Movies
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Fall films ready to turn seriousSep 01, 2013 6:34 am - NEW YORK — Tom Hanks didn’t know where the cameras were. “Captain Phillips,” a based-on-a-true-story tale about a cargo ship taken by Somali pirates, was Hanks’ first ti...
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Hong Kong director has a hit with ‘The Grandmaster’Sep 01, 2013 5:57 am - LOS ANGELES — Wong Kar-wai swears he’s seen people fly. The acclaimed Hong Kong director crossed China meeting 100 kung fu masters as research for “The Grandmaster,” hi...
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DVD previews: ‘Now You See Me,’ ‘Iceman’Aug 31, 2013 6:52 am - Coming Sept. 3 “Now You See Me” (PG-13, 116 minutes, Lionsgate): If there was an instruction manual for heist movies, the directions would include amusing the audience ...
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Japanese film highlights film industry absurdityAug 31, 2013 6:49 am - VENICE, Italy — Japanese director Sion Sono wants to set the records straight: It was Bruce Lee and not Quentin Tarantino who transformed the yellow jumpsuit into a piec...
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Little City artists profiled in documentaryAug 30, 2013 9:00 am - It's been four years since longtime Little City Foundation media arts manager John Grod set out on a labor of love. Grod had been empowering children and adults with int...
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New channel, same 'Sunny' gangAug 30, 2013 6:00 am - New channel, same 'Sunny' gang Charlie, Mac, Dennis and Sweet Dee are coming back to Paddy's Pub on Wednesday night, but you won't find them on FX. The new season of "...
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James Spader cast as ‘Avengers’ villainAug 29, 2013 5:19 pm - NEW YORK — The “Avengers” sequel has its villain. Marvel announced Thursday that James Spader will play Ultron in its “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” In the comics, the char...
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Fitzgerald, Luhrmann a good pairing for 'Gatsby,' now on DVDAug 29, 2013 3:00 pm - “The Great Gatsby” — For many years, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” was a staple of high school literature classes. Director Baz Luhrmann, known...
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‘Ain’t’ it arty? Pretense robs outlaw tale of natural charmAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - The outlaw romance “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” is a lyrical, sepia-toned folk tale, awash in 1970s filmmaking and the kind of stylized folksiness that hipsters will drool...
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Action-packed 'Getaway' racing to DumbvilleAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - In "Getaway," the dumbest action movie of the millennium so far, the Bulgarian cops drive on populated sidewalks, down stairways and across public parks before ramming i...