Movies
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'High School' reeks of reefer badnessMay 31, 2012 6:00 am - Call it a case of reefer badness. For John Stalberg's lowbrow stoner comedy "High School" to be really funny, viewers would have to be blitzed out on weed to take up th...
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Style, substance happily co-exist in sweet 'Moonrise Kingdom'May 31, 2012 6:00 am - The contradiction inherent to all Wes Anderson films — the juxtaposition of the meticulous artificiality of the settings and the passionately wistful emotions that are l...
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'True Blood' season four out on DVDMay 30, 2012 11:00 pm - “True Blood: Season Four” One of the most successful series in the history of HBO, “True Blood” returned to the foundation that made it great with season four. The ...
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The Suburbs This Weekend: Birds, butterflies and zero-carb pizza crustMay 30, 2012 10:00 am - Birds, butterflies and a zero-carb pizza crust are among the recommendations from Sean Stangland and Richard Battin for The Suburbs This Weekend. High on Sean's list is ...
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'MiB3' zaps 'Avengers' out of No. 1May 28, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — The comic action heroes of “Men in Black 3” have taken over the weekend box office from the comic-book superheroes of “The Avengers.” According to studio e...
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U.S. films shut out at CannesMay 27, 2012 8:26 pm - CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about ...
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Kidman talks marriage to Keith UrbanMay 27, 2012 8:26 pm - CANNES, France — Nicole Kidman’s red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes. The actress’s husband — musician Keith Urban — made the trip from Sydney, ...
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Pattinson leaves vampires behind in ‘Cosmopolis’May 27, 2012 8:26 pm - CANNES, France — Robert Pattinson has gone from playing a vampire to depicting another kind of bloodsucker — a billionaire financier whose world crumbles in the course o...
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'Battleship' fact-check: Could we revive Mighty Mo?May 26, 2012 7:00 am - Caution: Spoiler-alert for the movie “Battleship.” What's the expiration date on a World War II warship? That's a question raised by the surprising third act in Peter Be...
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Cartoon studio in China faces state clout, global starsMay 26, 2012 7:00 am - SHANGHAI — Chinese cartoonist Carol Liu Hong built her studio from scratch, doing postproduction work for TV commercials and then, once she broke even, realizing her dre...