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DVD review: 'Hunger Games' a pleasant surprise
Writer/director Gary Ross' adaptation of Suzanne Collins' hugely popular novel — a teen book that crossed over to the adult market — is one of this year's nicest surprises so far. Lionsgate's video release is also a pleasant surprise: They'...
Tags: Entertainment, Donald Sutherland, DVDs, Suzanne Collins, Movies
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Around Town: Backstage at the book tour
When the young editors of “In the Shadow of Greatness” (Naval Institute Press 2012) asked me to help with their October California book tour, I was happy to help. I am one of 33 contributors to the book, a collection of first-hand accounts...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Tom Brokaw, Cancer
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'The Hunger Games'
Zap2ItSuzanne Collins' best-seller, about a futuristic competition that pits teens against one another in a literal battle for survival, expectedly became one of the year's movie blockbusters as guided by director Gary Ross. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss...Tags: Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Movies, Liam Hemsworth, Blu-ray Discs
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Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 81
Times Staff WriterDon Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on ABC's '70s sitcom "Three'...Tags: Stan Laurel, Edgar Bergen, Television Industry, TV Land (tv network), Tim Conway
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'Hunger Games': Philip Seymour Hoffman cast as Plutarch Heavensbee
Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has joined the cast of "The Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, according to Lionsgate, the studio behind the movies. Hoffman will play the sly orchestrator of the 75th...
Tags: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Wes Bentley, Joaquin Phoenix, Death of a Salesman (play), Woody Harrelson
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Video/Q&A: Elizabeth Banks of 'People Like Us'
Even in small roles, Elizabeth Banks often has a major impact on her movies. Consider her memorable, unbridled scene in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” in which she teaches Steve Carell’s character about the, uh, talents of a handheld...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Channing Tatum, Ted Danson, Elizabeth Banks, Movies
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Josh Hutcherson: 'The Hunger Games' hasn't changed my life [Video]
24 Frames"The Hunger Games" star Josh Hutcherson says taking part in the massively popular franchise hasn't affected his personal life.... -
'Titanic' adventure into 3-D launched
Titanic in 3-D
It may seem like a cheap way for director James Cameron to wring even more money from his record-breaking epic about the lovers Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) and their doomed voyage aboard that ill-fated boat. But the...Tags: Kate Winslet, Clash of the Titans (movie), Billy Ray, Sean Bean, Stanley Tucci
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Review: 'The Hunger Games' a winning story of sacrifice and survival
![When you're talking about "The Hunger Games," it all comes down to Katniss.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68958454-21162215.jpg "When you're talking about "The Hunger Games,\" it all comes down to Katniss.")
Los Angeles Times Film CriticWhen you're talking about "The Hunger Games," it all comes down to Katniss. Like other strong-minded women who have driven book sales into the stratosphere — think Lisbeth Salander of the "Dragon Tattoo" triology and even Bella Swan of the...Tags: Hanna (movie), Winter's Bone (movie), Billy Ray, Wes Bentley, American Idol (tv program)
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'The Hunger Games' review: Hype, consider yourself mostly justified
![I read <a href="http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Collins'</a> addictive, massively popular novel "The Hunger Games" so compulsively that the pages feared my fingers. Any filmmaker would be challenged to similarly create scene after scene that sparks craving for the next.](http://redeye.trb.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-03/146783220-20080648.png "I read <a href="http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Suzanne Collins'</a> addictive, massively popular novel \"The Hunger Games\" so compulsively that the pages feared my fingers. Any filmmaker would be challenged to similarly create scene after scene that sparks craving for the next.")
I read Suzanne Collins' addictive, massively popular novel "The Hunger Games" so compulsively that the pages feared my fingers. Any filmmaker would be challenged to similarly create scene after scene that sparks craving for the next.
In other words,...Tags: Television Industry, Winter's Bone (movie), National Collegiate Athletic Association, Genetic Engineering, Ridley Scott
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Q&A: 'The Hunger Games' star Josh Hutcherson
While waiting two weeks to hear if he got the part of Peeta Mallark in the wildly anticipated big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,” Josh Hutcherson couldn’t even speak properly.
“It got to the point...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Reality Television (genre), Grapes, Bear Grylls, Movies
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Looking back: Northmen fall in regional at Central Michigan
News-Review sports writer50 years ago — Some 200 fans followed the Petoskey High School basketball team to a Class B regional championship game at the Central Michigan University Fieldhouse. The Northmen, the surprise winners of their district, would lose to Ludington, 76-...Tags: College Sports, Central Michigan University, Bob Ford, Sports, Dave Smith
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