Movies
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Gire: Film society screens 'Two Days'Mar 05, 2015 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: • The After Hours Film Society presents the Oscar-nominated drama “Two Days, One Night,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, at the Tivoli Theatre,...
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Why we don't love the MTV Movie Award nominationsMar 05, 2015 5:00 am - With the Oscars behind us, you may have assumed that the film awards season was over and done. You'd be wrong. The MTV Movie Awards, which will air April 12 with host Am...
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What happens to society in 'Final Hours'?Mar 05, 2015 4:45 am - Mini-review: 'These Final Hours' You have to hand it to Australian filmmakers for having the edge on the edge. Following Aussie director Jennifer Kent's stylized reinven...
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This 'Marigold Hotel' definitely second-bestMar 05, 2015 4:30 am - Fans of the original "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" will take great pleasure in catching up with the lovably flawed, rapidly aging Brits who arrived at that Indian oasis, ...
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Unique perspective gives 'Mr. Heineken' extra creditMar 05, 2015 4:15 am - Mini-review: 'Kidnapping Mr. Heineken' You'll find various victims of abuse in the straightforward, linear, fact-based crime drama “Kidnapping Mr. Heineken.” First,...
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Vince Vaughn's 'Unfinished Business' a farcical messMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - The weird badness, or the bad weirdness, of Vince Vaughn's train wreck farce "Unfinished Business" can be traced back to Steve Conrad's dual personality screenplay that,...
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'Guardians' tops MTV awards nominationsMar 04, 2015 2:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — And you thought Hollywood's award season was over. A teenage tearjerker, a foul-mouthed coed comedy and a raucous space adventure featuring a talking tree...
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'Second Best Marigold Hotel' among Dann Gire's weekend movie picksMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Will the sequel “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” really be second-best? Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire looks at the senior citizen romantic comedy about “outs...
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You could win 'Back to the Future' DeLorean if prediction comes trueMar 03, 2015 12:00 am - The 1989 film “Back to the Future Part II” predicted it, its star character Marty McFly planned to bet on it, and now Volo Auto Museum is making it the centerpiece of a ...
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The Jewish roots of Leonard Nimoy and 'live long and prosper'Mar 02, 2015 4:30 am - Leonard Nimoy first saw what became the famous Vulcan salute, "live long and prosper," as a child, long before "Star Trek" even existed. The placement of the hands comes...