Movies
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War at home and Middle-earthNov 01, 2013 6:00 am - Ah, autumn. A wonderful time of year. Beautiful colors, a pleasant chill in the air, warm snuggles with loved ones ... and the sounds of a million n00bs getting lit up b...
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Controversial 'Blue' a bold, immersive coming-of-age dramaNov 01, 2013 5:30 am - Once in a while a movie comes along that doesn't just affect how you think or feel, it performs its own kind of physical alchemy, burrowing its way into your consciousne...
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'Man of Tai Chi' packs flimsy plotOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - I'm going to make a strange recommendation. If for some reason you find yourself in a theater watching the martial arts adventure "Man of Tai Chi" - say, you're on the l...
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Stop defacing screeners for the press to reviewOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - Excuse my tirade I sat down at my computer screen to watch a press digital download for the movie "Broadway Idiot" opening this weekend at the Music Box Theatre in Chic...
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It's 'About Time' a romantic fantasy like this came alongOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - @X BTO Byline attribution italic:dgire@dailyherald.com I have one major misgiving about Richard Curtis' romantic fantasy "About Time," and that involves the innocently ...
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Visually stunning 'Ender's Game' really an ethics lesson in da-skiesOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - The idea that humanity banks its entire future on some spunky junior high kids to win a potential intergalactic war with buglike aliens borders on the ludicrous. Yet, G...
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Steenburgen trumps quartet of aging stars in Sin City comedyOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - "Have any drugs, man?" a sexy young woman asks aging senior citizen Archie. "Does Lipitor count?" Archie replies. Cue the Viagra jokes and comic references to replaced...
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'Free Birds' serves up helping of funOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Finally, there's a movie vegetarian parents can enjoy with their impressionable offspring. The animated adventure "Free Birds" follows a couple of modern-day turkeys who...
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Mediocre 'Diana' no royal romantic treatOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Let's start with the relatively good news: "Diana," a new biopic about the last two years of Princess Diana's life, is not nearly as horrendous as some of the reviews in...
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Complicated 'Darlings' awash in delicious ambiguitiesOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - The phrase "it's complicated" appears more than once in "Kill Your Darlings," having nothing to do with Facebook relationship-status updates. It's almost the movie's sig...