Movies
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Inventive imagery can't right tepid 'Upside Down'Mar 14, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Upside Down' No, it's not about mortgages. In his soppy, passionless science-fiction romance "Upside Down," director/writer Juan Diego Solanas ...
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Magic sorely lacking in 'Burt Wonderstone'Mar 14, 2013 6:00 am - The only incredible thing about "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" is the way it makes Steve Carell so thoroughly unlikable. In a film about magic tricks, this is the mos...
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‘Veronica Mars’ film online fundraiser meets goalMar 13, 2013 5:47 pm - LOS ANGELES — “Veronica Mars” fans just bought themselves a big-screen version of the cult favorite TV series. A crowd-sourcing campaign to raise $2 million for the proj...
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Viral videos stoke celebrities’ imagesMar 12, 2013 9:59 pm - NEW YORK — Mila Kunis’ stardom went up a notch last week, and you would think it’s because she stars in the biggest movie of the year so far. But “Oz the Great and Powe...
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Iran mulls suing Hollywood over 'Argo'Mar 12, 2013 9:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning “Argo” because of the movie's allegedly “unrealistic portrayal” of the country, Iranian media rep...
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Disney’s ‘Oz’ bewitches box office with $80M debutMar 10, 2013 4:44 pm - LOS ANGELES — “Oz the Great and the Powerful” clicked with moviegoers. Disney’s 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” debuted in fir...
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DVD previews: ‘Hitchcock,’ ‘Life of Pi’Mar 09, 2013 3:43 am - Coming March 12 “Hitchcock” (PG-13, 98 minutes, Fox): For all his creepy tendencies, Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed mostly sympathetically in “Hitchcock,” in which Anthon...
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'Dead Man Down' is lifeless, ludicrousMar 08, 2013 10:00 am - Suspending disbelief is a part of watching most any action film, where bullets fly like birds and mayhem explodes as easily as a shaken soda can. But even in such a cont...
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Disney, Sam Raimi gamble with return to OzMar 07, 2013 12:12 pm - LOS ANGELES — Returning to the mystical land of “The Wizard of Oz” took more than 70 years and several hundred millions dollars. Disney releases its highly anticipated p...
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Fisher to reprise Leia for new 'Star Wars' filmsMar 07, 2013 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Carrie Fisher says she's coming back as Princess Leia for the new “Star Wars” films. The actress confirmed that she'll return as the iconic character in an in...