Movies
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Golden Globes get ball rolling toward Oscar nightJan 12, 2012 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's first big show on the road to the Academy Awards will help determine if silence is golden this season. The black-and-white silent film “The Art...
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'Artist' wins 4 trophies at Critics' Choice AwardsJan 12, 2012 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — “The Artist” waltzed away with its first wins of Hollywood's awards season. The black-and-white ode to the silent-film era directed by Michel Hazanavicius ...
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Martin Scorsese gets doc director nomJan 12, 2012 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese isn't just nominated for a Directors Guild Award for “Hugo,” but also for his documentary “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.” Th...
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Stars steal the show at critics' award ceremonyJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - Chi film awards recap! I'm still recuperating from coproducing and cowriting the 23rd annual Chicago Film Critics Awards Saturday at the Broadway Playhouse in Water...
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Bad behavior abounds in well-cast 'Carnage'Jan 12, 2012 5:00 am - In Hollywood terms, "Carnage" is relatively tame violence-wise. A pet hamster may be in peril, a bunch of tulips get mauled and a cellphone gets abused, but that's prett...
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'Joyful Noise' deserves no stars. None.Jan 12, 2012 5:00 am - If all you care about in a movie is a bunch of good songs and you're not remotely bothered by suggestions of white supremacy, appallingly mixed moral messages, tasteless...
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'Contraband' traffics in IQ-challenged characters, clichésJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - "Contraband" is one those mediocre, cliché-packed action thrillers that spends 90 minutes slogging through a complex setup just so we can see how the hero - confronted b...
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Streep commands the screen (and Britain) in Thatcher bio dramaJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - In "The Iron Lady," the play's not so much the thing as the player, for Meryl Streep's uncanny channeling of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the raiso...
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Katy Perry, 'Potter' win big at People's Choice AwardsJan 10, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Katy Perry is in the popular clique now. The singer-actress won the most People's Choice Awards at Wednesday's 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza. Perry...
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The Suburbs This Weekend: From 'Gone with the Wind' to Pine Valley and WicketsJan 10, 2012 10:00 pm - Our stalwart weekend examiners herald a showing of "Gone with the Wind," tied a a local play about how the movie came to be, a reunion of Pine Valley citizens rememberin...