Movies
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Paul Giamatti takes on Zapruder in 'Parkland'Oct 04, 2013 1:00 pm - TORONTO — When Dallas businessman Abraham Zapruder set up his Bell and Howell home movie camera to film President Kennedy's visit, he had no idea he would capture the mo...
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Jane Fonda to receive AFI achievement awardOct 04, 2013 8:44 am - LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda will receive the American Film Institute’s 42nd Life Achievement Award, one of Hollywood’s most prestigious career honors. “Jane Fonda is Americ...
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Bullock calls 'Gravity' her 'best life decision'Oct 04, 2013 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Sandra Bullock says making the lost-in-space movie “Gravity” with director Alfonso Cuarón was “the best life decision I think I ever made.” Cuaron coaxed ...
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'Runner Runner' goes nowhere with intriguing setupOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - A story like the one at the heart of "Runner Runner" - about a young American gambler who gets sucked way above his head into the criminal doings of a big-time offshore ...
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'Bad Milo' takes theater of the absurd to the extremeOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: "Bad Milo" Theater of the absurd usually works better in an actual live theater than it does in the more literal medium of motion pictures. Such is the ca...
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'Parkland' a tasteless, moribund account of JFK assassinationOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - The assassination of President John F. Kennedy probably ranks as the most traumatic and galvanizing moment in the history of the baby boomer experience. Peter Landesman...
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'Gravity' hero once lived in Lake ZurichOct 03, 2013 5:30 am - *The Lake Zurich mentioned in the headline may not necessarily be the Lake Zurich you know. And you have to read almost all of this column before you even get an explana...
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Cinematically engaging 'Gravity' an immersive survival thrillerOct 03, 2013 5:00 am - Prepare to be visually wowed and dramatically cowed by a gripping survival thriller all about a feisty female astronaut from Lake Zurich. Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" sim...
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‘Red October’ novelist Tom Clancy dies at 66Oct 02, 2013 6:22 pm - NEW YORK — In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller “The Hunt for Red October” came out, author Tom Clancy was invited to lunch at the Reagan White House, where he wa...
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Def Leppard not slowing down for cancerOct 02, 2013 1:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Rocking with Def Leppard between bouts of chemotherapy proved healing for guitarist Vivian Campbell. The 51-year-old musician relied on his bandmates and t...