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'Killing Them Softly' box office: What went wrong?
Brad Pitt's "Killing Them Softly" suffered the kind of deadly hit at the box office this weekend that its protagonist might have admired. A wide opening from The Weinstein Co. yielded a paltry $7 million, barely enough for seventh place in a crowd of...Tags: Genres, The Master (movie), Guy Ritchie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney
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Brad Pitt's 'Killing Them Softly' poised for soft box office debut
Brad Pitt's latest movie "Killing Them Softly" won't make a killing at the box office this weekend. Rather, the violent dark comedy will debut softly with about $10 million domestically, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. The...
Tags: Terrence Malick, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Brad Pitt, Rise of the Guardians (movie), The Collection (movie)
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'Moonrise Kingdom' wins best film at Gotham Awards
Wes Anderson's quirky coming-of-age comedy "Moonrise Kingdom" was named best film of 2012 Monday evening at the 22nd annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Anderson did not attend the awards, presented at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, because...Tags: Bernie (movie), Movies, Wes Anderson, Mark Duplass, Awards and Prizes
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'Trouble With the Curve' director keeps focus on film
Clint Eastwood's appearance last month at the Republican National Convention will undoubtedly go down as one of the more amusing moments in the 2012 presidential campaign. His performance-art speech with an empty chair also qualifies as one of the most...
Tags: Celebrities, Movies, Roger Corman, Clint Eastwood, University of Iowa
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Cannes Film Festival preview: Time to get off the beach
Brigitte Bardot in a bikini on a French Riviera beach in the early 1950s. Quick — name a single photograph in existence that reminds you less of "The Tree of Life," last year's top prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival. The only movie in...
Tags: Festive Events, Movies, Clint Eastwood, Film Festivals, Arts and Culture
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Stars turn out for Chicago Film Critics Awards
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe Chicago Film Critics Awards returned to the Broadway Playhouse at the Water Tower Jan. 7. This salute to Hollywood's best included Comedy Awards, conceived by Sharee Pemberton who produced the show along with film critic and Chicago Film Critics...Tags: Movies, ABC (tv network), Richard Roeper, Michael Shannon, Water Tower
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Oscars 2012: 'The Help,' 'Moneyball' among those snubbed
For a moment, it looked as though "Hugo" could sweep this year's Academy Awards. Martin Scorsese's 3-D family film snapped up five trophies in technical categories, including surprise wins for cinematography and visual effects. But as the more...
Tags: Celebrities, Drama (genre), Arts, Movies, Photography
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'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards
The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year.
On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...Tags: Celebrities, Drama (genre), Nat Faxon, Awards and Prizes, Martin Scorsese
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Oscar nominations a blast from the past
John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger," later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in...Tags: Albert Brooks, Laurence Olivier, Music, Celebrities, Billy Crystal
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Crashing the Oscars
The Oscars are serious — important people making important, relevant, thought-provoking movies about race, marital relations, horses and Owen Wilson seeing dead Parisians. The dresses and jewelry are beyond fancy. The tuxes are bespoke. Sidney...Tags: Celebrities, Albert Nobbs (movie), Demian Bichir, Halle Berry, Martin Scorsese
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Deadline nears for Herald-Mail's Oscar Picks Contest
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comOK, so maybe your invitation to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got lost in the mail this year. But you've paid your money, watched the films, then later picked them apart scene by scene with family and friends. So what if you don't...Tags: Celebrities, Albert Nobbs (movie), Awards and Prizes, Demian Bichir, Martin Scorsese
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'Artist,' Scorsese's 'Hugo' shine brightest in 2012 Oscar nominations
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences paid homage this year to the early days of cinema by bestowing the lion's share of Oscar nominations on two films that are valentines to the early days of cinema. "Hugo," Martin Scorsese's heartfelt love...Tags: Animals, Celebrities, Drama (genre), Albert Nobbs (movie), Awards and Prizes
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