Movies
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Denzel Washington's 'The Equalizer' debuts with $35MSep 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Flexing his star power, Denzel Washington led the thriller "The Equalizer" to a $35 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Sony-Columbia Pi...
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'Boxtrolls' blends old-school, high-tech animationSep 27, 2014 6:15 am - LOS ANGELES - Archibald Snatcher, "The Boxtrolls" villain voiced by Ben Kingsley, did not walk between sets during filming. Instead, he was delicately perched on a pillo...
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DVD previews: 'Transformers,' 'Chef' come home TuesdaySep 27, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Sept. 30: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (PG-13, 165 minutes, Paramount): It's only natural to get a little excited abou...
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Rob Zombie bringing his 'Nightmare' to the 'burbsSep 26, 2014 5:30 am - Rob Zombie — musician, filmmaker, horror addict — said he had one goal in mind when he designed his haunted house. “I wanted people to feel like they'd been immersed in ...
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American heavyweights frame NY Film FestSep 26, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - With a pair of much-anticipated book adaptations, two heavyweight American filmmakers frame the 52nd annual New York Film Festival. The Lincoln Center event, ...
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Don't search for happiness in 'Hector'Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - What would it take to make you happy? To experience that emotion truly, deeply, utterly, “as a state of being,” as a character puts it in “Hector and the Search for Happ...
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Gire: How do the 'Boxtrolls' guys do it?Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - Qs for 'Boxtrolls' guys Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable both directed the new stop-motion fantasy "The Boxtrolls" opening this weekend. Stacchi previously directed th...
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'Tracks' plots emotional course to the heartSep 25, 2014 5:45 am - The movies, it seems, are increasingly headed down paths in the woods, out to open water and, in the case of John Curran's excellent new film "Tracks," into the deepest ...
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Generic characters stop the emotion in stop-motion 'Box Trolls'Sep 25, 2014 5:45 am - You might expect that a stop-motion animated comedy all about little trolls in boxes would occasionally think outside of them. But "Boxtrolls" remains content to safely ...
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Denzel Washington's talents wasted in formulaic 'Equalizer'Sep 25, 2014 5:45 am - Those lucky enough to catch Denzel Washington in "A Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway saw the hugely charismatic actor portray, in an iconic role, the full complexity of a ...