Movies
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Looking to scare up Halloween fun this weekend?Oct 26, 2013 8:00 am - With Halloween falling on Thursday, this weekend offers the best chance to scare up some seasonal fun. We have a selection of ideas for this Saturday and Sunday that ran...
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DVD previews: ‘Monsters University’ and ‘R.I.P.D.’Oct 26, 2013 6:00 am - Here’s a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Oct. 29: “Monsters University” (G, 103 minutes, Disney): Pixar has a solid track record when it comes to sequels. But until “Mo...
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Redford fretted about 'All is Lost' receptionOct 25, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — He's been acting for more than half a century, but even Robert Redford still gets nervous showing off a new film. Redford got a standing ovation when his sur...
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Violent ‘Counselor’ guilty of windy, dull dialogueOct 25, 2013 6:00 am - By the looks of it, “The Counselor,” a rancid, ultimately sodden crime thriller, was made to appeal to several audiences, among them fans of the cinematic stylings of Ri...
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‘Bad Grandpa’ lives up to his nameOct 25, 2013 6:00 am - If you liked the “Jackass” television series and its movie spinoffs, you’ll probably love “Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa.” Starring Johnny Knoxville, the chief perpetrato...
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Tired of the same old horror films? Try these 10Oct 25, 2013 6:00 am - So you want to see some scary movies for Halloween but are tired of watching the same old stuff? I feel your pain. Seriously, how many times can you sit through those ...
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Jamie Dornan replaces Hunnam in ‘Fifty Shades’Oct 24, 2013 12:43 pm - NEW YORK — “Fifty Shades of Grey” has its male lead, again. Jamie Dornan has been cast as Christian Grey, the lead role that Charlie Hunnam withdrew from recently. Dorn...
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Tom Hardy to play Elton John in biopicOct 24, 2013 7:36 am - NEW YORK — Tom Hardy will play Elton John in a biopic titled “Rocketman.” Focus Features announced Hardy’s casting as the iconic piano man on Wednesday. The film is pla...
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Reel life: 'Lost for Words' seems more lost than anythingOct 24, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: "Lost for Words" In Stanley J. Orzel's romance "Lost for Words," former U.S. Marine Mike Vance (Sean Faris) works computer Intel for a firm in China, the h...
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Redford grasps the gravity of sea survival in 'All is Lost'Oct 24, 2013 6:00 am - If "Life of Pi" qualifies as an epic account of survival at sea, J.C. Chandor's "All is Lost" more accurately resembles a simple chamber play with the same theme. One c...