Movies
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Boxing clichés KO chameleonic Gyllenhaal in 'Southpaw'Jul 23, 2015 5:45 am - Chameleonic actor Jake Gyllenhaal's light heavyweight boxing champ Billy "the Great" Hope can take on any contender with a record of 43 wins and no losses. But when he f...
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Shrill, shallow 'Pixels' propelled by nostalgiaJul 23, 2015 5:30 am - On paper, or at least on a computer printout, Chris Columbus' "Pixels" probably looked like the next "Ghostbusters" or the next "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," two comedy cla...
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Horrifying 'Alleluia' loosely based on a true storyJul 23, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'Alleluia' Just when you think that most American horror films have become too conventionally PG-13 or too timid to actually shock audiences, along comes B...
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Gire: Woody's philosophical crime comedy Kant cut itJul 21, 2015 11:00 pm - Few things make me want to play Russian roulette (with six bullets in the cylinder) more than inner-monologing voice-overs that constantly update what movie characters t...
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Aurora native casts all those TV, movie 'background actors'Jul 21, 2015 5:30 am - Ever look at a huge crowd scene in a movie or on a TV show and wonder, how did the filmmakers get all these people together and have them act just like a crowd of regula...
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DVD previews: 'Tangerines,' 'What We Do in the Shadows'Jul 18, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 21: "Tangerines" (unrated, 87 minutes, in Estonian, Russian and Georgian with subtitles, First Run Features): Nominated fo...
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The pieces just don't fit in dramatically bereft 'Safelight'Jul 16, 2015 6:15 am - Mini-review: 'Safelight' Charles, a southern California high school kid during the early '80s, walks with a distinct limp. Bullies call him "Cripple," because that's how...
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Viola Davis channels despair into action in Lifetime's 'Lila & Eve'Jul 16, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Lila & Eve' We already know that a performance by Hollywood empathy queen Viola Davis can improve great movies. In Charles Stone III's "Lila & Eve," she pr...
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Schumer shines in raunchy, warm-hearted 'Trainwreck'Jul 16, 2015 6:00 am - Stand-up comedian and Comedy Central phenom Amy Schumer proves her cinematic bona fides in "Trainwreck," a strikingly assured feature film debut in which she proves hers...
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Emotional 'Mr. Holmes' a study in friendship, agingJul 16, 2015 5:45 am - Sherlock Holmes's most notable qualities are his deerstalker hat, his pipe and his unfailing intellect. None of these iconic flourishes is on display in "Mr. Holmes." Bu...