Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its climax.
“There is a sense now that these political films can really be successful, and they’re a genre aimed at one side of the political spectrum or the other,” said [...]

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Movie theaters have sometimes opened their doors at odd hours for their most highly anticipated films, say, an entry in the “Star Wars” series, and midnight shows have become part of the summer blockbuster ritual.
This time much of the fan interest has been driven by word of a career-topping performance by Heath Ledger, the Australian [...]

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It’s one of the most popular concessions at the movie theater: popcorn.
Now, the price you pay for a tub of popcorn may soon go up. AMC, owner of more than 200 theaters nationwide, raised their popcorn prices by 25 cents this weekend.
Local theaters say they are also dealing with the price of corn and oil. [...]

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After spending a few minutes browsing aisles of books at McGinley Memorial Library, it’s easy to forget that long ago the place was a movie theater where people lived out today’s distant memories.
But in the same way that Sparky, the 19-year-old library cat sleeping unobtrusively under the checkout counter, is easy to miss when you [...]

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Back in 2006, LucasArts held a big press event which showcased its new Indiana Jones game. The screenshots and accompanying teaser trailerat the timewere great, showing Indy on an exciting new adventure that featured a number of splendid-looking environments and exciting battles. Of particular note was a battle against Asian gangsters throughout San Francisco, which [...]

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Back in 2006, LucasArts held a big press event which showcased its new Indiana Jones game. The screenshots and accompanying teaser trailerat the timewere great, showing Indy on an exciting new adventure that featured a number of splendid-looking environments and exciting battles. Of particular note was a battle against Asian gangsters throughout San Francisco, which [...]

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Domestic box-office revenues went up in five of the past seven recession years dating back to the 1960s, according to research compiled by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
While budget-conscious consumers in today’s economic downturn may hold off buying that 50-inch plasma television, “it seems they can always pull together the money to [...]

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Back in 2006, LucasArts held a big press event which showcased its new Indiana Jones game. The screenshots and accompanying teaser trailerat the timewere great, showing Indy on an exciting new adventure that featured a number of splendid-looking environments and exciting battles. Of particular note was a battle against Asian gangsters throughout San Francisco, which [...]

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Friday, the Daily News announces Joe Neumaier as its movie critic. Neumaier, 40, joined New York’s hometown newspaper as a reporter in 2003, after writing about film and Hollywood for Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, London’s Observer, The Washington Post and USA Today Weekend, among many others.In his interviews for the Daily News, he [...]

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‘Snow Angels.’ Several stories intertwine in a small town. With Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Amy Sedaris. Director: David Gordon Green. (1:46). R: Language, violence, sexuality. At Lincoln Plaza, Sunshine Cinema.
The small-town drama “Snow Angels” doesn’t tread much new ground in its glimpse at desperate American lives crashing into each other, but it does give Sam [...]

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