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J.J. Abrams shoots down directing Star Wars: Episode VII
Just who will direct "Star Wars: Episode VII"? For now, we have more names against the project than we have for it. Everyone from Steven Spielberg to Quentin Tarantino to Guillermo del Toro has denied interest in directing the newest "Star Wars" film,...
Tags: Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Vaughn, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams
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Tim Burton reanimates his past in 'Frankenweenie'
When Tim Burton was an eager young animator and filmmaker working at Disney Studios in the early 1980s, he made an inventive live-action short film inspired by his childhood in Burbank and the love of a family dog. That 1984 short, “Frankenweenie,&...
Tags: Tim Burton, Movies, Animation (genre), Entertainment, Frankenweenie (movie)
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Andy Klein's top 10 films of 2011
There are numerous inherent flaws and absurdities in the process of compiling Top 10s and Best ofs; nonetheless, here are my favorite films released in Los Angeles in the calendar year 2011. In my version of this imperfect exercise, “favorite”...Tags: Movies, Aki Kaurismaki, Lars von Trier, Michael Winterbottom, Entertainment
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Film review: Brad Bird adds wit to 'Mission: Impossible'
“Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” gallops into theaters almost exactly on schedule — its predecessors came out in 1996, 2000 and 2006 — and (more importantly) just in time to rescue Tom Cruise's flagging box-office...
Tags: Jeremy Renner, Movies, Valkyrie (movie), Entertainment, Apple iPad
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'The Dark Knight Rises' will contain more than an hour of IMAX footage
Not that you needed another reason to drool over "The Dark Knight Rises,"but here's one more: The conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy (opening July 20) will feature more than an hour of IMAX footage, Nolan told the Wall Street Journal....
Tags: YouTube, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Christopher Nolan, Burj Khalifa, IMAX
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Out on Home Video: 'Contraband' released
limiro@juno.comCONTRABAND (2012) * *1/2 (B-) Directed by Baltasar Kormakur Starring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, J. K. Simmons, Lukas Haas, Caleb Landry Jones Universal//Rated R//Action//109 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray There's...Tags: PG-13 Rated Movies, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Forests, Matt Stone, Entertainment
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'John Carter' review: A slightly better mix of cowboys and aliens than "Cowboys and Aliens"
**1/2 (out of four)
Like that other long-haired, bare-chested hero with the initials J.C., John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) arrives just in time to calm heated alien tempers and save Mars from laser-powered destruction.
OK, maybe the biblical allegory only...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter (movie), Cowboys and Aliens (movie)
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'Mission Impossible' receives high marks
SCTCMission impossible: Ghost Protocol is Tom Cruise's newest film. In the movie, the IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. This action...Tags: Jeremy Renner, Movies, Entertainment, Simon Pegg, Movies
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Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol
Fox 5 San Diego StaffIt’s strange that director Brad Bird won Oscars for animated films The Incredibles and Ratatouille, (and was involved with Iron Giant as well as some animated TV shows), and he directed this action picture. It’s the fourth in the franchise,...Tags: Daniel Craig, Politics, Jeremy Renner, Movies, Entertainment
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Reel Critics: Spy thriller follows special effects 'Protocol'
The "Mission Impossible" films magnify their spectacular stunts and special effects with each new episode. The latest frenzied installment is no exception. If gut-wrenching exploits and maximum vertigo are your cup of tea, you're in for a real treat...Tags: Keira Knightley, Movies, Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class (movie), Entertainment
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At Carmike Cinema 9: Explore the dark side in 'Dragon Tattoo'
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
To put it bluntly, this movie kicks butt. Director David Fincher orchestrates a stark but enthralling adaptation of the first novel in late author Stieg Larsson’s trilogy. Its harsh emotional...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, PG-13 Rated Movies, Jude Law, Entertainment, Action (genre)
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Film review: 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol' makes for impossibly good installment
Special to The Herald-MailLast week I wondered if we really needed "Sherlock Holmes" at the movies when we already have "House" on TV. This week, I question the necessity of a fourth "Mission Impossible" movie when we already have 22 James Bond movies with a 23rd on its way next...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Jeremy Renner, Movies, House (tv program)
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