Movies
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Jason Bateman a king of comedy this summerAug 05, 2011 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES — In “Horrible Bosses” and “The Change-Up,” which opens Friday, Jason Bateman plays a hardworking guy who loves his job but yearns for something new. In real...
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Foul-mouthed Gleeson a delight in ‘The Guard’Aug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Sgt. Gerry Boyle, Brendan Gleeson’s brilliantly sardonic Irish police officer of “The Guard,” describes himself as “the last of the independents.” Like a remote western...
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Reel life: 'Future' seems flawedAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘The Future' I wanted to love Miranda July's new movie “The Future,” because I loved her first work, the ethereally giddy cinematic confectio...
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Crassness trumps cleverness in 'Change-Up'Aug 04, 2011 12:00 am - "The Change-Up" wastes no time in establishing just how low it will go to make us laugh. Or wish we hadn't just purchased that candy bar. In the middle of the night, ...
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'Apes' prequel proves itself an action-packed thrillerAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," a thoughtful, action-packed science fiction thriller, works best if you think of it as a prequel to Charlton Heston's original 1968 "Pl...
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Judge hears arguments over Globes broadcast rightsAug 02, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for the organizers of the Golden Globe Awards and its longtime producers sparred Tuesday over whether an 18-year-old agreement gave the company a...
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Oakton examines Othello’s motives in Shakespeare FestivalAug 01, 2011 12:00 am - The timeless play “Othello” is the focus of this summer’s popular Shakespeare Festival, an eight-session lecture offered by the Emeritus Program at Oakton Community Coll...
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‘Captain America’ fighting superhero fatigueJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The makers of “Captain America: The First Avenger” are in a must-win pre-emptive battle against superhero fatigue. Their not-so-secret weapon? A patriotic-the...
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Study: Half of Netflix users watch via game consoleJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A new Nielsen survey finds that in the battle between screens, Netflix users are opting for TVs and Hulu users are siding with computers. Video game consoles ...
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Summer movies monkey aroundJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Movies have been messing with apes since a Hollywood director captured and chained that great gorilla on Skull Island and brought him to B...