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‘Rust and Bone’ defines romance in its own way

By Kenneth TuranLos Angeles Times | Wednesday, March 06 2:55 p.m.
Romantic but pitiless, fearlessly emotional as well as edgy, “Rust and Bone” is a powerhouse. It’s the kind...

‘Chasing Ice’ aims to prove climate change to skeptics

By Roger MooreMCT | Wednesday, March 06 2:55 p.m.
‘It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness” was a favorite Chinese proverb of the late...

‘56 Up’ reveals more about lives followed since 1964

By Kenneth TuranLos Angeles Times | Wednesday, March 06 2:55 p.m.
To see “56 Up” is to be reunited with an old friend. Make that 13 old friends, together again for a documentary...

‘Hava Nagila (The Movie)’ finds laughs, purpose in song

By Roger MooreMCT | Wednesday, March 06 2:55 p.m.
You’d expect a movie about a song that has become the Hebrew “Hokey Pokey” to be playful. And “Hava...

‘Inescapable’ is full of flaws

By Betsy SharkeyLos Angeles Times | Wednesday, March 06 2:54 p.m.
‘Inescapable” is like “Taken” without the tension.

Yossi returns in sequel to Israeli love story

By Colin CovertStar Tribune (Minneapolis) | Wednesday, March 06 2:54 p.m.
In 2003, Israeli director Eytan Fox caused a stir with his military romance, “Yossi and Jagger.” The film’s...

Please, let this be the ‘Last Exorcism’

By Roger MooreMCT | Sunday, March 03 5:09 p.m.
OK, so it wasn’t “The Last Exorcism” after all. Here’s “Part II,” an 88-minute bore...

For Oscars 2014, there’s no shortage of good candidates

By Glenn WhippLos Angeles Times | Saturday, March 02 12:01 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — Now that Ben Affleck has shaved his good-luck Oscar beard, we believe...

‘21 & Over’ presents a balancing act

By CHRISTY LEMIREAssociated Press | Friday, March 01 12:01 a.m.
If you liked “The Hangover” but felt like it needed more projectile vomit, stampeding buffaloes and naughty...

Big-bucks beanstalk highlight of ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’

By Roger MooreMCT | Thursday, February 28 12:01 a.m.
One thing this current run of blockbuster fairy tales inspired by Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” has...

Affleck’s ‘Argo’ takes Oscar for best picture at Academy Awards

By DAVID GERMAINAssociated Press | Monday, February 25 12:32 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” a film about a fake movie, has...

‘Dark Skies’ has a few plusses, but we want the parents to care more

By Roger MooreMcClatchy Newspapers | Saturday, February 23 12:01 a.m.
The standard-issue alien abduction thriller gains a few paranormal touches and a taste of the living dead in “Dark...

Songs at the Oscars talked about for reasons good and bad

By Susan KingLos Angeles Times | Wednesday, February 20 3:47 p.m.
At last year’s Academy Awards, the two Oscar-nominated songs got short shrift: They weren’t even performed on the...

Seth MacFarlane gets Oscar hosting advice from Billy Crystal

By SANDY COHENAssociated Press | Wednesday, February 20 3:47 p.m.
Despite getting advice from Billy Crystal and working as hard as he can to prepare to host the Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane...

Envelope, please: Oscar leaders for top prize deemed nap-worthy

By LEANNE ITALIEAssociated Press | Wednesday, February 20 3:50 p.m.
Nancy Zwiers was genuinely psyched to see “Lincoln,” but something happened between the ticket purchase and the...

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