Movies
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J.J. Abrams boldly going from ‘Trek’ to ‘Star Wars’May 14, 2013 7:29 am - LONDON — J.J. Abrams is master of one universe — and he’s about to try conquering another. The director who rebooted “Star Trek” for a new generation, sending the USS En...
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Cannes ready to host film worldMay 13, 2013 1:30 pm - For even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience. For 12 days every year, the French Rivera resort t...
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‘Gatsby’ gives ‘Iron Man 3’ a run for its moneyMay 12, 2013 5:35 pm - LOS ANGELES — Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office. Leonard DiCaprio’s “The Great Gatsby” partied like it was the Roaring ‘20s with a $5...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dead, but not forgottenMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revival...
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Lucasfilm: New ‘Star Wars’ movie to be shot in UKMay 11, 2013 5:16 pm - LONDON — The next “Star Wars” movie will be shot in a galaxy far, far away from Hollywood — Britain. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy says the company has reached a ...
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DVD previews: ‘Cloud Atlas,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw’May 11, 2013 4:40 am - Coming May 14 “Cloud Atlas” (R, 172 minutes, Warner): At its simplest, “Cloud Atlas” tells the interlocking stories of several characters over a 500-year span. How these...
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D211 film festival gives students, teachers chance to learnMay 10, 2013 6:04 pm - It’s been in existence for only eight years, but a small film festival that was limited to students studying the craft at Palatine High School is now a districtwide even...
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Theater apologizes for actor carrying fake gunMay 10, 2013 4:16 pm - Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Operators of a Missouri movie theater apologized Friday for a stunt in which an actor dressed in black, wearing body armor and car...
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Action-packed 'Jack Reacher' out on DVDMay 09, 2013 6:00 pm - “Jack Reacher” Tom Cruise takes the title role in “Jack Reacher,” a nonstop action film based on Lee Childs' novels. The thriller begins in downtown Pittsburgh, whe...
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Luhrmann celebrates style over substance in misconceived adaptationMay 09, 2013 6:00 am - Leonardo DiCaprio's grand entrance as the mysterious Mr. Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" ranks as one of Hollywood's great cinematic introductions, right up ...