Movies
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'Transformers' unearths $100M at box officeJun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is ruling the box office. The fourth installment of filmmaker Michael Bay's morphing robots series earned $100 million in...
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DVD previews: 'The Lunchbox,' 'The Unknown Known'Jun 28, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 1: "The Lunchbox" (PG, 104 minutes with subtitles, Sony): In writer-director Ritesh Batra's beguiling romance, a virtu...
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Quick thinking on the 'Think Like A Man Too' setJun 28, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Romany Malco says the ensemble cast of "Think Like a Man Too" had to be fast on their feet. Malco, who plays semi-reformed ladies' man Zeke, said in order to ...
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Cast changes give 'Transformers' a fresh startJun 27, 2014 5:45 am - The robots aren't the only part of the latest “Transformers” film that changed. Led by star Mark Wahlberg, a whole new cast was brought in to give a fresh start to the b...
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Unlikeably dumb characters permeate 'Jackpot'Jun 26, 2014 5:45 am - It's probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens' violent black comedy "Jackpot." You don't want to become attached to any of thes...
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'Ivory Tower' questions necessity of college educationJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - WBEZ recently reported how two young married doctors couldn't get a mortgage approval because of their staggering student debt. This report would fit right in with Andre...
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Haggis' 'Third Person' a crash course in ambitious dramaJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - "Watch me." A disembodied child's voice utters this during the opening scene of Paul Haggis' interlocked trilogy "Third Person." We hear the words as a novelist named Mi...
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5 questions for 'Ivory Tower' directorJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - 5 Qs for 'Ivory' director "Ivory Tower" director Andrew Rossi graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law for two years before becoming a fil...
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'Transformers' tries for delicate US-China balanceJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Dazzling special effects, Optimus Prime ... and Beijing. The latest "Transformers" movie has all three, mixing Texas-based action with scenes in China's capita...
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We've all seen 'They Came Together' beforeJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - Let's face it. Romantic comedies are easy targets for lampoons and parodies. Yet, David Wain's suggestively titled "They Came Together" never goes for the jugular when i...