Movies
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’Essential’ film copyright protection turns 100Aug 24, 2012 3:23 pm - CULPEPER, Va. — In the crisp 39-degree air of a converted bunker in rural Virginia lies the nation’s greatest collection of early film. Stacked in metal tins on shelves ...
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Former Schaumburg man linked to extortion plotAug 23, 2012 7:00 pm - An aspiring Hollywood actor who attended high school in Schaumburg has been indicted on federal charges alleging he attempted to extort money from five wealthy individua...
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‘Teletubbies’ creator tries hand at preschoolers’ movieAug 23, 2012 10:07 am - NEW YORK — The marketing genius behind “Thomas the Tank Engine” and those scandalous “Teletubbies” knows how to capture the hearts and minds of toddlers. Now he’s after ...
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Vivienne Jolie-Pitt makes her film debut with momAug 23, 2012 6:51 am - LOS ANGELES — Four-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt is making her movie debut alongside her famous mom. Walt Disney Studios says Angelina Jolie’s youngest daughter will play...
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Stellar cast in charming 'Robot and Frank'Aug 23, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Robot and Frank" At first, the robot in Jake Schreier's senior citizen science fiction drama "Robot and Frank" resembles a 10-year-old actor stuf...
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Nonstop bike messenger action thriller delivers the goodsAug 23, 2012 5:00 am - "Brakes are death!" Wilee the New York bike messenger shouts. David Koepp's stunt-stuffed, time-tricked chase thriller "Premium Rush" apparently believes this, because i...
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'Cosmopolis' a static, stagey glimpse of the futureAug 23, 2012 5:00 am - Lifeless, stagy and lacking a palpable subversive pulse despite the ready opportunities offered by the material, "Cosmopolis" is a stillborn adaptation of Don DeLillo's ...
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Action/comedy 'Hit & Run' races alongAug 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Dax Shepard's redneck NASCAR romance/action comedy "Hit & Run" aspires to overhaul and restart a largely dormant movie genre once gleefully exploited by the winning acto...
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Wheaton filmmakers put suburbs on the big screenAug 20, 2012 11:00 pm - If everything goes as planned, filmmakers Kevin and DeAnna Cooper hope to do for the Northwest suburbs what John Hughes did for the North Shore. The husband-and-wife tea...
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Rosie O’Donnell suffers heart attack, gets stentAug 20, 2012 6:54 pm - NEW YORK — Rosie O’Donnell says she suffered a heart attack last week and is “lucky to be here.” The 50-year-old comedian detailed the experience on her blog Monday, sa...