Movies
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Jeff of Lombard's review of sci-fi thriller 'John Carter'Mar 20, 2012 11:00 pm - First, I need to say that I've been a fan of these John Carter books for over 20 years, so the director had a ready made fan -- if done well, but also he had the chance ...
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Blunted 'Hunger Games' is lean, meanMar 20, 2012 10:00 pm - "The Hunger Games" is a mildly sexless, blunted action thriller featuring cheesy digital flame effects and a superbly sympathetic, highly physical performance by Jennife...
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A chat with Josh Hutcherson of 'The Hunger Games'Mar 20, 2012 9:00 pm - Josh Hutcherson has been a working actor for 10 years. He's now 19 and about to become an international star as Peeta Mellark, the pragmatic love interest of Katniss Eve...
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Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' movie restored for DVDMar 19, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — The animated Beatles movie “Yellow Submarine” has been carefully restored frame-by-frame for DVD release this year. Specialists worked for four months to indivi...
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'Jump Street' leaps to No. 1 with $35 millionMar 18, 2012 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Audiences headed back to school for the TV update “21 Jump Street,” which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million. Sony's action comedy starring...
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'70s music revisited in SXSW documentariesMar 16, 2012 8:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas — Whether reggae, soft rock, hardcore punk or power pop, the music of the '70s is playing again at South By Southwest. Several of the many music documenta...
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Search for meaning takes 'Jeff' on comic journeyMar 15, 2012 6:00 am - The smart, surprisingly poignant indie comedy "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" tells the story of four main characters, hopelessly mired in the present, who need to get off the...
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Male ego the true star of painfully human drama 'Footnote'Mar 15, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Footnote' The true star of Joseph Cedar's painfully human drama "Footnote" is the male ego, and the blackly comic story centers around how a father-a...
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Ferrell's bilingual buffoonery abounds in comic 'Casa'Mar 15, 2012 6:00 am - It's a total goof, of course. That's obvious even before Will Ferrell, dressed in a cowboy hat and a neckerchief sitting astride a horse in the Mexican desert, opens h...
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Hill and Tatum's odd-couple pairing make '21 Jump Street'Mar 15, 2012 6:00 am - The TV show that made Johnny Depp a star is little more than a jumping-off point for the big-screen "21 Jump Street," a rowdy, raunchy update that aims for laughs over a...