Movies
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How 'anxious' Bill Hader embraced becoming Fear itselfJun 19, 2015 5:15 am - Bill Hader chooses such intriguing and divergent roles, time after time, whether he's going dramatic in “The Skeleton Twins” or going animated as an agro-cumulus chemist...
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'Wolfpack' is messy but fascinating viewingJun 18, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'The Wolfpack' Crystal Moselle's documentary "The Wolfpack" makes for a journalistic mess of unanswered questions and glossed-over details. Still, the sheer...
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Gire: 'Dope' deals in smart comic actionJun 18, 2015 5:45 am - "Dope" is one dope movie about dope being chased by dopes. It's partly a Guy Ritchie-style crime tale, partly a "Risky Business" high school capitalism lesson, partly a ...
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'Phantom Halo' a noiry, seedy crime dramaJun 18, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Phantom Halo' Just in time for Father's Day weekend comes the seedy crime drama "Phantom Halo," Antonia Bogdanovich's directorial debut, featuring the wors...
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Disturbing authenticity underscores drug drama 'Heaven'Jun 17, 2015 11:00 pm - The closely observed drama "Heaven Knows What" follows a homeless heroin user as she indulges in her twin obsessions: getting the next fix and winning the loyalty and af...
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Pixar goes totally emo in animated psyche trip 'Inside Out'Jun 17, 2015 7:00 am - Scientific researchers have determined that humans possess anywhere from four to 27 separate emotions. Pixar chose five of them to star in its weirdest, trippiest and mo...
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10 movie dads: the good, the bad, the snuglyJun 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Happy Father's Day! To commemorate this fine occasion, you can: 1) Buy dad a necktie he'll never wear again. 2) Play catch with him in the rain (a 50 percent chance as o...
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DVD previews: 'Unfinished Business,' 'Chappie,' 'Run All Night'Jun 13, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, June 16: “Unfinished Business” (R, 91 minutes, Fox): While by no means a masterpiece, this comedy by Canadian director Ken Scot...
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Dr. Ian Malcolm and the essential Jeff Goldblum performancesJun 12, 2015 5:00 am - We're all excited about erstwhile Star-Lord Chris Pratt dealing with dinos in "Jurassic World" this weekend, but we'd be even more excited if Dr. Ian Malcolm was along f...
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Risky 'Dying Girl' defies conventions ... and winsJun 11, 2015 6:15 am - Mini-review: 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Just from the title, you can tell that "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is going to be risky, something different that defi...