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Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'
NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), John August, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment Events, Tim Burton
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Reel Critics: Been there, killed that 'Giant'
Director Bryan Singer made his mark in Hollywood in 1995 with the offbeat crime drama "The Usual Suspects." That success earned him the director's chair for big-time action flicks like "X-Men" and "Superman Returns." He now enters the world of ancient...
Tags: Stanley Tucci, Superman (fictional character), Bryan Singer, Ian McShane, Action (Movie Genre)
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‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ snuffed out at box office
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“Jack the Giant Slayer” landed with a thud at the box office this weekend, the first official bomb of 2013. ...... -
'Giant Slayer' scares up ho-hum $28 million debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It wasn't exactly a mighty victory, but "Jack the Giant Slayer" won the weekend at the box office. The Warner Bros. 3-D action extravaganza, based on the Jack and the Beanstalk legend, made just $28 million to debut at No. 1,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Peter Jackson, The Usual Suspects (movie), Jason Bateman, Les Miserables (musical)
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Film review: 'Jack the Giant Slayer' is an enjoyable fairytale
Special to The Herald-MailEarlier this year, I had the displeasure of reviewing "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters."The R-rated update on the fairy tale made for one of the most miserable moviegoing experiences I've ever had in my life. So I wasn't exactly thrilled to see another...Tags: Movies, Stanley Tucci, Entertainment, Nicholas Hoult, PG-13 Rated Movies
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‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ opens Friday — but who will go see it?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“Jack the Giant Slayer” opens Friday amid predictions that the film will not slay the box office on opening weekend. ...... -
Review: Nothing magic about 'Jack the Giant Slayer'
Pity poor Jack. There he was, minding his own business in some dusty fairy tale book when the powers that be dragooned him into active service as the front man for the would-be blockbuster "Jack the Giant Slayer." Of course, Jack's been through the...Tags: Movies, Stanley Tucci, The Usual Suspects (movie), Bryan Singer, Sundance Film Festival
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Roots of some giant problems in 'Jack the Giant Slayer' ★★
Most modern fantasy adventures are distinguished, if that's the right word, by shot after shot of actors gaping at amazements — beanstalks busting out of the ground, for example, or flaming trees being flung as weapons at the king's castle —...
Tags: Movies, Stanley Tucci, Entertainment, Bryan Singer, Nicholas Hoult
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'Jack the Giant Slayer' review: I miss Buffy
* (out of four) Anna Faris stars in “Little Bo Peep: Wolf Exploder.” That sounds like a classic tale revision that would pick the right tone and actually deliver some fun. Until that movie actually exists, we’re left with “Jack...
Tags: Movies, Stanley Tucci, Bryan Singer, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie), Nicholas Hoult
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'Jack the Giant Slayer' director faced some towering challenges
When screenwriter Darren Lemke first proposed the idea of contemporizing the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale with CG technology, it was 2005. Tim Burton had not yet jumped into the rabbit hole with "Alice in Wonderland." Amanda Seyfried had yet to don...Tags: Movies, Stanley Tucci, The Usual Suspects (movie), Bryan Singer, Julie Andrews
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New spin on old tale with 'Jack the Giant Slayer'
Opening Friday Jack the Giant Slayer One thing this current run of blockbuster fairytales inspired by Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" has taught us is how very hard it is to be Tim Burton. Multiple versions of "Snow White," a comic splatter...Tags: Priest (movie), Paranormal Activity (movie), Alice in Wonderland (movie, 2010), Tim Burton, Scott Stewart
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'The Impossible' lands at the Capitol Theatre
Based on the true story of a family swept away by the deadly 2004 tsunami that pummeled Southeast Asia, "The Impossible" is about as subtle as a wall of water. The depiction of the natural disaster itself, which killed 230,000 people, is visceral and...
Tags: Naomi Watts, The Impossible (movie), Injuries and Wounds
Mar 25, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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