Movies
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After shooting, ‘Gangster Squad’ opening delayedJul 26, 2012 12:51 pm - NEW YORK — Warner Bros. has moved the release of “Gangster Squad” to January after the film’s climactic cinema shootout scene drew comparisons to the Aurora, Colo., shoo...
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Is 'Deranged' as scary as it should be?Jul 26, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Deranged" It takes just under 30 minutes in Park Jung-woo's South Korea horror tale "Deranged" for authorities to discover why so many emaciated...
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'Watch' prowls all-too-familiar territoryJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - It's already late July and 20th Century Fox has finally released the sort of brainless, unoriginal gross-out comedy that studios are supposed to unleash on us early in t...
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Spunky debunkers can't save ridiculous psychic thrillerJul 26, 2012 5:45 am - Rodrigo Cortes' "Red Lights" ranks as one of the shlockiest mystery thrillers in recent memory, a dark and somber tale that squanders a promising premise with a finale s...
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Dance moves true stars of 'Step Up'Jul 25, 2012 11:00 pm - With "Step Up Revolution," their second summertime at-bat after "Rock of Ages," producers Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot return to one of the things they do best - ma...
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Native Americans have mixed feelings on new TontoJul 25, 2012 7:40 am - SEATTLE — To most people, the upcoming “Lone Ranger” movie is just a Disney blockbuster featuring action, adventure and Johnny Depp looking over-the-top. But to Native ...
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Filmmakers often use terror to jar movies within moviesJul 25, 2012 7:38 am - LOS ANGELES — There’s something about the dark and quiet of a movie theater that allows us to make ourselves vulnerable. We enter into an implicit pact, giving over to t...
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Batman star Bale visits shooting victims, memorial siteJul 24, 2012 8:45 pm - AURORA, Colo. — Batman star Christian Bale visited survivors of the Colorado theater shooting Tuesday, and thanked medical staff and police officers who responded to the...
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Hollywood deflects blame for ‘Dark Knight’ shootingJul 24, 2012 10:21 am - LOS ANGELES — There seems to be very little of the blame-it-on-Hollywood backlash in the wake of the Colorado theater massacre that so often occurs when people struggle ...
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‘Dark Knight Rises’ reportedly earns $160 millionJul 23, 2012 6:52 am - LOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight Rises” was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend following a mass shooting at a Colorado ...