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Reel Critics: 'Pitch Perfect' hits bold, funny notes
Two new movies are out about growing up and finding acceptance — a broad comedy ("Pitch Perfect") and moving drama ("The Perks of Being a Wallflower"). "Pitch Perfect" mixes gleeful musical numbers with raunchy campus antics. Freshman Becca (Anna...
Tags: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Terminator (movie), Action (genre), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Music
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'Pitch Perfect' is thin, and sometimes on key ★★ 1/2
Who knew there was this much fun left in glee clubs so long after "Glee" jumped the shark? Sweet little Anna Kendrick, usually cast as too-young/in-over-her-head ("Up in the Air," "What to Expect When You're Expecting") plays the cynical, rebellious...
Tags: Human Accomplishments, What to Expect When You're Expecting (movie), Bachelorette (movie), Donald Faison, Kelly Clarkson
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'Bachelorette': Dysfunctional wedding redux, with added raunch ★★
You could, if you wanted, sit in a dark theater and simply check off the similarities between the blockbuster "Bridesmaids" and this fall's "Bridesmaids" knockoff, titled "Bachelorette." Female bodily function jokes? Check. Inappropriate come-ons on an...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Bachelorette (movie), Substance Abuse, F-bomb Dropping, Entertainment
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Short, sometimes sweet, often interesting
In the dark animated short "The Watchmaker's Apprentice" (from Chicago filmmaker Julian Grant), the title character narrates his tale in song to an oompah beat. "I once was an apprentice in the clock making trade/and the miser made me work for every penny...
Tags: Photography and Video, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Documentary (genre), YouTube, Services and Shopping
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Ira Glass and WBEZ Chicago venture into the movie biz
One of the first things you notice during the opening credits of "Sleepwalk with Me" is a producing acknowledgment that reads simply: "In association with WBEZ Chicago's This American Life." Chicago's largest public radio station is in the movie...
Tags: Paul Feig, Studs Terkel, NBC (tv network), Paul Rudd, Revolution (tv program)
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Seth MacFarlane's potty-mouthed 'Ted' dominating in Australia
Big-budget tent poles dominated the international box office this weekend, but there was one country that Spider-Man and the prehistoric "Ice Age" mammals couldn't conquer: Australia. Down Under, the potty-mouthed "Ted" ruled the multiplex, grossing a...
Tags: The Hangover Part II (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Ice Age: Continental Drift (movie), Australia
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'Friends With Kids'
Zap2ItJennifer Westfeldt reprises her acting and writing skills from "Kissing Jessica Stein," adding directing this time, in this enjoyable comedy. She and Adam Scott play two friends who decide to see if they can handle parenthood without an emotional...Tags: Kristen Wiig, Jennifer Westfeldt, Edward Burns, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott
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Malibu Student Slapped by Teacher Files $1 Million Lawsuit
KTLA NewsMALIBU, Calif. (KTLA) -- The Malibu High School student who was slapped by a teacher imitating a bit from the movie "Bridesmaids" has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the school district. 15-year-old 9th grader Dionne Evans is suing the Santa Monica-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Litigation, Trials, NAACP
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Movies under the stars for every day of the workweek
Baltimore is one city where crowds come out in the heat of the night to take in open-air movies.
In mid-July last year, when the thermometer was hitting 95 in the day and stalling in the 80s past midnight, fun-seekers swarmed to Federal Hill to watch...Tags: Entertainment Events, Rob Reiner, France, Frank Sinatra, Barry Levinson
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'Five-Year Engagement': Engaging rom-com worth an 'I do' ✭✭✭ 1/2
A lot of terrible romantic comedies come along in a given year, and after five or six you begin to question your belief in anything — romance, comedy, movies, even terribleness itself. Before you know it you're trying to break the fever and hit...
Tags: Alison Brie, Mindy Kaling, The Five-Year Engagement (movie), Brian Posehn, Fishing
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2012 MTV Movie Awards nominees announced
WGN NewsThe nominees have been announced for the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards and "Bridesmaids" and "The Hunger Games" are in the top with eight nominations apiece including Movie of the Year, Best Female Performance and Best Cast. "21 Jump Street" and "Harry...Tags: Robert Pattinson, The Hunger Games (movie), LMFAO (music group), Zach Galifianakis, Politics
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Reel Critics: 'John Carter' a mix of other successful franchises
Disney managers invested $250 million to make"John Carter,"the next blockbuster of fantasy adventure films.
They borrowed major elements from other hit movies. They spent serious money to illustrate the exploits on screen with riveting special effects....Tags: Fiction, Jennifer Westfeldt, John Carter (movie), When Harry Met Sally (movie), Tarzan (movie)
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