Movies
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'Despicable' sequel dumbed-down but still funnyJul 02, 2013 5:30 am - If you loved the original "Despicable Me," you'll probably like "Despicable Me 2" quite a lot. But full-blown love might be tough to muster for this fast-paced, frequen...
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Jason Statham showcases acting range in new filmJul 01, 2013 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — With the success of his own franchise films like “The Transporter” and “Crank,” as well as being a part of “The Expendables” and newly added to the “Fast and ...
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‘The Heat’ hot at box office but ‘Monsters’ ruleJun 30, 2013 5:01 pm - LOS ANGELES — Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought “The Heat” against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office. The Fox action-comedy starring the funny l...
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DVD previews: ‘Least Among Saints,’ ‘56 Up’Jun 29, 2013 6:00 am - Here’s a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 2: “Least Among Saints” (R, 109 minutes, Vertical Entertainment): “Least Among Saints” hits all the notes you’d expect for...
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Would you pay $50 to see a flick? Some fans didJun 29, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — So this was the deal: For $50, you got to see Brad Pitt’s hotly anticipated zombie thriller “World War Z” before all your friends. You also got 3D glasses to ...
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Halle Berry gets ‘The Call,’ now on DVDJun 27, 2013 6:00 pm - “The Call” — Director Brad Anderson, with excellent camera work, lets us see for ourselves what it feels like to be an operator in a 911 call center. Jordan Turner (Hall...
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Armie Hammer becomes leading man in 'Lone Ranger'Jun 27, 2013 6:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — If it weren't for the movie “Home Alone,” Armie Hammer might not be starring in “The Lone Ranger.” Seeing the 1990 Macaulay Culkin hit inspired Hammer to b...
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Gemma Arterton shows her versatility in two new filmsJun 27, 2013 6:00 am - It's a Gemma weekend British actress Gemma Arterton bulleted to fame as one of James Bond's cool women in "Quantum of Solace." (She wound up being painted to death.) No...
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McCarthy, Bullock a perfect pairing of comical cops in 'The Heat'Jun 27, 2013 6:00 am - "The Heat" has no right to be as funny as it turns out to be. Paul Feig's comedy begins with strained, almost embarrassing sight gags, cartoonishly overwritten dialogue...
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'White House' a downer action thrillerJun 27, 2013 6:00 am - The only way that uber-action director Roland Emmerich could have salvaged his sophomoric disaster film "White House Down" would have been to push it into sheer camp and...