Movies
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Oakton highlights Rumbula massacre, Nazis in fictionNov 20, 2013 2:24 pm - Jewish Studies at Oakton is making two free presentations that shed light on the massacre of Jews in the Baltics and the use of Nazi figures in literature at the college...
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Alexander Payne on his life at the moviesNov 19, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Alexander Payne is equal parts filmmaker and film buff. The Omaha-born filmmaker, for example, found time while premiering his latest, “Nebraska,” at the Can...
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'Hunger Games' sequel fired up with catchy characters, political plotNov 18, 2013 6:00 pm - Not since 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back" has the middle chapter in a cinematic series eclipsed the dramatic scope and technical quality of its original while leaving u...
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Keanu Reeves’ ‘47 Ronin’ based on true Japanese storyNov 18, 2013 8:04 am - TOKYO — The director of the Keanu Reeves 3-D film “47 Ronin” says he hopes his adaptation of a true Japanese story becomes a Hollywood blockbuster. Film director Carl Ri...
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Lawrence first-time producer with ‘Glass Castle’Nov 18, 2013 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jennifer Lawrence will not only star in the upcoming film adaptation of Jeanette Walls’ 2005 best-selling memoir “The Glass Castle,” the project ...
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'Best Man' nearly topples 'Thor' at box officeNov 17, 2013 4:00 pm - NEW YORK — In an unlikely battle of sequels, “Thor: The Dark World” bested “The Best Man Holiday” at the box office. Disney's “Thor: The Dark World” continued its box-o...
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In banner year for black films, the hope is for momentumNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has heard this story before. A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen equa...
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’Nebraska’ continues allure of black-and-white filmsNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Black-and-white movies are a rarity today, of course, but they nevertheless cling to a persistent and exceptional existence among more flashy fare at the mult...
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Veteran film, TV, stage actor Al Ruscio diesNov 16, 2013 6:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — Veteran character actor Al Ruscio, who appeared in countless film, television and stage productions across half a century, has died at age 89, said his lon...
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’Best Man Holiday’ revives Chestnut’s lureNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Back in 2012, while filming “The Best Man Holiday,” Morris Chestnut and Nia Long became increasingly nostalgic. It had been 14 years since the r...