Movies
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'Home' bests 'Get Hard' at box office with $54MMar 29, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Business was brisk at the weekend box-office, where the DreamWorks animated alien adventure "Home" beat out the Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart comedy "Get Hard" with...
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DVD previews: 'The Imitation Game,' 'Interstellar,' 'Wild'Mar 28, 2015 6:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, March 31: "The Imitation Game" (PG-13, 114 minutes, The Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay): Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch b...
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'Get Hard' speaks volumes about assumptions, hypocrisyMar 26, 2015 5:45 am - “Get Hard” opens with a tight close-up of Will Ferrell weeping — openly, copiously, theatrically — in what has become his signature gesture of doing something banal to a...
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Pacino charms in lightweight 'Danny Collins'Mar 26, 2015 5:15 am - Channeling equal parts Tom Jones and Barry Manilow, Al Pacino delivers an impressive performance as the title character in "Danny Collins," a sweet but shallow movie abo...
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Rihanna makes 'Home' sweeter, but kiddie comedy falls shortMar 26, 2015 5:00 am - Evoking "The Wizard of Oz," "Annie" and "E.T.," "Home" is about the yearning for the comforts of family. But this kiddie sci-fi adaptation doesn't quite live up to its e...
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Ferrell, Hart defend 'Get Hard' after a jolt of criticismMar 25, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - In the annals of film festival flops - from unexpected boos to red-carpet gaffes - the premiere of the Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart comedy "Get Hard" will go down...
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Which 'Fast & Furious' movies are in first gear?Mar 24, 2015 11:00 pm - It began in 2001 with a silly movie that could best be described as "Point Break" with cars instead of surfboards. Fourteen years and seven movies later, the franchise t...
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'The Squeeze' seeks its place among golf film classicsMar 24, 2015 10:00 am - In Phil Mickelson's world, the soon-to-be-released "The Squeeze" represents "the best golf movie ever." That's a stretch when you put it beside two classics - the first ...
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Kerry Washington, Roland Emmerich among GLAAD honoreesMar 22, 2015 9:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Actress Kerry Washington, director Roland Emmerich, the film "The Imitation Game" and television shows "Transparent" and "How to Get Away With M...
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'Insurgent' seizes top spot, 'The Gunman' misfiresMar 22, 2015 11:32 am - LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn's "The Gunman" was no match for the rebel kids of "Insurgent." According Rentrak estimates Sunday, the second installment in the "Divergent" ser...