Movies
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Don't search for happiness in 'Hector'Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - What would it take to make you happy? To experience that emotion truly, deeply, utterly, “as a state of being,” as a character puts it in “Hector and the Search for Happ...
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Gire: How do the 'Boxtrolls' guys do it?Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - Qs for 'Boxtrolls' guys Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable both directed the new stop-motion fantasy "The Boxtrolls" opening this weekend. Stacchi previously directed th...
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'Tracks' plots emotional course to the heartSep 25, 2014 5:45 am - The movies, it seems, are increasingly headed down paths in the woods, out to open water and, in the case of John Curran's excellent new film "Tracks," into the deepest ...
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Generic characters stop the emotion in stop-motion 'Box Trolls'Sep 25, 2014 5:45 am - You might expect that a stop-motion animated comedy all about little trolls in boxes would occasionally think outside of them. But "Boxtrolls" remains content to safely ...
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Denzel Washington's talents wasted in formulaic 'Equalizer'Sep 25, 2014 5:45 am - Those lucky enough to catch Denzel Washington in "A Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway saw the hugely charismatic actor portray, in an iconic role, the full complexity of a ...
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Washington, Fuqua ride again in 'The Equalizer'Sep 24, 2014 5:45 am - TORONTO — It's been a dozen years since Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua rode the corrupt Det. Alonzo Harris and their Los Angeles crime odyssey “Training Da...
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Dutch director George Sluizer dead at 82Sep 24, 2014 1:01 am - AMSTERDAM - George Sluizer, the Dutch filmmaker who directed River Phoenix's last movie, "Dark Blood," has died at age 82. Organizers of the Netherlands Film Festival an...
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Disney to Mattel on 'Frozen': 'Let it go'Sep 24, 2014 1:00 am - The toy wars just got a bit colder thanks to Disney's “Frozen,” with Hasbro wrestling the rights for dolls from the hit movie away from its rival Mattel. Hasbro Inc. ann...
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Elgin rolls out the red carpet for annual Short Film FestivalSep 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The Elgin Short Film Festival is returning for its sixth year. This event will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, ...
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Paul Deen documentary to tell her side of downfallSep 23, 2014 1:10 pm - Paula Deen is ready to tell her side of the story behind the racist remark that decimated her career, but you'll need to pay to hear it. The former Food Network star has...