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Review: Fifty Shades of Grey

Curious? The posters for “Fifty Shades of Grey” coyly ask. Whether or not you’re one of the 100 million who bought, and presumably read, E L James’ kinky book, the buzz alone sur...

DATE: Feb 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Seventh Son

There’s a fine line between charm and cheese in fantasy epics, and movies as silly and overwrought as “Seventh Son” only help to illustrate just how hard it is to hit the right tone when bal...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Project Almanac

What have we done to deserve another found-footage movie? The tired hand-held technique that seemed so fresh in 1999 with “The Blair Witch Project” long ago wore out its welcome. ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Pearce, Smulders get rom com ‘Results’

PARK CITY, Utah – Director Andrew Bujalski delivers his most mainstream film to date with “Results,” a heartfelt will-they-or-won’t-they romantic comedy about two very different personal tra...

DATE: Jan 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Winners, losers, surprises at Golden Globes

Spirit of subversion infuses 72nd annual awards ceremony

DATE: Jan 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo on their journey to ‘Selma’

LOS ANGELES – Ava DuVernay doesn’t like historical dramas – especially those of the civil rights variety. Their conventions, their sentimentality, their lack of texture or edginess, and thei...

DATE: Jan 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Hobbit’ wins in holiday box office sales

‘The Interview’ breaks online rental record

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

How ‘The Interview’ could change the game

Video-on-demand may become viable option

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Will ‘The Interview’ change how Hollywood does business?

LOS ANGELES – “The Interview” was never supposed to be a paradigm-shifting film. But unusual doesn’t even begin to describe the series of events that transpired over the past few weeks, culm...

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The Interview’ makes $1M

Industry watching how movie’s release goes

DATE: Dec 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Review: Unbroken

“Unbroken” is a story about Louis Zamperini that seems to have little interest in Louis Zamperini. The film painstakingly details his harrowing wartime experience and every brutal assault ag...

DATE: Dec 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Amy Adams finds the quiet strength in Margaret

LOS ANGELES – Amy Adams didn’t connect with the character of Margaret Keane when she first read the script for “Big Eyes.” She cannot remember whether it was right before or right...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming