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Movie review: ‘Panic 5 Bravo’

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Videocine

There’s a good movie hidden inside Panic 5 Bravo, the directing debut from Mexican actor Kuno Becker, best known in the U.S. for roles on the TV shows Dallas and CSI: Miami. In fact, the first 20 minutes... Read more

Movie review: ‘The Babadook’

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IFC Films

More moody than bloody and more unsettling than shocking, The Babadook — which has been generating loud buzz since hitting the festival circuit earlier this year — is a throwback to old-school horror filmmaking, where much of ... Read more

Movie review: ‘Pelican Dreams’

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Shadow Distribution

Whatever you think you know about pelicans, Pelican Dreams will surprise you. Read more

Movie review: ‘Diplomacy’

It’s an unimaginably chilling sequence of events. First, 33 bridges over the Seine were to be detonated. Followed by Notre Dame, the Louvre, L’Opera, and then, with four submarine torpedoes attached to each leg, the Eiffel Tower. Paris as we know it was to be destroyed. Read more

NBC5 names Katy Blakey as weekend-morning anchor

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Courtesy of Katy Blakey

KXAS/Channel 5 has named Katy Blakey as weekend anchor, filling a slot that has been open since Lindsay Wilcox left in June. Read more

‘Divorce’ means fresh start for Edelstein — and for Bravo

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Bravo

Lisa Edelstein has a feeling that her new TV series, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, will defy many viewer expectations. Read more

Holiday TV: ‘How Murray Saved Christmas’

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NBC

We thought everyone knew the names of Santa’s famous reindeer. Then we met Murray Weiner. Read more

New on DVD: ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

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AP

DVD Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the first of the current “Apes” reboots, was much better than what most envisioned, and now Read more

Holiday TV brings out shiniest baubles

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Erik Heinila

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Like Santa’s bag, the TV airwaves are stuffed with holiday surprises. In fact, there are so many new movies, specials and TV episodes airing in the coming weeks that it’s hard to keep everything straight. So we made a list (and che... Read more

Movie review: ‘The Homesman’

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Roadside Attractions

Tommy Lee Jones has crafted in The Homesman an painfully honest assault on the standard trappings of a Western. Read more

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