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'Dumb and Dumber To' lives up to its title

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 15:07 Last update: about 11 years ago

Comedy is all about timing. The dimwitted Lloyd (Jim Carrey) reminds the audience of that simple fact minutes into "Dumb and Dumber To" and the sentiment echoes throughout the disappointing return....

Stewart displays sure hand in 'Rosewater'

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 14:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

You can take the man away from the humor. But you clearly can't always take the humor from the man. This gratifying principle proves true both for the Iranian-born Canadian journalist Maziar...

Revolution gathering in 'Mockingjay

Saturday, 29 November 2014, 14:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

All is not well in Panem. At the conclusion of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Katniss's (Jennifer Lawrence) force-field shattering arrow left the society in turmoil. The desperate act was...

Playing Hawking a complex equation for Redmayne

Friday, 28 November 2014, 14:40 Last update: about 11 years ago

Time is relative, especially for young actors tasked with playing brilliant theoretical physicists. Eddie Redmayne estimates that the euphoria of being cast as Stephen Hawking for...

Daughters inspire independent Disney princesses

Thursday, 27 November 2014, 14:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

A Disney princess no longer needs a prince to experience true love. Sisterhood saves the day in "Frozen." Motherly love breaks an evil spell in "Maleficent." A little girl's love of her own life...

Cumberbatch shines as wartime codebreaker

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 14:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

'Tis clearly the season for Oscar-worthy performances by British actors playing mathematical geniuses facing daunting personal odds. Sound overly specific? Consider: A few weeks ago we had "The...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Monday, 24 November 2014, 15:23 Last update: about 11 years ago

  Disney's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Monday, 24 November 2014, 15:22 Last update: about 11 years ago

The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part L, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District L3 after she...

Maps to the Stars

Monday, 24 November 2014, 15:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) arrives in Los Angeles and employs limousine driver Jerome (Robert Pattinson) to take her to the site of the former house of Benjie Weiss (Evan Bird), a child star. Agatha has...

'Warcraft' film teased at BlizzCon expo

Sunday, 23 November 2014, 16:14 Last update: about 11 years ago

Orcs won't just be sword fodder in the upcoming filmadaptation of the Blizzard video game franchise "Warcraft." The snarling green-skinned creatures will be respected just as much as the human...

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