Movies
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Cowabunga! 'Ninja Turtles' bring box-office powerAug 10, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sliced off $65 million at the weekend box office. Paramount Pictures' comic-book adaptation featuring Megan Fox alongside co...
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DVD previews: 'Muppets Most Wanted,' 'Railway Man'Aug 09, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Aug. 12: “Muppets Most Wanted” (PG, 112 minutes, Disney): Written and directed by James Bobin, with an assist from co-scree...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Steve Byrne plays ImprovAug 09, 2014 5:00 am - Sitcom tour: If you love the TBS cable TV sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” then don't miss its star, Steve Byrne, at the helm this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5...
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Dancing trumps depth in latest 'Step Up'Aug 08, 2014 4:00 pm - Every dance number in "Step Up All In," whether it takes place in a bar, a boxing ring or a Las Vegas gladiatorial arena, is a battle sequence. The mostly male crews - w...
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Freddy Krueger among highlights of Rosemont horror conventionAug 08, 2014 5:45 am - Horror fans: Get ready for a screamin' good time. The Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention returns this weekend at Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont. In c...
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Thriller 'Storm' can't weather disaster clichésAug 07, 2014 6:15 am - "I've never seen anything like this!" a storm chaser says while witnessing a multi-funnel tornado event in the disaster drama "Into the Storm." Apparently, he's the only...
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'Calvary' exquisitely nuanced drama of redemption and guiltAug 07, 2014 6:00 am - John Michael McDonagh's 2011 debut, "The Guard," provided the wonderful Brendan Gleeson with a vehicle for some of his best screen work, playing an Irish West Country co...
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'Hundred-Foot Journey' lacks needed spiceAug 07, 2014 5:45 am - Take one Oscar-winning British actress. Add an appealing supporting cast. Lather on the picturesque French countryside. Sprinkle liberally with gorgeous food shots, from...
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'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' a generic rebootAug 07, 2014 5:15 am - What the shell happened to our "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? Those lovable, wisecracking, pizza-loving, personality-plus reptilian superheroes have gone bland and gene...
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Five visual cliches movies need to deep-6Aug 07, 2014 5:00 am - Five clichés to deep-6 Five visual clichés I would like not to see again in movies for at least the next five years: 1. Fireworks: The all-purpose go-to effect to p...