Movies
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Preposterous 'Taken 2' dumbest action movie of year so farOct 04, 2012 6:00 am - Knock! Knock! Who's there? "Taken 2." "Taken 2" who? I saw the new Liam Neeson movie and boy, I got Taken 2! This is the dumbest action movie I've seen this year. ...
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Burton's scary 'Frankenweenie' a triumph of black-and-white stop-motion animationOct 04, 2012 6:00 am - Tim Burton's eye-popping, black-and-white, stop-motion animated 3-D feature "Frankenweenie" is a scarefully crafted valentine to Universal Pictures' classic monster movi...
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Role of women evolves during 50 years of James Bond filmsOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — When Ursula Andress emerged from the sea, curves glistening, with a dagger strapped to her bikini in 1962's “Dr. No,” she made the Bond girl an instant ico...
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Picking the best in Bond filmsOct 02, 2012 11:00 am - LOS ANGELES — From the way he introduces himself to his preferred drink order to the kind of car he drives, everything about James Bond is deeply entrenched in pop cultu...
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Jockeying begins for Oscar contendersOct 02, 2012 6:44 am - LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is in its usual hazy head space when it comes to the Academy Awards race. The dilemma: Handicapping the players when so many of the potential fro...
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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ ineligible at SAGOct 02, 2012 6:42 am - LOS ANGELES — The independent-film hit “Beasts of the Southern Wild” will be ineligible for the Screen Actors Guild Awards because it was not made under provisions of th...
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Hersey grad a super natural at producing TV showsOct 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Jim Michaels had this dream. "I intended to live on the beach in Los Angeles and drive a convertible," the Hersey High School graduate said. "I would give myself one yea...
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‘Family Guy’ creator MacFarlane to host OscarsOct 01, 2012 12:05 pm - LOS ANGELES — “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane will host the 2013 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. First-time Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron made...
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‘Hotel Transylvania’ checks in with $43M debutOct 01, 2012 6:55 am - LOS ANGELES — Adam Sandler’s monster mashup “Hotel Transylvania” has brought the weekend box office back to life after a late-summer slump. The animated comedy from Sony...
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5 favorite Joseph Gordon-Levitt performancesSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — He’s only 31 years old, and already Joseph Gordon-Levitt has proved he can pretty much do everything. From action blockbusters and crowd-pleasing romantic ...