Movies
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Netflix’s US customers get Facebook-sharing toolMar 16, 2013 7:05 am - SAN FRANCISCO — A long-awaited coming attraction has finally arrived for Netflix’s U.S. subscribers. They will now be able to automatically see what their Facebook frien...
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DVD previews: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Hobbit'Mar 16, 2013 5:00 am - Coming March 19 “Zero Dark Thirty” (R, 157 minutes, Sony): From the very first scenes of “Zero Dark Thirty,” director Kathryn Bigelow demonstrates why she is such a form...
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Yo! Rocky’s house in South Philly is for saleMar 15, 2013 4:54 pm - PHILADELPHIA — Want to live like Rocky Balboa? The Italian Stallion’s house is on the market. The home in South Philadelphia was featured in the 1979 movie “Rocky II.” I...
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Carrey gets serious about career, grandparenthoodMar 15, 2013 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Jim Carrey has delivered more than his share of great performances. But this undercover act wasn't one of them. While receiving press in a Las Vegas hotel ro...
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Women-in-jeopardy thriller 'The Call' gets extra scary treatmentMar 14, 2013 6:00 am - I know what you're thinking. Three stars for this piece of manipulative, sensationalistic female survival claptrap? Sure. Because "The Call" is taut and suspenseful hi...
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Inventive imagery can't right tepid 'Upside Down'Mar 14, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Upside Down' No, it's not about mortgages. In his soppy, passionless science-fiction romance "Upside Down," director/writer Juan Diego Solanas ...
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Magic sorely lacking in 'Burt Wonderstone'Mar 14, 2013 6:00 am - The only incredible thing about "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" is the way it makes Steve Carell so thoroughly unlikable. In a film about magic tricks, this is the mos...
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‘Veronica Mars’ film online fundraiser meets goalMar 13, 2013 5:47 pm - LOS ANGELES — “Veronica Mars” fans just bought themselves a big-screen version of the cult favorite TV series. A crowd-sourcing campaign to raise $2 million for the proj...
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Viral videos stoke celebrities’ imagesMar 12, 2013 9:59 pm - NEW YORK — Mila Kunis’ stardom went up a notch last week, and you would think it’s because she stars in the biggest movie of the year so far. But “Oz the Great and Powe...
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Iran mulls suing Hollywood over 'Argo'Mar 12, 2013 9:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning “Argo” because of the movie's allegedly “unrealistic portrayal” of the country, Iranian media rep...