Movies
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‘Lone Ranger’ filming shut down over budgetAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — A source close to Walt Disney Studios’ much-anticipated big-screen adaptation of “The Lone Ranger” starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer says the productio...
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Performances make 'Glee' movie tolerableAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" makes you realize just how crucial Jane Lynch is to the Fox TV show's success. She's nowhere to be found in this peppy concert film, shot o...
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Malcolm McDowell remembers Stanley Kubrick's snubAug 11, 2011 10:00 am - A Clockwork actor Actor Malcolm McDowell will introduce Stanley Kubrick's 1971 classic tale of ultraviolence and mayhem "A Clockwork Orange" at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, ...
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'30 Minutes' a frantic action comedyAug 11, 2011 1:00 am - Time's up on frantic, action comedy '30 Minutes'
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'Final Destination 5' falls prey to formulaAug 11, 2011 1:00 am - Fans of the popular "Final Destination" horror films will be thrilled and amazed by the clever ending of the fifth entry in the decade-old series. But first, they'll ha...
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In movies, no marriage woes are irreconcilableAug 10, 2011 10:00 am - NEW YORK — In the movies, there's often no such thing as irreconcilable differences. Hollywood adheres to many clichés, but one of its more interesting habits is its in...
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'The Help' works with sharp humor, excellent actingAug 10, 2011 1:00 am - Set in Mississippi during the violent Civil Rights era, "The Help" uses lots of crisp humor and sharply drawn, well-cast characters to empathize with the plight of black...
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DVD set marks 10th anniversary of 9/11Aug 10, 2011 12:00 am - “Remembering 9/11” Next month is the 10th anniversary of the deadliest attack that ever took place on American soil. We can all remember where we were on Sept. 11, ...
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‘Apes’ rise to No. 1 at box officeAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Apes have climbed to the top rung of the weekend box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” took in $54 million to open as the No...
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Serkis go-to guy for performance-captureAug 05, 2011 2:00 pm - SAN DIEGO — When the filmmakers behind “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” settled on virtual simians rather than people in monkey suits for their lower primates, their fir...