Movies
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'Not Fade Away' chases dream of making it in musicDec 27, 2012 4:00 am - As drummer in a forgotten New Jersey band in the 1960s, David Chase never got close - never even got close to close - to making it in music. Yet from a sound check of hi...
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Hollywood enjoys big year at box officeDec 26, 2012 6:57 am - LOS ANGELES — The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It’s the fact that the number of tickets sold went up...
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'Parental Guidance' is tolerable, but uninspiredDec 26, 2012 5:00 am - The schmaltz is piled on thick, and if the comedy were any broader it would require an IMAX screen, but there's still something touching about how hard Billy Crystal and...
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Tolkien class at Wis. university proves popularDec 25, 2012 5:00 am - MILWAUKEE — The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course dev...
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After ‘The Sopranos,’ a bigger screen for ChaseDec 25, 2012 4:36 am - NEW YORK — After “The Sopranos” went black, David Chase’s next move was never in question: He would make a movie. In all Chase’s time toiling as a writer in television ...
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Tarantino rides high in the saddle with 'Django'Dec 24, 2012 10:00 am - In its own culture-critical, cracked-out, explosively overblown way, "Django Unchained" represents Quentin Tarantino's idea of a warm and fuzzy comic romance - with grap...
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DVD previews: ‘Words,’ ‘Looper’Dec 22, 2012 4:44 am - Dec. 24: “The Words” (PG-13, 96 minutes, Sony Home Video): The first-time directorial effort from Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, who also collaborated on the screenpla...
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Paul Rudd needs dose of comedy after Broadway roleDec 21, 2012 3:03 pm - LOS ANGELES — Paul Rudd has been killing himself every night. The actor best known for comedies such as “Knocked Up” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” has been performing ...
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Eastwood scores with ‘Curve,’ out on DVDDec 21, 2012 11:56 am - “Trouble With The Curve” Clint Eastwood stars as Gus Lobel, an old-school baseball scout with the Atlanta Braves. Under pressure to keep his job, Gus gets one last chanc...
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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...