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'The Five-Year Engagement' expected to reach altar before rivals
It may take half a decade for the couple in "The Five-Year Engagement"to make it to the altar, but the romantic comedy will quickly outrun the competition to the top of the box office this weekend. The movie starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt is...
Tags: Relativity Media, Jason Statham, Judd Apatow, The Mechanic (movie), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (movie)
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‘San Andreas: 3D' -- a '2012' for 2012?
24 FramesGale-force winds in Los angeles can spell earthquakes. Here's a new movie about earthquakes.... -
Will the year 2012 be an apocalyptic game-changer?
There are years that are remembered for changing the course of human history:1492. 1776. 1945.
Then there are years that were predicted to change the course of history. 1844, when Judgment Day didn't materialize. 1910, when Halley's Comet didn't wipe out...Tags: Winter Solstice, Weather Warnings, Weather, Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Doomsday day: Signs, signs, everywhere a sign
Opinion L.A.OK, first of all, sorry for this rush post. It's got to go up quick because, well, you know, Saturday is doomsday day, so talk about publish or perish! Honestly, I hadn't put much stock in this latest prediction. The...... -
The Morning Fix: 'Avatar' buzz is strong. Reality bites. Paramount thinks small. '2012' huge in China. Jeff Zucker's new deal.
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before realizing Christmas is just two weeks away. "Avatar" gets an A. Variety film critic Todd McCarthy says James Cameron's "Avatar" (you know, that little low-budget special effects movie he just threw together) is "breathtaking"... -
China loves the end of the world: '2012' on track to be highest-grossing U.S. film ever there
The Hero ComplexHere's an interesting report from Lily Kuo, writing for the Los Angeles Times from Beijing. "Welcome to the People's Republic of China," declares an officer of the People's Liberation Army as he crisply salutes an American novelist (played by John...... -
TCA Press Tour: Filming apocalyptic drama 'Survivors' was 'depressing' for actors
Show TrackerWhile apocalyptic blockbusters like "2012" are only too happy to dispense with most of mankind in explosive fashion, BBC America's "Survivors" serves as a more intimate take. The series picks up just as a deadly virus has wiped out 99%...... -
Rethinking marijuana in the movies
A minor ruckus has erupted in Hollywood over the R rating assigned to the Meryl Streep romantic comedy, "It's Complicated," as reported in The Times' Dec. 10 post on the Company Town blog, "It's complicated, but 'It's Complicated' will be released with an...Tags: PG-13 Rated Movies, Gaming, It's Complicated (movie), Adults, Armored (movie)
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Scientists try to calm '2012' hysteria
Is 2012 the end of the world?
If you scan the Internet or believe the marketing campaign behind the movie "2012," scheduled for release in November, you might be forgiven for thinking so. Dozens of books and fake science websites are prophesying the...Tags: Marketing, Science and Technology, Disasters, University of California, Berkeley, NASA
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If I ran the Oscars: Rick Trembles
In this interview series, we ask famous free thinkers to recast the Oscars in their own image. Let's give a big Oscar night welcome to Canadian cartoonist, film critic and filmmaker Rick Trembles.
Rick Trembles' illustrated movie review column Motion...Tags: Gaming, Casablanca (movie), Obsessed (movie), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tom Cruise
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'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'
For the big musical montage number in the wildly enjoyable "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," the filmmakers chose Lesley Gore's giddy "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows," but they could just as well have taken a page from "Oliver!" and gone with "Food,...Tags: Roland Emmerich, Movies, James Caan, Weather, Meatballs
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The '2012' doomsday craze is keeping scientists busy and frustrated
The Hero ComplexLos Angeles Times staff writer John Johnson Jr. writes about science for the paper, not science fiction, so you don't see his name pop up in this blog. That changes today, though, because Johnson and the scientists he covers are......
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