By Bob Hoover
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The second child of inventor Richard and opera singer Beatrice Welles was born 100 years ago May 6 in Kenosha, Wis. They named him George Orson Welles, but...
By Susan King
Los Angeles Times
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Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lynne Sachs and Nina Menkes are American independent, experimental filmmakers who have been making movies for three decades. Their films have...
By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
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There were plenty of factors to chew over in analyzing why “Avengers: Age of Ultron” took in $188 million at the weekend box office — the second-biggest...
By Susan King
Los Angeles Times
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One can pretty much ascertain from its title the basic plot of the Swedish film “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.”
But titles...
By Colin Covert
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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In “Far From the Madding Crowd,” the versatile Belgian star Matthias Schoenaerts takes a difficult part and makes it soar. Schoenaerts, who has starred...
By Saba Hamedy
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — It was a cold weekend for the comedy “Hot Pursuit” as the superhero sequel “Avengers: Age of Ultron” maintained its mighty grip on the...
By Saba Hamedy
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — “Furious 7” set box-office records and raced to No. 1 with a massive, $143.6 million domestic opening.
If early estimates hold, the film will...
By Rebecca Keegan
Los Angeles Times
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Behind Reese Witherspoon’s back, Sofia Vergara was lowering her eyelids in a mock, come hither stare. “You can really tell what Sofia is passionate about,”...
By Rafer Guzman
Newsday
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Everything old is new again this summer, as many familiar characters and beloved titles — some more than 50 years old — return to the big screen.
That means superheroes,...
By Christopher Borrelli
Chicago Tribune
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Smells of lilac and palm were everywhere, hanging in the air. The Imperial trooper removed his white sculpted helmet and breathed in...
By Rick Bentley
The Fresno Bee
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Nelson Greaves went to Harvard to study English with plans of going into law or medicine. He didn’t take either path but turned a high-school pastime of making...
By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
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NEW YORK — Matthew Kleban holds a doctorate in physics from Stanford, conducted postdoctorate research at Albert Einstein’s alma mater the Institute for...
