Movies
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‘The Purge’ topples ‘Fast 6’ at box officeJun 09, 2013 12:44 am - NEW YORK — The suspense thriller “The Purge” topped the weekend box office with a shocking $36.4 million that doubled industry expectations, according to studio estimate...
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Film backs former SEAL trainee’s innocence claimJun 08, 2013 1:42 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — The courts have spoken, and former Navy SEAL trainee Dustin Turner remains locked up for a 1995 slaying that another man has confessed to committing alon...
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DVD previews: ‘Oz,’ ‘Snitch’Jun 08, 2013 5:45 am - Coming June 11 “Oz the Great and Powerful” (PG, 130 minutes, Disney): Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is a sideshow conjurer with a traveling circus in 1905 Kansas, captured ...
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Live-action Archie comics movie plannedJun 07, 2013 11:49 am - NEW YORK — Archie’s old Riverdale gang is headed to the big screen. Warner Bros. will produce a live-action film based on the comic’s characters, including Archie, Bett...
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Scorsese, De Niro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tributeJun 07, 2013 7:37 am - LOS ANGELES — Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman never worked with Mel Brooks, and the Oscar winners came to a ceremony in his honor to let him know they resent it. Brook...
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'Identity Thief' makes a run for DVDJun 06, 2013 11:00 am - “Identity Thief” The box-office hit “Identity Thief” pairs Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman in a comedy that works largely because of its cast. ...
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Thriller 'Purge' verges on hokeyJun 06, 2013 6:00 am - Director James DeMonaco gets sole credit for writing "The Purge," yet this derivative home-invasion thriller/political treatise/domestic horror tale bears all the signs ...
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Vaughn/Wilson chemistry optimizes comic 'Internship'Jun 06, 2013 6:00 am - Eight years have passed since Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson starred in the $200-plus million, R-rated comedy "Wedding Crashers." Good news: The electricity still crackle...
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'Violet and Daisy' clever but lacking in hit powerJun 06, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Violet and Daisy" If Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow's comically shallow BFFs from "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" worked as teenage mob a...
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Sears employees dress up like Superman, set world recordJun 05, 2013 1:00 pm - Ryan Sherwood has read comic books his whole life and has written two novels in the magical realism genre, but Wednesday was the first time he actually got to be a super...