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Moviegoing at the midnight hour
El Monte high school teacher Trevor Schoenfeld is an omnivorous moviegoer, the kind who wants to see films he's interested in at their first possible screening. For years, he's been willing to line up at the multiplex for the first midnight showings of...
Tags: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (movie), Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Entertainment, Spring Breakers (movie), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie)
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Review: 'Mary and Martha' can't connect
Richard Curtis is indisputably one of the good ones. A British screenwriter who helped give the world the comic genius of "Black Adder" and delivered a string of smart rom-com hits including "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Bridget Jones's Diary" and...
Tags: Richard Curtis, Movies, Entertainment, Snow White and the Huntsman (movie), Kelly Macdonald
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MPAA unveils movie ratings awareness campaign for parents
Chris Dodd, chairman and chief executive of the Motion Picture Assn. of America, announced a new "Check the Box" movie ratings awareness campaign Tuesday morning at CinemaCon, the National Assn. of Theater Owners' annual convention in Las Vegas. The...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies
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'Burt Wonderstone' could vaporize if 'The Call' dials up biz
“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” would have to pull a rabbit out of its hat to avoid a disappearing act at the box office. Despite its bigger budget and higher-profile cast, the magic comedy starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey will have to...
Tags: Action (Movie Genre), Entertainment, Tom Hanks, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (movie), The Call (movie)
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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: Movies, The Expendables (movie) , Alcon Incorporated, Valentine's Day (movie), Die Hard (movie)
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Review: 'Escape From Planet Earth' an amiable adventure
"Escape From Planet Earth" — an animated adventure that's more down-to-earth than earth-shattering — builds a family-friendly sci-fi constellation out of fresh chuckles and recycled parts, a number of them from Planet Pixar. Feel-good but...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Ricky Gervais, Chris Parnell, Sarah Jessica Parker
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Review: 'Inventing David Geffen' takes on the Hollywood mogul
Susan Lacy's "Inventing David Geffen," which premieres Tuesday as part of the PBS series "American Masters," takes a long look at the agent-manager-record-mogul-movie-mogul (and Broadway producer and billionaire philanthropist). In Los Angeles, he is also...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Tom Hanks, Arianna Huffington, Lorne Michaels
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Directors discuss the work and play angles
In the costly and time-intensive discipline of animated filmmaking, every movie comes with high stakes. Five directors who recently came together for the first Envelope Animation Round Table discussed the artistic and business demands of the medium. In...
Tags: Brave (movie), Entertainment, Wreck-It Ralph (movie), Movies, Comedy (genre)
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Television review: 'A Fairly Odd Christmas' offers cheer to show fans
"A Fairly Odd Christmas," which premieres Thursday on Nickelodeon, is the second (mostly) live-action TV movie to be sprung from the network's long-running cartoon series "The Fairly OddParents" (ninth season coming! 2013!). Though its appeal will be...
Tags: Television, Entertainment, Movies, David Lewis, Nickelodeon (tv network)
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'Life of Pi' a huge gamble for 20th Century Fox
Many people in Hollywood considered "Life of Pi" to be unfilmable. Now that it's about to hit theaters Wednesday, there's a new question: Can it be profitable? Director Ang Lee's $120-million adaptation of Yann Martel's 2001 book, which has sold 9...
Tags: Movies, Star Wars (movie), Entertainment, The Sixth Sense (movie), Taiwan
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Review: Ken Burns' 'The Dust Bowl' a timely, exceptional endeavor
Ken Burns, public television's signature chronicler of great American moments, pastimes and inventions, has turned his Ken Burns Effect loose upon "The Dust Bowl." One would say it was almost inevitable that two things so huge were bound to meet. The...
Tags: Pneumonia, PBS (tv network), Movies, Entertainment, Woody Guthrie
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Chris Erskine: Tough break for the L.A. Galaxy, now do-or-die
As with any great opera, the tenor dies in the end, falling upon his own scimitar as the teary-eyed vixen sings her heart out. And the fat lady is nowhere to be found. That's because the L.A. Galaxy still has a chance at resurrection Wednesday night...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Doris Day, The Home Depot Center, Sports
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