Movies
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How Kim Jong Un became the target of 'The Interview'Dec 17, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — A few weeks ago, when Seth Rogen sat down for a lunch interview about “The Interview,” the likelihood of trouble seemed remote. “You're always hoping nothing ...
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Journey to Middle-earth has been an emotional oneDec 17, 2014 5:00 am - Fifteen years after filming began in New Zealand on the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, director Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga concludes ...
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NYC premiere of Rogen film canceled as threats flyDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Threats of violence against movie theaters. The New York premiere of “The Interview” canceled. Leaks of thousands more private emails. Lawsuits by former empl...
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Boogeyman wins as movie theaters cave to threatDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - "The Interview" dropped from Christmas lineup after mysterious threats online
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Weekend picks: Let Cirque lead you into a 'Holidaze'Dec 16, 2014 6:30 am - Holiday circus Cirque Dreams gets into the spirit of the season with its winter season "Holidaze" starting Wednesday for a limited run at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N...
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No plans to go back again to Middle-earth on filmDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - The final installment of "The Hobbit" doesn't just mark the conclusion of Bilbo Baggins' journey on the big screen. It's also the end of a massively succes...
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Epic battles compensate for perfunctory dialogue, narrative bloat in last 'Hobbit'Dec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - "Lord of the Rings" fans can rejoice! "The Battle of the Five Armies" ranks as the best segment in Peter Jackson's second trilogy based on the Middle-earth literary work...
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Movie slumber party: Beds replace theater seatsDec 15, 2014 5:00 am - MOSCOW — A furniture store has taken over a Moscow cinema, allowing theatergoers to enjoy what more closely resembles an enormous slumber party than an afternoon at the ...
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Chicago critics pick 'Boyhood' as best 2014 filmDec 15, 2014 12:01 am - The Chicago Film Critics Association Monday named Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," a project that took 12 years to shoot, as the best movie of 2014. "Boyhood" also took ho...
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'Selma' stars on poignancy and parallels of movieDec 14, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - At Sunday's premiere of "Selma" in New York, the cast acknowledged parallels between their film about the African-American civil rights movement and recent pr...