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McCarthy's 'Identity Thief' tops sluggish box office again
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood's latest films performed tepidly at the box-office on Oscar weekend, with Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" returning to the top spot in its third week of release. The Universal comedy earned $14.1 million on the...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Dwayne Johnson, Services and Shopping, Jason Bateman, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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At the Carmike: Father risks everything for son in 'Snitch'
OPENING FRIDAY Snitch Starring Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt and Barry Pepper, "Snitch" is a fast-paced action thriller. Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Snitch (movie), Beautiful Creatures (movie), Richard LaGravenese, Susan Sarandon
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Bruce Willis' 'Good Day to Die Hard' -- a good day for at least one action star
Liz Smith"Nothing succeeds like excess," Hollywood always murmurs to itself. But there were perils galore in the recently mounted "comeback" films of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The public just didn't seem to care. And even Tom Cruise's "Jack...Tags: Politics, Jack Valenti, Raymond W. Kelly, Larry Hagman, Graydon Carter
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Film review: Not enough yippe-kay-yay to save 'Good Day to Die Hard' script
Special to The Herald-MailLovers of blockbusters are usually quick to point out 1988's "Die Hard" as a perfect example of how to correctly do a modern action movie. Sure, it has a lot of explosions, gunfire, and cheesy one-liners, but it also has a tight script, attention to...Tags: Explosions, Central Intelligence Agency, Emergency Incidents, Movies, Die Hard (movie)
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New 'Die Hard' Drives Cars With a Vengeance
KickingTiresAs "A Good Day to Die Hard" opens nationally today, near-unanimous criticism doesn't bode well for the fifth installment of the explosive Bruce Willis-fronted film franchise. But from the sound of things, its crashing and burning with critics will be........Tags: Bruce Willis, John Moore
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MOVIE REVIEW: Is the new "Die Hard" movie any good?
WDBJ7 Photojournalist/Movie ReviewerTwenty-five years after the original, the fifth “Die Hard” movie opened in theaters this week. But is the fifth version any good? Actor Bruce Willis is back as Philadelphia child psychologist Dr. Malcom Crowe in the new thriller "A Good...Tags: Die Hard (movie), Bruce Willis, Celebrities, New York City Police Department
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'Day's' end: McClane tale tapped out in final 'Die Hard' ★ 1/2
"A Good Day to Die Hard" isn't just the weakest of the "Die Hard" pictures; it's a lousy action movie on its own terms, even without comparing it to the adored 1988 franchise launch starring Bruce Willis as John McClane, the New York cop who's a carnage...
Tags: Alan Rickman, Central Intelligence Agency, The Lives of Others (movie), Flight (movie), James Bond (fictional character)
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Find your 'safe haven'
OPENING TODAY Safe Haven Hoping to re-bottle the lightning captured in "The Notebook" and "Dear John," romance packager Nicholas Sparks has given his usual formula some sharp edges in "Safe Haven." The film, which stars Julianne Hough as a woman on...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Rooney Mara, Beautiful Creatures (movie), Jason Bateman, Richard LaGravenese
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'A Good Day to Die Hard' review: Yippee-ki-whatever
*1/2 (out of four) Well before John McClane (Bruce Willis) calls his CIA operative son Jack (Jai Courtney) "007 of Plainfield, New Jersey," "A Good Day to Die Hard" already feels more like a Bond movie ("Die-monds Are Forever"?) than what it is, "Die...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Justin Long, Die Hard (movie), Bruce Willis, Max Payne (movie)
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Four movies coming to Carmike
In honor of Valentine's Day, three movies open Thursday at Carmike. They are "Beautiful Creatures," "A Good Day to Die Hard" and "Safe Haven." Coming to Carmike Friday is "Escape from Planet Earth". Leaving Carmike today are "Bullet to the Head,"...Tags: Rust and Bone (movie), Movie 43 (movie)
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'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted at No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday....
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Services and Shopping, Warm Bodies (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Steven Soderbergh
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'Thief's' haul could depend on blizzard: Soderbergh thriller 'Side Effects' expected to land at around $10 mil
VarietyMelissa McCarthy is becoming a force of nature at the box office, though the comedy actress, whose "Identity Thief" launches for a potential $20 million-plus opening, faces another powerful force this weekend: Mother Nature. The East Coast blizzard that...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Amanda Peet, Warm Bodies (movie), Rooney Mara, Jason Bateman
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