Movies
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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...
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Reel life: 'Blue Velvet' gets midnight showingJun 11, 2015 6:00 am - Film critics notebook: • It made my top three movies of the 1980s decade, but earned nothing but contempt and a one-star review from an upset Roger Ebert. David Lyn...
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'Live From New York' not what 'SNL' fans deserveJun 11, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Live From New York!' You'd think that Bao Nguyen's documentary "Live From New York!" might offer up some deep insights and surprising revelations while whi...
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'Farewell Party' clever, but lacks consistencyJun 11, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: ‘The Farewell Party' Imagine the cast of “Cocoon” creating a musical black comedy about the joys of elderly euthanasia. In Hebrew. That comes close to ...
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Prolific actor Christopher Lee served in RAF, recorded metal songsJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - Christopher Lee, a British actor of aristocratic bearing and dark features who sustained one of the longest and most prolific screen-villain careers of all time - playin...
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'Testament of Youth' traffics in tragedyJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - In "Ex Machina," Alicia Vikander displayed a combination of flintiness and femininity as the cyborg Ava, a humanlike form of artificial intelligence that was learning ab...
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'Jurassic' sequel visually splendid with smarter dinosaurs, dumber peopleJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Twenty-two years have passed since Steven Spielberg's original "Jurassic Park" terrorized us with his best monster thriller since "Jaws." Now, in Colin Trevorrow's "Jura...
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McCarthy's 'Spy' tops with $30 million; 'Entourage' lagsJun 07, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Melissa McCarthy left the guys of "Entourage" in the dust, landing her first No. 1 box-office debut as a leading lady with an estimated $30 million weekend fo...
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DVD previews: 'Kingsman: The Secret Service,' 'Red Army'Jun 06, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, June 9: "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (R, 130 minutes, Fox): Colin Firth plays a dapper, James Bond-like superagent in this sp...