Movies
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Dann's movie guide: 'San Andreas' and 'Aloha' coming to theatersMay 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Will Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson's new movie “San Andreas” be a disaster movie, or just a disaster? Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire reviews the visual effect-crammed ad...
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'Tomorrowland' takes top spot on slow weekendMay 26, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The future doesn't look so bright for "Tomorrowland." Disney's expensive fantasy adventure essentially had Memorial Day weekend to itself, and still only ...
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The movies that will keep buzzing after CannesMay 26, 2015 6:00 am - CANNES, France - The Cannes Film Festival is a grand hierarchy with strictly defined elevations of movies and media access, where films are met by high praise or lowly b...
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Palatine screenwriter's work to be on HBOMay 26, 2015 5:30 am - Palatine screenwriter Frederick Mensch wants to quit writing. Just stop. Cold turkey. He can't. "If I would have had an opportunity to quit writing anytime during the la...
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Brett Haley's 'Dreams' brings an audience to a cast of a certain ageMay 25, 2015 6:00 am - Here's a safe prediction: Disney's sci-fi fantasy "Tomorrowland" will be the big box-office winner this weekend, easily beating out the new remake of "Poltergeist." But ...
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Even Anna Kendrick thinks all-female reboots are a jokeMay 24, 2015 6:00 am - Even Anna Kendrick knows that female-led franchise reboots could lead somewhere silly. In a video released in connection with Red Nose Day, Kendrick spoofs "Indiana Jone...
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DVD previews: 'Seventh Son,' 'Cut Bank'May 23, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 26: "Seventh Son" (PG-13, 102 minutes, Universal): In this medieval magic fest based on the Joseph Delaney book, a mystical...
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'Poltergeist' scares up more laughs than screamsMay 22, 2015 4:00 pm - To call "Poltergeist" laughable is not the same thing as saying it's bad (although it is that, too.) It's just that it seems less interested in scaring you than in makin...
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Danner blythely charms in rom-com 'Dreams'May 21, 2015 6:00 am - What many Hollywood screenwriters don't get - or get and just don't care - is that setting up a character to be wonderful, noble or just plain too good to be true has th...
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Reel life: Woodstock's Welles festival coming to a closeMay 21, 2015 5:30 am - Film critics notebook: • It's almost over. The Orson Welles Festival in Woodstock goes out with a party this weekend. On Friday, May 22, “The Magnificent Ambersons:...