Movies
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Gire: Gandolfini, Hardy add sharp focus to crime drama 'The Drop'Sep 11, 2014 5:45 am - The dramatically explosive ending of "The Drop" more than justifies its long, long fuse, resulting in two Big Bangs that create not a moral universe, but a multiverse of...
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'Dolphin Tale 2' a swimming successSep 11, 2014 5:45 am - Containing all the elements that made the 2011 original boy and his dolphin story a hit with audiences and critics, Charles Martin Smith's "Dolphin Tale 2" is another en...
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Gire: From spit-takes to tandem screams, ban these movie clichesSep 11, 2014 5:30 am - 5 visual clichés I hate Here are five more visual crutches I would like to not see for another five years: Actors who inexplicably talk into walls or windows while add...
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SNL vets team up for tears, laughs in 'Skeleton Twins'Sep 11, 2014 5:30 am - Within the first few minutes of the sibling dramedy "The Skeleton Twins," there's a phone call from a hospital informing a woman (Kristen Wiig) that her brother (Bill Ha...
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Jaws actor from Bond films Richard Kiel dies at 74Sep 10, 2014 11:00 pm - FRESNO, Calif. - Richard Kiel, the towering actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74. Kelley Sanchez...
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Film critic predicts Hollywood affair with ChinaSep 09, 2014 1:01 am - Film critic Dann Gire predicts Hollywood affair with burgeoning market
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'Guardians' tops box office for fourth weekendSep 07, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — “Guardians of the Galaxy” continues to rule the box office universe. The cosmic Marvel adventure arrived in first place at the box office for a fourth week...
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Renovations coming to Lombard movie theaterSep 07, 2014 7:00 am - Moviegoers will have a new and improved experience in a few months when they visit the AMC movie theater complex at Yorktown Center in Lombard. AMC Spokesman Ryan Noonan...
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DVD previews: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'Sep 06, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday: "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (PG-13, 136 minutes, Disney): One of the great strengths of the "Avengers" mega-franc...
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Sweden's Andersson wins Golden Lion at Venice festSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - VENICE, Italy - Sweden's Roy Andersson won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for his absurdist feature "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Exis...