Movies
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Vince Vaughn's 'Unfinished Business' a farcical messMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - The weird badness, or the bad weirdness, of Vince Vaughn's train wreck farce "Unfinished Business" can be traced back to Steve Conrad's dual personality screenplay that,...
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'Guardians' tops MTV awards nominationsMar 04, 2015 2:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — And you thought Hollywood's award season was over. A teenage tearjerker, a foul-mouthed coed comedy and a raucous space adventure featuring a talking tree...
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'Second Best Marigold Hotel' among Dann Gire's weekend movie picksMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Will the sequel “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” really be second-best? Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire looks at the senior citizen romantic comedy about “outs...
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You could win 'Back to the Future' DeLorean if prediction comes trueMar 03, 2015 12:00 am - The 1989 film “Back to the Future Part II” predicted it, its star character Marty McFly planned to bet on it, and now Volo Auto Museum is making it the centerpiece of a ...
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The Jewish roots of Leonard Nimoy and 'live long and prosper'Mar 02, 2015 4:30 am - Leonard Nimoy first saw what became the famous Vulcan salute, "live long and prosper," as a child, long before "Star Trek" even existed. The placement of the hands comes...
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Box office top 20: Will Smith's 'Focus' on top with $18.7MMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Will Smith's crime caper "Focus" debuted with $18.7 million, according to final figures Monday, while the previous North American box office leader, "Fif...
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Will Smith's 'Focus' tops box office with $19.1 millionFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Will Smith's con-man caper "Focus" disrobed "Fifty Shades of Grey" at the box office, but the film's modest $19.1 million opening still left questions about t...
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DVD previews: 'Foxcatcher,' 'Mockingjay' out next weekFeb 28, 2015 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out this week: Tuesday, March 2, releases: "Foxcatcher" (R, 134 minutes, Sony): A bleak, mid-wintery gloom suffuses this dramatized version ...
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Redmayne lends voice to 'Thomas & Friends'Feb 28, 2015 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The No. 1 blue engine is getting a new friend in Eddie Redmayne. Fresh off an Oscar win for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything,...
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'Lazarus Effect' revives too many tired horror clichesFeb 27, 2015 4:30 am - A naturally occurring brain chemical is the basis for the hallucinogenic goo that gets injected into subjects' heads - along with a giant jolt of electricity - in "The L...