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Review: 'Peeples' offers genial, forgettable peeps
Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013
The people of "Peeples" make a better impression than most collections of oddballs in the weary mold of comedies centered on meeting the prospective in-laws. They still overstay their welcome, though. With a long, boring buildup that finally pays off with scattered laughs in the second half,...
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Review: All sparkle, no soul in ' Great Gatsby'
Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013
If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it's "The Great Gatsby." After all, who was the character of Jay Gatsby himself if not a spinner of grandiose tales and a peddler of lavish dreams? And Baz Luhrmann would seem...
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Colorado shootings suspect to enter insanity plea
Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013
DENVER (AP) — The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyers said Tuesday, despite their fears that the plea could severely hamper his ability to mount a defense against the death penalty. James Holmes is...
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Nicolas Cage supports Nevada film tax credit bill
Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A cameo by actor Nicolas Cage lent some pizazz to a hearing in the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday about a bill proposing tax incentives to entice filmmakers to the Silver State. In a three-piece suit with slightly rumpled hair, Cage guest-starred in the Senate Finance...
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Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013
LONDON (AP) — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a...
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'Mammas' is study in maternal instinct
Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Isabella Rossellini's search for the meaning of maternal instinct in "Mammas" looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that "anything goes." The program timed to air Mother's Day on the Sundance Channel is just the latest offbeat...
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