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The Latest: A sad 'Farewell,' a colorful trek
"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" By Amy Wilentz Simon & Schuster; 329 pages Fred Voodoo, we learn from Amy Wilentz's candid new book, is not a person but an epithet — the Haitian equivalent, more or less, of Joe Average. Wilentz spent years in Haiti as...Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Haiti, Natural Disasters, New York Yankees, Rocky Balboa (fictional character)
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'Zero Dark Thirty' defeats 'Gangster Squad;' 'Haunted House' strong
The hunt for Osama Bin Laden last year proved a bigger draw for moviegoers than a battle against organized crime 70 years ago. Thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" had a decisive victory at the box office this weekend, grossing $24 million in the U.S. and...Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, Cedric the Entertainer, Central Intelligence Agency, Gangster Squad (movie), Marlon Wayans
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Los Angeles on view in 'Gangster Squad'
When mobster Mickey Cohen ruled Los Angeles in the late 1940s, his favorite hangout was the legendary Slapsy Maxie's nightclub on Wilshire Boulevard. It's long gone now of course, so to re-create it for the new film "Gangster Squad" the filmmakers had...
Tags: Gangster Squad (movie), Organized Crime, Dining and Drinking, Ryan Gosling, Los Angeles Times
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Slab City residents enjoy a little night music
Staff WriterSLAB CITY — Around 10 musical acts performed Saturday night at what may be the most unique venue in the western United States. The Range, located on Slab City’s main drag in Niland, is the site of Live Music Under the Stars, a weekly open-mic...Tags: Weezer (music group), Entertainment, Jimi Hendrix, Music Industry, Music
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Danger Awaits in 'Gangster Squad'
From the director of Zombieland, Ruben Fleischer, comes Gangster Squad, a film that takes the viewer back to the grungy, electric Las Vegas of the 1920s, a city in which drug lords are ruling from the underground. With an excellent cast headed by...Tags: Josh Brolin, Movies, Gangster Squad (movie), Entertainment, Organized Crime
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'Gangster Squad' review: Soft-boiled
*1/2 (out of four) This true story of morally questionable, mid-20th century L.A. cops and their efforts to rid the city of organized crime and corruption contains so much intrigue, it’s a wonder no one’s done it before. Oops, they have....
Tags: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (movie), Gangster Squad (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Organized Crime, Ryan Gosling
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Movie gangsters so bad they're good
One hundred and one years ago, D.W. Griffith gave us "The Musketeers of Pig Alley," often credited as the first gangster film, and once sound came in, nothing hooked movie audiences during the early 1930s more reliably than Edward G. Robinson or James...
Tags: The Untouchables (movie), Scarface (movie), Kevin Costner, World War II (1939-1945), Paul Muni
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'Gangster Squad' a fusillade of bullets and cliches ★★
A triumph of production design but a pretty dull kill-'em-up otherwise, the post-World War II-set "Gangster Squad" comes from the director of "Zombieland," Ruben Fleischer. It's clear Fleischer, who also made "30 Minutes or Less," hadn't worked through...
Tags: The Untouchables (movie), World War II (1939-1945), 30 Minutes or Less (movie), Gangster Squad (movie), Organized Crime
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Get the SEAL perspective
OPENING FRIDAY Zero Dark Thirty Everyone knows how "Zero Dark Thirty" ends: with the killing of Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani compound by SEAL Team Six. But it’s how it begins — with the hauntingly effective use of the voices of the...
Tags: George Romero, James Gandolfini, Gangster Squad (movie), Kyle Chandler, PG-13 Rated Movies
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'Gangster Squad' lacks drama with familiarity
Rogue cops carry out their brand of swift justice to bring down Mafia kingpin Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Where have we seen this before? Only everywhere. “Gangster Squad’s” plot is nothing more, as Cohen and his...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Movies, Gangster Squad (movie)
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'Gangster Squad' a stylish but shallow noir tale, critics say
Taking its name and inspiration from a real LAPD operation that battled organized crime during the 1940s and '50s, the new film "Gangster Squad" dramatizes the story of Sgt. John O'Mara (played by Josh Brolin) and his squad's crusade against the...Tags: The Untouchables (movie), L.A. Confidential (movie), Gangster Squad (movie), Chinatown (movie), Organized Crime
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Film review: 'Gangster Squad' is no 'Chinatown'
It's hard to resist Los Angeles-based films noir -- "Chinatown," "Kiss Me Deadly," "The Big Sleep" being only a few of the best -- but "Gangster Squad" is a bit more resistible than most. Director Ruben Fleischer and screenwriter Will Beall have morphed...
Tags: Al Capone, Gangster Squad (movie), Korean War (1950-1953), Robert Stack, Chinatown (movie)
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