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An exacting director survives Cannes' mercurial nature
Wednesday night seems so long ago; here at the Cannes Film Festival, now halfway through its fantastic paces, it's a hundred films ago. On May 16 "Moonrise Kingdom,"director Wes Anderson's fable of young love and various eccentrics, on a fictional island...
Tags: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Arts and Culture
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'The Avengers': Superhero fun for many critics, and Fury for one
24 FramesNick Fury of "The Avengers," or at least the actor who plays him, Samuel L. Jackson, was so upset by the New York Times' review of the film he had to tweet about it. But Jackson needn't worry too much, as many critics are finding the film a fun comic book... -
The gang's all here in 'The Avengers' ✭✭✭
The culmination of everything ever written, produced or imagined in the known universe, or something like that,"The Avengers"bunches together Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, the leather-clad assassin Black Widow, the lethal archer Hawkeye and...
Tags: Robert Downey Jr., The Hunger Games (movie), Scarlett Johansson, Lou Ferrigno, Jeremy Renner
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'American Reunion': Critics not nostalgic for reheated 'Pie'
24 Frames"American Reunion": Thirteen years after the bawdy high-school comedy "American Pie," nearly the whole gang has gotten back together to relive the good old days in the sequel "American Reunion." For most movie critics, though, this reunion is safe to... -
'The Three Stooges' draws laughs, shrugs and rebukes from critics
24 Frames"The Three Stooges," a new comedy Peter and Bobby Farrelly opens today, and reviewers tend to fall into three camps: those who find it funny enough to appeal to Stooges fans and newcomers alike, those who find it harmless but mostly unnecessary, and those... -
'Act of Valor' offers steely action, wooden acting, critics say
24 Frames"Act of Valor": The new action movie "Act of Valor," about an elite squad of commandos trying to foil a deadly terrorist plot, brings a novel addition to the genre: real Navy SEALs. Movie critics have found the film's action impressive, but not its... -
Monday, February 27, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Bill Leff in for Jonathon Brandmeier 6:20 a.m. The Tribune's Michael Phillips provides some post-Oscar analysis. 7:20 a.m. Our own Dean Richards shares hits thoughts on the Academy Awards. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 9:05 a....Tags: Joan Rivers, Facebook, Spring Training, Patrick Sharp, Entertainment Events
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What every parent should know about The Hunger Games
Every few years, a publishing phenomenon that captures the interest of young readers, and older ones, translates into a multiplex phenom as well. We got it with “Harry Potter.” We got it—one more movie to go—with “Twilight.&...Tags: Facebook, Movies, Harry Potter (fictional character), Entertainment
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Hollywood flop sweat: What caused the latest box-office duds?
24 FramesBox office flops: Is there something in common about the recent string of duds or have all these guys been drinking from the same poisoned well?... -
'Hunger Games': Jennifer Lawrence reaps praise from critics
24 Frames"The Hunger Games": The central figure in "The Hunger Games" is Katniss Everdeen, a brave and reluctant competitor in a dystopian televised death match. Katniss, as played by Jennifer Lawrence, is also the focus of many of the film's reviews, and most... -
Movie review: 'American Reunion' a raunchy homecoming
Sweeping aside the film's weirdest unasked question — who goes to their 13th high school reunion? — the characters created by Adam Herz for the 1999 hit "American Pie" return for a rather tired sequel called "American Reunion," in which poor,...Tags: Eugene Levy, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Chris Klein, Adam Herz, Entertainment
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F is for Foolish: How can 'Bully's' profanity equal 'Saw'-type violence?
The words are awful, and they hurt. But the words spoken by one young teenager in particular in the new documentary “Bully” actually hurt less than the letter — R — that the Motion Picture Association of America initially slapped...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Chicago Tribune Columnists, Los Angeles Times, F-bomb Dropping, Bullying
May 21, 2012
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May 3, 2012
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Feb 24, 2012
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Mar 20, 2012
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Mar 23, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012
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