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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: A Good Day to Die Hard (movie), Alan Rickman, The Lives of Others (movie), John Wayne, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: A Good Day to Die Hard (movie), Sam Worthington, Justin Long, Central Intelligence Agency, Max Payne (movie)
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Edward Burns returns to his roots
About halfway through writing the script for "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" (which opens at the Wilmette Theatre next week), Edward Burns says he found himself at a crossroad. "Do I want to make the big, crazy, funny, holly-jolly Christmas Irish family...
Tags: Connie Britton, Chicago Reader, John Hughes, Edward Burns, Chicago Public Library
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Bulls missing three starters for Game 1
Chicago Bulls elite point guard Derrick Rose spent his first day in Miami in his hotel room watching the fifth installment of Bruce Willis' "Die Hard" movie series. More relevant to the Heat's chances of repeating as NBA champions is that Rose spent...
Tags: Chris Bosh, Fines, Miami Heat, Basketball, Chicago Bulls
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'Olympus Has Fallen's' Antoine Fuqua seeks 'truth' amid action
There's a notable moment in "Olympus Has Fallen," director Antoine Fuqua's action thriller that arrives in theaters Friday: a desecrated American flag is discarded from atop the White House by North Korean terrorists and falls, in slow-motion, to the...
Tags: Movies, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Gere, Film Festivals, Christian Bale
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Bloody 'Olympus Has Fallen' never scales heights ★★
For those who thought the last Bruce Willis movie was a little light on the casualty list, "Olympus Has Fallen" arrives, toting the biggest body count since "Die Hard II." Bystanders and tourists, soldiers, cops and Secret Service agents fall by the...
Tags: Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Gerard Butler, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Olympus Has Fallen': Bloody thriller never scales heights ★★
For those who thought the last Bruce Willis movie was a little light on the casualty list, "Olympus Has Fallen" arrives, toting the biggest body count since "Die Hard II." Bystanders and tourists, soldiers, cops and Secret Service agents fall by the...
Tags: Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Gerard Butler
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'Croods' simple but dazzling
Opening Friday The Croods Cavemen — they’re just like us! — or so ‘‘The Croods’’ seems to be saying with its familiar mix of generational clashes, coming-of-age milestones and generally relatable laughs. ...
Tags: Clark Duke, Steve Buscemi, Admission (movie), Caves and Caverns, Jack the Giant Slayer (movie)
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Theo James to star as Four in 'Divergent'
Brace yourselves for the ear-piercing squeals: Theo James, the British heartthrob and current star of the CBS cop drama "Golden Boy," will star in Summit Entertainment's highly anticipated adaptation of the young adult bestseller "Divergent," the studio...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Downton Abbey (tv program), Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, Shailene Woodley
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'Lay the Favorite'
He's back on "Die Hard" territory these days, but Bruce Willis has been doing lots of other work lately, an example being this comedy casting him as a veteran gambler who gets an unlikely "business" partner. She's a former stripper played by Rebecca...Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Hall, DVDs, Vince Vaughn
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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: Safe Haven (movie), Movies, Susan Sarandon, Emma Thompson, Lasse Hallstrom
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'Good Day to Die Hard' barely wins Presidents Day weekend box office
Presidents Day was almost a bad one for "A Good Day to Die Hard." The fifth installment in the Bruce Willis action franchise narrowly won the holiday weekend at the box office, just stealing No. 1 from "Identity Thief," the Melissa McCarthy comedy...
Tags: Safe Haven (movie), Identity Thief (movie), Services and Shopping, Melissa McCarthy, Movies
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