Movies
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Gimmicky 'Now You See Me' needs better tricksMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - The true magicians behind the curtain in Louis Leterrier's mystery thriller "Now You See Me" are cinematographers Larry Fong and Mitchell Amundsen. Every frame in "Now ...
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Shyamalan's 'Earth' another science-fiction thriller short on scienceMay 30, 2013 5:00 am - To understand the inherent idiocy of "After Earth," you must remember that it comes from M. Night Shyamalan. His 2002 science-fiction thriller "Signs" presented the stu...
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‘Spellbound’ star reflects on a Spelling Bee lifeMay 27, 2013 4:28 pm - WASHINGTON — Of the 85 kids who have won the National Spelling Bee, only one became an instant movie star. For the millions who watched back in 1999, her face is frozen...
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‘Fast’ races past ‘Hangover’ at weekend box officeMay 27, 2013 2:47 pm - LOS ANGELES — After a lackluster start to the year, the movie industry enjoyed its most robust Memorial Day weekend ever at the box office, with “Fast & Furious 6” speed...
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Angelina Jolie aunt dies of breast cancer days after op-edMay 26, 2013 7:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, her aunt has died from the disease. Jolie's aunt Debbie Martin di...
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Fame part of family business for Will, Jaden SmithMay 26, 2013 2:47 pm - TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Will Smith has a new outlook on teenagers: Parents do indeed understand. The rapper-turned-actor says he’s “grown a lot” since writing the...
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’Blue is the Warmest Color’ wins Palme d’OrMay 26, 2013 2:45 pm - CANNES, France — The tender, sensual lesbian romance “Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele” won the hearts of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taking its top honor...
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Cambodian film on Pol Pot rule wins Cannes prizeMay 25, 2013 2:12 pm - CANNES, France — A French-Cambodian film, “The Missing Picture,” which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot’s dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the “Un Cert...
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DVD previews: ‘Dark Skies,’ ‘Lore’May 25, 2013 5:20 am - Coming May 28 “Dark Skies” (PG-13, 97 minutes, Dimension Films/Anchor Bay): This is a workmanlike piece of suspense, despite its reliance on several tired tropes of the ...
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Cannes: Dern a leading man again in ‘Nebraska’May 24, 2013 5:44 pm - CANNES, France — For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip “Nebraska,” Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the l...