Movies
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'McFarland, USA' among Dann Gire's weekend movie picksFeb 18, 2015 9:00 am - In Friday's Time out! and online Thursday: Film critic Dann Gire reviews “McFarland, USA,” an inspirational, fact-based sports underdog drama starring Kevin Costner as t...
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'Boyhood' or 'Birdman'? Predicting best picture Oscar gives Dann 'Whiplash'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Let's start with Oscar's slam-dunks, shall we? Five-time nominee Julianne Moore will win the best actress Academy Award Sunday for her portrait of a university professo...
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Best-picture nod for 'Selma' caps big year for black womenFeb 17, 2015 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Three black women released movies in 2014, more than ever before in a single year. And one of them is a contender for the motion picture academy's top priz...
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Shades of green: How studio roped audiences into seeing 'Grey'Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - When Universal bumped "Fifty Shades of Grey" from August 2014 to Valentine's Day, 2015, it seemed like a cheesy gimmick. Now that box office results are in...
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'Fifty Shades' ties up a cool $93 million debutFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The heat on "Fifty Shades of Grey's" blockbuster debut cooled ever so slightly as the final four-day weekend numbers were revealed on Tuesday. The R-r...
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Students learn making movies starts with having a storyFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - You wanted to know "How do people create movies?" asked Elise Diaz's fifth-grade students at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth. Every movie starts with a story. Movie s...
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'Gen Silent' film explores lives of elderly LGBTQ Feb. 27 in GenevaFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - The award-winning 2010 documentary "Gen Silent" will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. Second St. This documen...
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"Timbuktu," an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremismFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - ...
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' whips up stunning $81.7 millionFeb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Audiences were more than curious to check out the big-screen adaptation of the racy phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey" this weekend. The erotic R-rated dram...
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DVD previews: 'Birdman,' 'Theory of Everything'Feb 14, 2015 6:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 17: “Birdman” (R, 119 minutes, Fox): This film tops the Oscar nominations with nine, including Best Picture, Actor and...