Movies
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New film to chronicle Rolling Stones’ journeyAug 30, 2012 11:00 am - LONDON — A documentary with newly released historic footage will trace The Rolling Stones’ 50-year journey from teenagers to rock icons, publicists for the band said Thu...
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Paramount and ‘Godfather’ author heirs clash in NYAug 30, 2012 6:36 am - NEW YORK — The dispute over the future of “The Godfather” franchise is moving to federal court in Manhattan as Paramount Pictures and heirs of the story’s author face of...
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'Awakening' hardly enough to keep audiences awakeAug 30, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'The Awakening' I have a Sixth Sense that The Others in The Orphanage might find Nick Murphy's Brit ghost movie “The Awakening” to be every b...
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Exorcism thriller 'Possession' too tame, familiarAug 30, 2012 6:00 am - The first thing killed in Ole Bornedal's exorcism horror tale "The Possession" is any sense of mystery or suspense. In the opening scene, an older woman, clearly upset, ...
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In 'Lawless,' Nick Cave crafts a new murder balladAug 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Writing the Prohibition-era bootlegger crime film “Lawless” — his second realized script and largest movie production yet — taught Australian songwriter Nick Cave certai...
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'Lawless' is flawed - but worth seeingAug 28, 2012 11:00 pm - In John Hillcoat's indelicately violent Prohibition tale "Lawless," a moonshiner senses trouble, so he takes a shotgun off the wall and loads it with shells. In another ...
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‘Expendables’ keeps its grip on No. 1Aug 26, 2012 10:41 pm - LOS ANGELES — Hollywood may have run out of summer hits, but holdover movies easily topped the weekend box office again, led by Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables 2.”...
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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 ...