozen stuntmen, it delivers its he...
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Christopher Plummer smooths out speed bumps in 'Remember'Apr 07, 2016 5:00 am - It would be a mistake to think of Atom Egoyan's Nazi-hunter movie "Remember" as a serious Holocaust drama. "Remember" takes the Holocaust about as seriously as did Laure...
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Jake Gyllenhaal gives explosive performance in confusing 'Demolition'Apr 07, 2016 5:00 am - At the beginning of Jean-Marc Vallée's drama "Demolition," Jake Gyllenhaal survives a car crash that kills his wife, then he spends the rest of the movie trying to avoid...
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New 'Star Wars' trailer previews the story of rebels pastApr 06, 2016 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - The dust has barely settled from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but audiences already have a new installment to get excited for. The world got a glimpse o...