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Put a stake in 'Hotel Transylvania' ★
Dominated by Adam Sandler's D-minus Bela Lugosi impression, the 3-D animated feature "Hotel Transylvania" illustrates the difference between engaging a young movie audience and agitating it, with snark and noise and everything but the funny. Do yourself...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Hotel Transylvania (movie), Adam Sandler, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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'ParaNorman' poses a parental challenge
As someone who does not have kids, I can attest to the fact that parents of small children love being told what they are doing wrong by the childless. Whenever I offer advice, parents smile so broadly! And listen so closely! Occasionally, blinded by...
Tags: Brave (movie), Movies, Philosophy, Halloween, Literature
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Surprises and snubs from the 2013 Golden Globe nominations
I told myself I wouldn’t get worked up over the Golden Globe nominations this morning, but here we go again. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—an anonymous group of freelancers much, much smaller than the Academy—really booted...
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Drama (genre), Entertainment Events, Quentin Tarantino
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Local filmmakers getting another look
The one art house cinema in town to regularly spotlight the work of local filmmakers, the Siskel Film Center, brings back a handful of its more popular Chicago-made films of the last year, including "Band of Sisters," the documentary about nuns' views...
Tags: Film Festivals, Movies, Carolina National Corporation, Festive Events, Bernie Mac
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'Frankenweenie' review: Fortunately, it's more 'ParaNorman' than 'Hotel Transylvania'
*** (out of four) A Disney movie preceded by commercials for new Disney Channel efforts “Girl vs. Monster” and “Dog with a Blog” doesn't suggest the studio’s overflowing with innovative ideas. Especially when the movie,...
Tags: Charlie Tahan, Disney Channel (tv network), Academy Awards, John August, The Odd Life of Timothy Green (movie)
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Happy face/sad face reaction: 2013 Oscar nominations
As always, this morning’s Oscar nominations created a roller coaster of emotion. Shock! Relief! Fury! I should not get so worked up about this. Really, though, the nods for the 2013 Academy Awards had a few more big surprises than usual—or...
Tags: The Master (movie), Wes Anderson, ABC (tv network), Joaquin Phoenix, Awards and Prizes
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'Hotel Transylvania' review: This bat won't fly
*1/2 (out of four) Jason Segel performed a Dracula musical in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and it was funny. One of many moments in “Hotel Transylvania” that aren’t funny: An animated Dracula voiced by Adam Sandler singing to...
Tags: Entertainment, Animation (genre), Jason Segel, Music, Adam Sandler
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'Toys in the Attic' review: Not to be confused with 'Toy Story'
**1/2 (out of four) Knowing that Forest Whitaker and Evanston-raised Joan Cusack lend their voices to “Toys in the Attic” actually tells you almost nothing about the film. The stars sound unrecognizable in this Czech Republic-made, stop-...
Tags: Joan Cusack, Entertainment, Forest Whitaker, Movies, Toy Story (movie)
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Predictions: Golden Globes 2013--movies
No matter who wins or loses Sunday, the 2013 Golden Globes ceremony obviously will be awesome because Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler are hosting. Really: That should be enough to make even the most awards show-averse movie/TV fans tune in. Yes, there will...
Tags: Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel Weisz, Drama (genre)
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'ParaNorman' review: The best animated movie since 'Toy Story 3'
***1/2 (out of four) Eleven-year-old Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) did not ask for the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Why would he? This young horror film fan surely would have seen “The Sixth Sense” and known that Haley...
Tags: Casey Affleck, Coraline (movie), Anna Kendrick, Toy Story 3 (movie), Halloween
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'ParaNorman' is another boy with ghost trouble ★★★
Here's the historical designation of the new animated film "ParaNorman": It's the third feature made in the painstaking stop-motion process — consciously unrealistic, herky-jerky and rough-hewn, in the George Pal "Puppetoons" or Tim Burton "Corpse...
Tags: George Pal, Entertainment, Movies, Animation (genre), The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie)
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Tim Burton reflects on ‘Frankenweenie’ box office, plots his next step
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIt was only Wednesday, but sitting at a small table in the restaurant at the Chateau Marmont, Tim Burton looked ......
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