Movies
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DVD previews: 'Veronica Mars Movie,' 'Still Mine'May 03, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 6: "The Veronica Mars Movie" (PG-13, 107 minutes, Warner): The audience for the big-screen version of "Veronica Mars" w...
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Cancer struggle overshadows research angle in 'Decoding Annie Parker'May 01, 2014 11:00 pm - Mary-Claire King is an American woman who did something extraordinary. After years of painstaking research, she discovered the BRCA1 gene, the inherited mutation that in...
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Simple tale stuns in violent, exhilarating 'Blue Ruin'May 01, 2014 11:00 pm - Viewers may be forgiven for approaching "Blue Ruin," a new thriller by Jeremy Saulnier, with a degree of caution. Moody, atmospheric, skillfully constructed and spiked w...
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Daring 'Locke' rife with decisions, consequencesMay 01, 2014 6:00 am - At the end of Steven Knight's one-man drama "Locke," a single car breaks away from the busy main highway and sets off on its own solitary course. It's a perfect ending f...
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Director takes a journey making 'Locke'May 01, 2014 6:00 am - Mini-interview: 5 Qs with Steven Knight British filmmaker Steven Knight is a published novelist (four books), a screenwriter ("Eastern Promises" and "Dirty Pretty Things...
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Social media comedy #disappointinglysillyMay 01, 2014 5:00 am - The plot of Sarah Smick's blackly comic “Friended to Death” is thin and simple stuff, a premise that might feel right at home in a half-hour TV sitcom such as “The Big B...
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Allen-esque 'Fading Gigolo' lacks Woody's magicMay 01, 2014 5:00 am - Apparently, only Woody Allen can make a Woody Allen movie. At least a good one. That's the upshot of director/writer/star John Turturro's "Fading Gigolo," a comedy that ...
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Author sues Warner Bros. over 'Gravity' profitsApr 30, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Author Tess Gerritsen has sued Warner Bros. claiming the studio owes her millions in profits from the Oscar-winning hit film "Gravity." But the studio is p...
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Maine West teen adds to impressive acting resumeApr 29, 2014 11:00 pm - When Maine West senior Elizabeth Stenholt recently was honored at a school board meeting as "District 207's Best" for excellence in the performing arts, Principal Audrey...
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Overlong, overwritten 'Spider-Man' sequel not so amazingApr 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Spidey's "greatest adventure"? Don't believe everything you read on billboards and movie posters. For all of its visual bombast, unrelentingly generic action sequences a...