Movies
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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...
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‘The Croods’ catches fire with $44.7M openingMar 24, 2013 5:03 pm - LOS ANGELES — The caveman comedy “The Croods” left an indelible mark on the wall, opening at No. 1 with $44.7 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The 3-D adve...
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Podcasts talk in your ear through entire movieMar 23, 2013 7:24 am - Last fall, as the science-fiction thriller “Looper” was building up steam in theaters, it wasn’t surprising to see fans lining up to see it a second time — the better to...
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DVD previews: 'Lincoln,' 'Killing Them Softly'Mar 23, 2013 5:45 am - Coming March 26 “Lincoln” (PG-13, 149 minutes, DreamWorks/Disney): A peculiar, powerful alchemy takes hold in Steven Spielberg's masterful portrait of the 16th ...
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Ebertfest lineup includes Jack Black, ‘Bernie’Mar 22, 2013 11:50 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jack Black and filmmaker Richard Linklater will headline this year’s Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign. Black starred in Linklater’s “Bernie.” The...
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‘Veronica Mars’ campaign rattles movie industryMar 22, 2013 10:57 am - NEW YORK — After years of hope, stalled efforts and studio frustration, “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas watched a long-held dream come to fruition in a sudden digital...
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Passing reference in ‘Argo’ rankles New ZealandMar 21, 2013 10:43 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Thirteen minutes into the Oscar-winning movie “Argo,” CIA agent Tony Mendez asks supervisor Jack O’Donnell what happened to a group of American...
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'Spring Breakers' showcases some dangerous divasMar 21, 2013 10:00 am - Harmony Korine seems to want it both ways, all day, with “Spring Breakers,” his super-stylized descent into a sunbaked hell where bikini-clad, gun-toting college babes s...
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Comedy not quite worth price of 'Admission'Mar 21, 2013 6:00 am - I kept expecting something riotous to happen in Paul Weitz's new movie "Admission." You know, somebody to do something crazy. Or somebody to say something clever and qu...
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Local director brings a bit of 'The Force' homeMar 21, 2013 6:00 am - The force is with us! "The Force Within Us" comes from writer/director Cris Macht, a Westmont native and graduate of Westmont High School. He now lives in Gilberts. His...