Movies
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Musical second 'Pitch' almost perfectMay 14, 2015 5:15 am - It's "you go girls!" time when Elizabeth Banks' frothy directorial debut "Pitch Perfect 2" becomes that Hollywood rarity: a sequel that duplicates the characters and com...
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Spike Lee defends 'Chiraq' title for movie about ChicagoMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee appeared on Chicago's South Side Thursday with parents who have lost children to the city's gun and gang violence to defend his choic...
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Hundreds line up to be extras in Spike Lee's 'Chiraq'May 10, 2015 11:00 am - CHICAGO - Several hundred people lined up in Chicago over the weekend for a chance to be cast as extras in Spike Lee's film about violence in the city. Hopefuls began li...
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Dark comedy points Jack Black in a new directionMay 10, 2015 7:00 am - Dark comedy points Jack Black in a new direction
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Hollywood resurrects nostalgic '80s vibe for its summer movie seasonMay 10, 2015 6:45 am - Welcome to the summer of 1985. I'm not talking about the theme of time travel, that staple of warm-weather movies. But there's something in the cinematic zeitgeist this ...
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DVD previews: 'Still Alice,' 'Mortdecai'May 09, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 12: "Still Alice" (PG-13, 101 minutes, Sony): Julianne Moore won an Academy Award for her role in this tear-jerker abou...
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Would you pay $100 to watch 'Avengers' at home?May 08, 2015 6:00 am - "Why are there captions on the screen? And why are most of those captions projected on the wall instead of the screen? Why are so many people standing in the aisle inste...
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Arnold's 'Maggie' a zombie family dramaMay 08, 2015 5:30 am - It's pretty obvious that "Maggie," an unusual zombie drama starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is not your typical Hollywood blockbuster. The apocalyptic newscast that Schwa...
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Dumb gags are the highlights in 'Hot Pursuit'May 07, 2015 6:00 am - "Hot Pursuit" is one of those action/buddy/road comedies so ineptly produced, poorly written, dismally photographed, sloppily edited and misdirected that the dumbest par...
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Wiig shines in 'Welcome to Me'May 07, 2015 6:00 am - When the laughs come in "Welcome to Me," a comedy-drama about a mentally ill lottery winner who uses her windfall to buy a television talk show, they are the awkward kin...