Movies
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'American Sniper' box office revised down to $30.7MFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - It turned out Monday that "American Sniper" was also stopped on the goal line, just short of a box-office record. Estimates Sunday had Clint Eastwood's I...
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Oscar shorts bring tears, laughter and suspenseFeb 01, 2015 6:00 am - Calling all Oscar obsessives, fans of world cinema and anyone with an attention deficit: The Oscar-nominated shorts are here. I watched them all — yes, all six hours of ...
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'Sniper' shoots down Super Bowl weekend recordJan 31, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - "American Sniper" shot down another box-office record: Its $31.9 million is the biggest Super Bowl weekend gross ever. According to studio estimates Sunday, t...
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DVD previews: 'John Wick,' 'Dear White People'Jan 31, 2015 4:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 3: “John Wick” (R, 96 minutes, Lionsgate): Keanu Reeves can still tussle with the best of them, and he needs to in the...
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What else is on TV on Super Sunday?Jan 30, 2015 5:00 am - Super Sunday is here, but not all of us want to watch Richard Sherman and the Seattle Seahawks take on deflated ballhandler Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. (But ...
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Reel life: Winnetka native's 'Warren' debuts at festivalJan 29, 2015 5:00 am - 'Warren' piece I tried to catch up with filmmaker Alex Beh at his Los Angeles home, then at a wedding in Dallas. I finally connected with him on Monday after he arrived ...
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'Project Almanac' loses way as teen time-travel taleJan 29, 2015 4:45 am - What have we done to deserve another found-footage movie? The tired hand-held technique that seemed so fresh in 1999 with “The Blair Witch Project” long ago wore out its...
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Sketchy Russians, plot holes sink submarine thriller 'Black Sea'Jan 29, 2015 4:15 am - After skillfully navigating through an ocean of claustrophobic suspense, Kevin Macdonald's submarine thriller "Black Sea" runs out of narrative fuel, coming to a full st...
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Style doesn't best substance in 'Mommy'Jan 29, 2015 4:00 am - Mini-review: 'Mommy' You have never seen anything like "Mommy," a brash and bold domestic drama in which 25-year-old Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan rips the doors of co...
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'Ghostbusters' cast set; release in 2016Jan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - The "Ghostbusters" reboot has set its all-female leads with Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and a pair of "Saturday Night Live" performers. Director Paul Feig...