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Participant Media hopes more filmgoers will get its messages
In "Snitch," a thriller set in the dangerous drug world, Dwayne Johnson plays a father who goes to work as a drug informant to free his jailed son. The PG-13 film from Participant Media features a street fight, a car chase and a gun battle — high-...
Tags: An Inconvenient Truth (movie), Entertainment Events, Marketing, Contagion (movie), The Soloist (movie)
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'Snitch' has an identity crisis, critics say
"Snitch," the new crime drama starring pro-wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson, gives the big guy a chance to flex his acting muscles. He portrays a concerned father who cuts a draconian deal with a U.S. attorney to save his son, who's been framed in a...
Tags: Barry Pepper, Movies, Entertainment, Methamphetamine (drug), Frontline Limited
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No snitching at the box office! Will Netflix go for an Emmy?
After the coffee. Before making my Oscar picks. The Skinny: I'm through three episodes of the Netflix drama "House of Cards" and I have to say, so far it's not changing my life. I'll keep going only because I'm trying to avoid having to watch "Downton...
Tags: Scott Collins, Cablevision Systems Corp., CNBC (tv network), Downton Abbey (tv program), Entertainment Events
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'Snitch' will fight for No. 1 on a slow weekend at the box office
With the Oscars telecast airing on Sunday, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest weekend of the year. There won't be as much to celebrate at the box office, however, as two new films are expected to have lackluster debuts. "Snitch," an action film...
Tags: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (movie), Fast Five (movie), Faster (movie) , Keri Russell, Entertainment Events
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Super Bowl XLVII ad spotlight: ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Lone Ranger’
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesForget the Ravens vs. the 49ers. How does “Star Trek” stack up against “Iron Man 3″? More than half of ...... -
Valley area actors on screen and behind the scenes all summer long
At least four Lehigh Valley actors are starring in a half-dozen releases that are among the season's most anticipated movies. Allentown native Amanda Seyfried is starring in the animated "Epic" and the biopic "Lovelace." Freedom High grad Dwayne Johnson...
Tags: Maya Rudolph, Despicable Me 2 (movie), Indianapolis 500, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Animation (Movie Genre)
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Film review: 'G.I. Joe Retaliation' needs to be stripped of its stripes
Special to The Herald-MailHere's a brief rundown of my thoughts from 2009's "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra": I'm dreading this movie. I still haven't recovered from that awful second "Transformers" movie from a month back. Or that awful first "Transformers" movie from two years ago for...Tags: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jonathan Pryce, Rachel Nichols, Movies, Ray Park
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'The Sapphires' review: Australian for 'Dreamgirls'
**1/2 (out of four) The recent, terrible Dwayne Johnson vehicle “Snitch” was “inspired by a true story,” which merely meant the U.S. has controversial drug enforcement policies and the movie was something that hypothetically...
Tags: Movies, Politics, Entertainment, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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New spin on old tale with 'Jack the Giant Slayer'
Opening Friday Jack the Giant Slayer One thing this current run of blockbuster fairytales inspired by Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" has taught us is how very hard it is to be Tim Burton. Multiple versions of "Snow White," a comic splatter...Tags: Josh Hamilton, Nicholas Hoult, Jack the Giant Slayer (movie), Legion (movie), Warm Bodies (movie)
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Film review: 'Snitch' review not solid as 'The Rock'
Special to The Herald-Mail"Snitch" is the epitome of a "star vehicle." In this case, the star is Dwayne Johnson. There is no reason to see "Snitch" other than Dwayne Johnson. I've seen some movies lately that offer zero reasons to see them, so it's fair to say that Dwayne...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Human Interest, Entertainment Events, Michael K. Williams
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Film Review: 'Snitch' and its star the Rock are toned down just enough
There's been a big, new blow-'em-up action film nearly every week so far in this admittedly young year. Nearly all have been intended to showcase a 60-ish star — Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Willis — and nearly all were disappointments. Jason...
Tags: Parker (movie), Jason Statham, Movies, Entertainment, Dwayne Johnson
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'Snitch,' starring Dwayne Johnson, is capably noirish ★★★
Large, in charge and nobody's little Margie: Dwayne Johnson takes on the drug kingpins in "Snitch." Place your bets! "Snitch" comes from a story told in a "Frontline" documentary about the post-Reagan-era injustice of mandatory minimum sentencing for...
Tags: Movies, Barry Pepper, Entertainment, Dwayne Johnson, Frontline Limited
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