Movies
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'Walking Deceased' more gross-out than cleverMar 19, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: “The Walking Deceased” “Did humor get killed off with the zombie apocalypse, too?” Sheriff Lincoln asks. “No,” replies Boston, a guy he's just run into...
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'It Follows' flips teen horror genre on its headMar 19, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: "It Follows" David Robert Mitchell's sexual terror fest "It Follows" is exactly like something we've seen before - in those nightmares where we become the t...
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'Hunting Ground' a searing look at college rape cultureMar 19, 2015 5:15 am - Mini-review: "The Hunting Ground" I had to stop watching Kirby Dick's documentary "The Hunting Ground" two or three times just to vent some momentary rage: rage against ...
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Gire: Penn's laughable 'Gunman' misses every markMar 19, 2015 5:00 am - Significantly, "The Gunman" stages its dramatic climax at a bullfighting ring in Spain's Catalonia, which outlawed the sport three years ago. Peter Morel's guns-ablazin'...
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Gire: 'Insurgent' pushes visual effects at the expense of plot, characterMar 18, 2015 1:30 pm - Neil Berger's "Divergent," the first movie based on Barrington author Veronica Roth's science-fiction novels, begged comparisons with the similarly themed "The Hunger Ga...
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Dann Gire's movie guide: 'Insurgent' hits theaters FridayMar 18, 2015 10:00 am - Coming Friday: “Insurgent,” the anxiously-awaited second movie based on the “Divergent” books by Barrington author Veronica Roth, opens Friday. Check back for Dann Gire'...
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Robert Kenner battles climate-change deniers with 'Merchants of Doubt'Mar 18, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - In Washington, everyone's always pushing something. There's Robert Kenner, sitting in the private banquet room of a Georgetown hotel, in front of a poster f...
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'Going Clear' documentary unites voices against ScientologyMar 16, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Mike Rinder had spent virtually all of his life in the Church of Scientology. From the age of 6 he was raised in the church, eventually rising to become its c...
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Box office top 20: 'Cinderella' revised down to $67.9MMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The weekend debut of Disney's "Cinderella" was revised down to $67.9 million in final box-office figures Monday. The $2.2 million drop from Sunday's esti...
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Disney's 'Cinderella' debuts with $70.1M at box officeMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - "Cinderella" is the belle of the box office, where Disney's live-action fairy tale debuted with $70.1 million over the weekend at North American theaters...