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January 7, 2017
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell star in "His Girl Friday."

Home-video review: 'His Girl Friday' as timely as ever in new Blu-ray

Scheming journalists, lying politicians, conniving cops? It's not your Facebook feed. It's Howard Hawks' classic 1940 farce, "His Girl Friday,"
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January 5, 2017
Carrie Fisher starred as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movies.

Carrie Fisher fans lobby to make Leia an official Disney princess

Fans of deceased actress Carrie Fisher — who died at age 60 on Dec. 27 — are lobbying Disney to make Fisher's "Star Wars" character, Princess Leia, an official Disney princess.
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January 5, 2017
Jackie Chan in "Railroad Tigers." (Well Go USA) ORG XMIT: 1195432

Twin Cities theaters offer double serving of Chinese movies

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December 31, 2016
Andrew Garfield plays Father Rodrigues and Shinya Tsukamoto plays Mokichi in "Silence."
credit: Kerry Brown, Paramount Pictures

Movies opening on Jan. 6

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December 31, 2016
This image released by Open Road shows Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a scene from, "Snowden." (Open Road Films via AP)

Home video review: 'Snowden' is a miss for Oliver Stone

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December 23, 2016
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Test your classic holiday movie IQ

How's your CHMIQ (classic holiday movie IQ)? Test it with this quiz.
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December 23, 2016

Movie openings Dec. 30

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December 22, 2016
The Mall of America theaters, a mall fixture since 1992, will close next week to make way for a new entertainment venue.

Dec. 22: Mall of America movie theaters will close next week for good

A new entertainment venue will open there next year, but the mall isn't saying what it is yet.
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December 22, 2016
Playwright August Wilson wrote “Fences” while living in St. Paul. He began working on the screen adaptation in 1987 — the same ye

What took so long for August Wilson's Minnesota-built 'Fences' to get to the big screen?

Denzel Washington's film version of the August Wilson play "Fences" was nearly 30 years in the making.
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December 22, 2016
Bryan Cranston and James Franco in the film "Why Him?" (20th Century Fox) ORG XMIT: 1194709

'Why Him?': Cranston and Franco go mano-a-mano

A cranky dad battles his daughter's boyfriend in the fun but sexist Silicon Valley satire "Why Him?"
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December 22, 2016

Aside from 'The Piano Lesson,' it's tough for home viewers to find August Wilson's work

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December 20, 2016
DF-01952_R3_CROP ñ Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the advent

'Assassin's Creed': The game's afoot in Fassbender's strange but exciting ride

REVIEW: Director Justin Kurzel brings visual punch to this video game adaptation with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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December 20, 2016
In the Infirmary, Jim (CHRIS PRATT) and Aurora (JENNIFER LAWRENCE) realize they have limited options in Columbia Pictures' PASSENGERS. ORG XMIT: Chris

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are trapped cute in 'Passengers'

REVIEW: Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence go to waste in a misfired sci-fi romance.
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December 17, 2016

Movies opening Dec. 21, 23 and 25

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December 16, 2016

Films on 2016 National Film Registry

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December 15, 2016
Kris Dewitte
Pili Groyne in "The Brand New Testament."

'Brand New Testament': Theology blessed with laughs

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December 10, 2016

Movies opening Dec. 16

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December 9, 2016
"The Age of Shadows"

Korean thriller puts emphasis on action

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December 8, 2016
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How movies became the latest concert craze for Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestras across the country are banking on the popularity of film scores.
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December 7, 2016
Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer responds to 'Barbie' fat-shamers with swimsuit photo

Amy Schumer is putting some skin in the game in her battle with the fat-shamers of the world.

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