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Redbox Instant signs Epix, details launch plans
Redbox Instant by Verizon will debut by the end of the year with four DVD rentals a month and a small library of streaming movies for the same fee as Netflix. The launch plans for the subscription video joint venture between the kiosk rental company and...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Satellite and Cable Service, Apple iTunes, DVDs, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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'Brave' tops DVD sales for third week, beating newcomers
"Brave" bested three new releases to stay atop the DVD sales chart for the third consecutive week, outselling "Men in Black 3," "ParaNorman" and "Lawless." The animated fantasy film from Walt Disney Studios was the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray disc in...
Tags: The Campaign (movie), Lawless (movie), DVDs, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie), The Amazing Spider-Man (movie)
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'Hobbit' rules again as Cruise, Apatow, Streisand post soft debuts
It was a ho-ho-ho-hum weekend at the box office, as five new releases failed to draw moviegoers to the multiplex in droves. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was the No. 1 film for the second consecutive weekend, collecting an additional $36.7...Tags: Theater, This is 40 (movie), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Paul Rudd, Movies
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Is Tom Cruise big enough to carry 'Jack Reacher'?
The opening minutes of the action-thriller "Jack Reacher" unfold with a display of gun violence that will be strikingly familiar to anyone who has been horrified by headline news in recent weeks. A sniper is shown assembling his long-range assault rifle....Tags: Valkyrie (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Thriller (genre), Movies, The Usual Suspects (movie)
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'Hobbit' has new look. Angus Jones bites hand that feeds him.
After the coffee. Before auditioning for "Two and a Half Men." The Skinny: Isn't the week after Thanksgiving the most depressing of the year? You had this great short week and now this week will feel like two. That's weak! Tuesday's headlines include...
Tags: Viacom Inc., Corporate Performance, Los Angeles Times, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Talking bear 'Ted' dominates DVD, Blu-ray sales chart
The raunchy adult comedy “Ted” beat a pair of action films in pre-holiday sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs, with humor trumping the final installment of director Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises,” and...Tags: Christopher Nolan, DVDs, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Les Miserables (musical)
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Holiday Guide 2012: Dozens more concerts and 'Carols' for your Chicago December
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no avoiding the holidays, and that's true on local stages as well as the shopping malls. But even the Scroogiest of souls could find something to celebrate in the gifts of theater, dance, and music offered up this season by...Tags: University of Chicago, Theater, Broadway Theater, Duke Ellington, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character)
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Movie Projector: Three new films no rival for final 'Twilight' over Thanksgiving
The Tooth Fairy and her friends will be no match for a couple of sharp-fanged vampires at the box office this Thanksgiving. After debuting with a massive $141.1 million last weekend, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" is expected to rule the...
Tags: Shrek (fictional character), Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Chris Hemsworth, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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A conversation with Francis Ford Coppola
Oscar-winning writer-director-producer Francis Ford Coppola makes movies to understand himself. "When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question," Coppola said over the phone from his home in Northern California. "When it's finished, you know...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Thriller (genre), Movies, NBC (tv network)
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'Brave' stays atop debuting 'Expendables 2' on DVD sales chart
'Brave' stayed atop the DVD sales chart for the second week in a row, outselling newcomer "Expendables 2." Pixar's animated fantasy film was the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray disc in the U.S., according to Rentrak Corp., while aging action stars sequel...
Tags: The Campaign (movie), DVDs, That's My Boy (movie), Savages (movie), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie)
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Will senators' slam on 'Zero Dark Thirty' hurt it at awards time?
"Zero Dark Thirty" is a hit with critics and early audiences, but a bipartisan thumbs-down from Washington may dim the once-bright Oscar chances for Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The film, which arrived in...Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, Movies, Osama bin Laden, Russell Crowe, Dianne Feinstein
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'Jack Reacher' premiere postponed after Newtown school shooting
Paramount Pictures has postponed a planned premiere of its new Tom Cruise film "Jack Reacher" in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed the lives of 26 people Friday. Based on the character created by English crime novelist...Tags: Jack Reacher (movie), Bette Midler, YouTube, Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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