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Film review: 'Playing for Keeps' should be lost
Special to The Herald-MailIt is clear from its opening weekend that "Playing for Keeps" is one of the biggest bombs of the year, both critically and commercially. Review database Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 2-percent "Fresh" rating for its one positive review vs. 59 negative...Tags: Sports, Popcorn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Entertainment
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Deadline nears for Herald-Mail's Oscar Picks Contest
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comOK, so maybe your invitation to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got lost in the mail this year. But you've paid your money, watched the films, then later picked them apart scene by scene with family and friends. So what if you don't...Tags: Celebrities, Meryl Streep, Grant Heslov, The Tree of Life (movie), Entertainment
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Film review: "Contraband" should have smuggled in a better storyline
Special to The Herald-MailThe first few months of the year are traditionally the worst as far as getting decent new movies. Mega-blockbusters usually open in the summer or around the holidays. Lately, the release slates in March and April have been gaining steam as well. But...Tags: Academy Awards, J.K. Simmons, Giovanni Ribisi, The Artist (movie), Ben Foster
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Film review: 'Underworld: Awakening' shows a violent side of Beckinsale
Special to The Herald-MailLast week in my review of the lousy "Contraband," I wrote that January and February generally consist of a miserable slate of new releases. The principle is that if a movie were any good, it would be released in the summer or near a holiday where it could...Tags: Stephen Rea, Movies, Kate Beckinsale, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), R Rated Movies
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Cannes honcho Thierry Fremaux is Hollywood's inside man
VarietyWhen Baz Luhrmann’s "The Great Gatsby" raises the curtain on the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, it will serve, among other things, as an indication that the love affair between the festival and Hollywood is alive and well — much more than the last...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Film Festivals, Amour (movie), Harvey Weinstein, The Artist (movie)
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Newport Beach and L.A. Children's Film Festival among highlights
The TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place Thursday through Sunday in Hollywood, isn't the only high-profile fest this weekend. The 14th annual Newport Beach Film Festival kicks off Thursday evening at the Edwards Big Newport with the West Coast...
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Sighting: Lady Gaga works out at Reform Chicago Pilates studio
Lady Gaga is back on her feet, a pilates studio owner says. The "Poker Face" singer — who has been photographed getting around in a wheelchair since canceling her world tour in February to undergo hip surgery — worked out April 11 at...
Tags: Up (movie), Chicago Blackhawks, Style Network (tv network), River North, Jeff Samardzija
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Interview: 'The Call' star David Otunga finds himself in the center of the ring
David Otunga had little time to order food Friday during lunchtime at Howells & Hood in the Tribune Tower — not with his hectic press tour running late and a live TV appearance up next — so the Elgin native and WWE Superstar settled for just a...
Tags: Aaron Hernandez, Harrison Ford, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Miami Heat, Nikita (tv program)
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Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail'
Before it became a lucrative if critically drubbed exemplar of '80s cinematic cheese, the Tom Cruise vehicle "Cocktail" first sprang to life as a novel by Heywood Gould, who based the book on his experiences bartending throughout New York in the 1970s....
Tags: SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, ImprovOlympic, Michael Eisner, Tom Cruise, Television Industry
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Theo James to star as Four in 'Divergent'
Brace yourselves for the ear-piercing squeals: Theo James, the British heartthrob and current star of the CBS cop drama "Golden Boy," will star in Summit Entertainment's highly anticipated adaptation of the young adult bestseller "Divergent," the studio...
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An indie brings Nick Offerman back to the Chicago area
Whenever I find myself in a bleak mood, a quick glance at the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness usually does the trick. A near-perfect melding of minds between the "Parks and Recreation" writing staff and actor Nick Offerman, this visual guide on how to...
Tags: Harrison Ford, Celebrities, Television, Seth MacFarlane, Jennifer Aniston
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Hollywood's outsiders come inside
It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Fight Club (movie), Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co., David O. Russell
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