Movies
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'Son of Saul' director says Oscar could be 'poisoned gift'Mar 05, 2016 6:15 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary — Winning an Oscar could be a “poisoned gift” and it will take a great effort to avoid being crushed by the honor, the director of the Hungarian film t...
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Leslie Jones reacts to criticism of 'Ghostbusters' character
Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Leslie Jones ain't afraid of no ghost -- or playing a transit worker. The co-star of the upcoming all-female version of "Ghostbusters" took to Twitter to d...
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A child comes of age in animated 'Boy and the Beast'Mar 04, 2016 5:00 am - In "The Boy and the Beast," the latest animated feature from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda ("Wolf Children"), a street urchin is taken in and raised by anthropomorphic...
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'The Wave' packs satisfying thrillsMar 03, 2016 4:45 am - Nothing much happens for the first 48 minutes of this Norwegian tsunami disaster thriller. Then, a massive rockslide dumps a mountain of debris into the sea. Residents i...
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A fey Fey fails to fix Afghanistan War comedyMar 03, 2016 4:00 am - You'd think an Afghanistan War comedy produced by former "Saturday Night Live" star Tina Fey and "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels would be at least a laugh riot. That's cer...
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'Zootopia' charms with sweet message, arresting visualsMar 02, 2016 5:30 pm - Cats and dogs living together? Without the mass hysteria predicted by Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters"? Yes. In Walt Disney's dazzling, sharply prescient animated comedy "Z...
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Brutal 'London Has Fallen' batters the sensesMar 02, 2016 10:00 am - So far, 2016 hasn't been the best year for Gerard Butler. Just a week after the outrageously awful "Gods of Egypt" tanked at the box office, the Scottish actor is in yet...
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'Zootopia' animator from Barrington shaped four charactersMar 01, 2016 4:00 am - As a kid growing up in Barrington, Nathan Engelhardt went crazy for cartoons. He loved Looney Tunes, Warner Bros. cartoons and Disney animated features. But he never tho...
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How does Lady Gaga manage to steal every single awards show?Feb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - Attention award show producers: If you invite Lady Gaga to the broadcast, she will steal your show. At the Academy Awards on Sunday night - and for the third time this a...
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Academy Awards take on issues beyond #OscarsSoWhiteFeb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's diversity crisis has loomed large over awards season and the big question going into the 88th annual Academy Awards was whether it would domina...