By Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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If the summer 2016 movie season entered an Olympics sprint against previous summer movie seasons, it’d be struggling for bronze. And we’d cut to a commercial...
By Tre’vell Anderson
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — Disney’s “Captain America: Civil War” may have pitted two of Marvel’s most popular characters against each other, but coming out...
By Steven Rea
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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War and conflict (ethnic, religious, domestic) dominate the field in the live-action short-films competition for the 2016 Academy Awards.
Although “Ave...
By Daniel Neman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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In some movies — a lot of movies, actually — if you see a character eating ice cream, the actor is really licking mashed potatoes. And that great-looking...
By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
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The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday night with a highly anticipated movie — “Demolition,” the new drama from “Dallas Buyers...
By Saba Hamedy
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — It’s official: 2015 is now the second-strongest summer ever at the domestic box office.
Summer movies, which kicked off May 1 and wrapped up...
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 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...
