Movies
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Ellen DeGeneres hooked for ‘Nemo’ sequelApr 02, 2013 12:56 pm - LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres is going fishing again with a sequel to the animated blockbuster “Finding Nemo.” Disney and its Pixar Animation unit announced Tuesday that...
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‘G.I. Joe’ commands No. 1 at box office with $41MMar 31, 2013 4:52 pm - LOS ANGELES — After a nine-month delay, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bruce Wil...
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DVD preview: ‘John Dies at the End’Mar 30, 2013 5:01 am - Coming April 2 “John Dies at the End” (R, 99 minutes, Magnolia Home Entertainment): This dark comedy is a mashup of grindhouse gore, film-noir narration and a headache-...
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'Host' would intrigue minus a host of logistical problemsMar 28, 2013 11:00 am - Judging solely by the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's 2008 novel “The Host,” the “Twilight” author's commitment to the love triangle is inviolable. This sci-fi love...
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Mindless, macho action propels 'G.I. Joe'Mar 28, 2013 6:00 am - If a big, dumb action movie knows it's a big, dumb action movie and revels in that fact, is that preferable to a big, dumb action movie making the mistake of thinking it...
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English-language 'Poppy Hill' carries on Ghibli traditionMar 28, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "From Up on Poppy Hill" Goro Miyazaki's "From Up on Poppy Hill" lacks a bit of the magic of the works of his famous filmmaking father Hayao Miyaz...
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'Sapphires' sparkles with energy, music and sisterhoodMar 28, 2013 6:00 am - "The Sapphires" possesses a real power, call it passion if you will, that radiates out of every frame in Wayne Blair's energizing, nostalgia-stuffed Vietnam-era musical ...
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Harrison Ford not ready to talk ‘Star Wars’ sequelsMar 27, 2013 8:26 am - LOS ANGELES — Harrison Ford isn’t ready — “yet” — to talk about his reported part in Disney’s planned “Star Wars” sequel, but he praises its director, J.J. Abrams. “I th...
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Lombard filmmaker turned to skateboarding worldMar 26, 2013 5:15 am - During jury duty, filmmaker Brett Novak had an epiphany. The Lombard native was enjoying a thriving career as a visual special effects director and producer. He worked ...
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‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘Les Mis’ available on DVDMar 25, 2013 2:54 pm - “Zero Dark Thirty” Director Kathryn Bigelow. who helmed the Oscar-winning “The Hurt Locker,” has another winner with this intense, terrific film about the hunt for Osama...