Movies
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'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nomsJan 24, 2012 7:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director slot for t...
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Sean Penn shares film's dream of ducking stardomJan 24, 2012 5:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah — Sean Penn's new movie casts him as a former rock star who turns his back on stardom and goes into exile overseas. Penn can relate. He said in an interv...
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Images: Oscar NomineesJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - ...
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Oscar nod for West Memphis 3 film angers parentsJan 23, 2012 10:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The parents of two of three Arkansas boys who were brutally murdered nearly two decades ago said they're disappointed that a documentary about the ki...
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`Underworld’ sinks teeth into box office with $25MJan 21, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest “Underworld” movie opening at No. 1 this weekend. “Underworld Awakening” made an estimated $25.4,...
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Wheeling to get first Marco's Pizza in IllinoisJan 19, 2012 11:00 pm - A new pizzeria likely is coming to Wheeling, and consumers might be able to order a new side dish with their dinner — a movie rental. As part of a new partnership, Marco...
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4 films open Sundance FestivalJan 19, 2012 10:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah — A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the opening of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday. For 11 days every January, Sundance becomes the ...
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Soderbergh fires up action genre with 'Haywire'Jan 19, 2012 5:00 am - "Haywire" begins in a quaint and quiet diner with a couple involved in what sounds like a mundane business discussion when BAM! They abruptly EXPLODE! into a violent co...
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Implausible 9/11 drama 'Extremely' exploitiveJan 19, 2012 5:00 am - Practically every scene in Stephen Daldry's "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" exploits the sadness, anger, guilt, loss and confusion that young Oskar Schell (Thomas Ho...
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'Woman in Black' poster a poor ployJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - The woman in bleck? While hanging out at the South Barrington Theaters last weekend, I came upon one of the scariest one-sheets (posters) I've seen since 1979's “Al...