Movies
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Are movie reviews just more 'fake news'? Some studios want you to think soAug 06, 2017 7:22 am - In what was unanimously acknowledged as a sign of the end times in cinematic circles, "The Emoji Movie" came in second at the box office last weekend, the latest app-cen...
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Hollywood keeps wasting Idris Elba's talent, and it's a huge lossAug 06, 2017 7:16 am - As the troubled, long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" rolls out to dismal reviews this week, I've had to resist banging my head against the wall in...
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'Dark Tower' tops slow weekend, 'Detroit' disappoints
Aug 06, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After a decade of development and several postponements, the long-awaited Stephen King adaptation "The Dark Tower" debuted with an estimated $19.5 millio...
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Director: Hope is the real star of 'Step' documentaryAug 05, 2017 7:25 am - In 2009, producer/director Amanda Lipitz began shooting footage for what would become an extraordinary documentary, "Step," which opened at theaters this weekend. (Read ...
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All-star comedy 'Wet Hot American Summer' returns to NetflixAug 04, 2017 6:00 am - Sixteen years ago, a summer-camp comedy from David Wain and Michael Showalter of MTV's sketch show "The State" grossed just $295,000 in theaters and earned an Allan Sher...
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Superb high school documentary takes 'Step' toward understandingAug 03, 2017 6:00 am - They called themselves the Lethal Ladies of BLSYW, aka the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, a Baltimore charter startup with the preposterously optimistic go...
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'Step' filmmakers concur: arts are 'super-important'Aug 03, 2017 6:00 am - Arts 'Step' into limelight for educators Filmmaker and Broadway producer Amanda Lipitz has invested nine years directing and producing the excellent documentary "Step," ...
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Snipes, Gene Simmons suffer dumb sci-fi 'Armed Response'Aug 03, 2017 6:00 am - Popular actor Wesley Snipes produced and starring in an ambitious but underwhelmingly silly flying saucer invasion thriller, "The Recall," unleashed upon the Northwest s...
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Halle Berry's mad mama cranks up dumbed-down abduction thriller 'Kidnap'Aug 03, 2017 6:00 am - Two of the year's finest film performances can be found in the child abduction thriller "Kidnap." They belong to Halle Berry's eyes. Cinematographer Flavio MartÃnez Labi...
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'SNL' star Kyle Mooney infuses 'Brigsby Bear' with childlike wonderAug 03, 2017 6:00 am - Comedian Kyle Mooney excels at playing sheepish, oddball man-children on "Saturday Night Live." Mooney successfully returns to the well in "Brigsby Bear." He stars as Ja...