Movies
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Ice Cube's son becomes him in 'Straight Outta Compton'Aug 10, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - O'Shea Jackson Jr. was determined to play his father, Ice Cube, in "Straight Outta Compton." Not only does the 24-year-old look uncannily like his dad, but...
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Hollywood takes on troubled minds with slate of summer filmsAug 10, 2015 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES - The 1941 film "The Wolf Man" presents Larry Talbot's transformation from man to wolf as a form of schizophrenia. So little was known about mental illnesses...
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'Gemma Bovery' teases out a baker's fantasy life with his neighborAug 06, 2015 6:30 am - Mini-review: 'Gemma Bovery' I think I have this straight: Anne Fontaine's sleek-looking "Gemma Bovery" is narrated by a middle-aged French baker named Martin (Fabrice Lu...
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Documentary focuses on heated Vidal-Buckley debatesAug 06, 2015 6:00 am - In August of 1968, William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal faced off in a series of 10 televised debates on ABC. Divided between the Republican National Convention in Miam...
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'End of the Tour' visually dry, but intellectually stunningAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'End of the Tour' To find a movie as visually dull and as intellectually stimulating as James Ponsoldt's fact-based drama "End of the Tour," we'd have to go...
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Edgerton's directorial debut a 'Gift' to revenge thrillersAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - High school revenge fantasies will remain a viable, relevant movie genre for as long as hallway bullies victimize fellow students, but none will probably be as unnerving...
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Reel life: Seeking Jason Bateman's 'inner jerk'Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Australian actor Joel Edgerton burst onto the international movie scene in 2010's celebrated crime thriller “Animal Kingdom” after minor roles in “Star Wars” Episodes II...
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How can we make our movie theaters safer?Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - In the wake of the latest movie theater shooting, Wednesday in Tennessee, is it safe to go to the movies in the suburban theaters? Suburban theater operators and mayors ...
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Rockin' 'Ricki' a flash in the dramatic panAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - What does it say about a motion picture when its entire plot, plus all its major emotional beats, can easily be squeezed into a two-minute. 31-second trailer? It says th...
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Film follows Arlington Heights family's tough decision on cochlear implantsAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Jill Stark and her two children are playing at the park when a plane flies overhead. All three of them look up at the same time. Nothing remarkable about it, except that...