Movies
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'Grand Budapest' Oscar nominee discovered love of film in suburbsFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Robert Yeoman remembers the moment he found out he'd been named an Academy Award nominee for his cinematography on Wes Anderson's comedy "The Grand Budapest Hotel." "I w...
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' stays on top of weekend box officeFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Fifty Shades of Grey" didn't relinquish control of the box office. Universal's erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan earned $23.2 mil...
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What will click on this year's Oscar telecast?Feb 21, 2015 6:15 am - NEW YORK — What are TV viewers seeking from their annual Oscar fix? The same thing they want from movies: drama, comedy, sex, slapstick, glamour and romance. Of course, ...
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DVD previews: 'Whiplash,' 'Big Hero 6'Feb 21, 2015 6:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 24: "Whiplash" (R, 106 minutes, Sony): In "Whiplash," the promising feature debut of writer-director Damien Chazelle, J.K....
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'Birdman' tops Spirit Awards; Keaton takes best actorFeb 21, 2015 12:00 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A day before it may soar at the Oscars, "Birdman" spread its wings at the 30th Independent Film Spirit Awards, winning best picture, best actor fo...
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More best-picture nominees come homeFeb 20, 2015 5:00 am - Two movies expected to loom large over Sunday's Academy Awards telecast on ABC are now available for purchase and rental. “The Theory of Everything” and “Birdman” ar...
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'DUFF' an outdated, dubiously relevant messFeb 19, 2015 5:00 am - In the era of Mo'ne Davis and the groundbreaking "Like a Girl" campaign, "The DUFF" feels like crumbs from a dated, hopelessly retrograde table. Based on Kody Keplinger'...
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Skokie show makes for an inert movie musicalFeb 19, 2015 4:30 am - The defining moment in Richard LaGravenese's movie adaptation of the off-Broadway musical "The Last Five Years" occurs when successful young author Jamie (Jeremy Jordan)...
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Cross-country drama 'McFarland, USA' outruns sports formulaFeb 19, 2015 4:00 am - The most galvanizing event in "McFarland, USA" occurs when a group of celebratory Hispanics comes under attack by knife-wielding assailants. The first thing the Hispanic...
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'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' goes back to the future — and the pastFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - At the end of the first, often crudely funny time-travel comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine,” when Craig Robinson's character cracked that, “This better be the last time my (b...