Movies
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Cruise goes back to what he does best in ‘Reacher’Dec 21, 2012 9:23 am - LOS ANGELES — Just turned 50, Tom Cruise is eligible for membership in the American Association of Retired Persons. Just split from third wife Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise i...
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Poll Vault: What's your favorite Christmas movie?Dec 20, 2012 11:00 pm - I caught a bit of “A Christmas Story” on TV last weekend. The Bumpuses' dogs had just devoured the Christmas turkey, unleashing a torrent of profanity from the Old Man. ...
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Catlow to enter digital age Friday nightDec 20, 2012 10:07 am - The Catlow theater in Barrington will reopen to the public at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, for the James Bond movie “Skyfall,” marking its entry into the digital age. The the...
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'Worlds Away' an emotionally underwhelming 3-D spectacleDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3-D" isn't a great movie by any stretch of the back muscles, but it can't be beat as a 91-minute commercial for the organization's live ci...
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Survival thriller 'Impossible' perfect blend of danger, humanityDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'The Impossible' "The Impossible" ranks as the greatest vacation-gone-bad movie of all-time so far. Plus, it's one of the most intense, tautest a...
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Crime thriller 'Reacher' a reach for CruiseDec 20, 2012 5:00 am - There's no way anyone can watch the opening of Christopher McQuarrie's action thriller "Jack Reacher" - a shooter randomly guns down five people along a Pittsburgh water...
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Apatow matures with raw, funny 'This is 40'Dec 20, 2012 5:00 am - "This is 40" is every inch a Judd Apatow movie, from the pop-culture references and potty mouths to the blunt body humor and escapist drug use. Like all the movies he's ...
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‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ added to U.S. film registryDec 19, 2012 6:18 am - WASHINGTON — “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Dirty Harry” and “A League of Their Own” will be preserved for their enduring significance in American culture at by the Library ...
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‘Guilt Trip’ an all-too-formulaic journeyDec 19, 2012 4:30 am - “Yentl” goes yenta in “The Guilt Trip,” a creakily old-fashioned comedy that forgot to pack the laughs along with the nudging and kvetching. Possibly the first American ...
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'Les Mis' translates pop opera into bold musical dramaDec 18, 2012 10:00 pm - From its very first image - an underwater shot of a tattered French flag - "Les Miserables" announces itself as a bold work of cinema, not some stodgy, too-faithful adap...