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Golden Globes preview: from Red Carpet to acceptance speech

This Sunday, awards season officially kicks off with The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be broadcast at 8 p.m. eastern time on NBC. Also known as the happiest awards show in Hollywood, the Globes is an event where alcohol is served throughout the night, TV stars and movie stars mingle, and comedies and […]

New Movie Releases: The Spectacular Now, The World’s End, You’re Next

New Movie Releases of The Week: The Butler, Paranoia, Jobs, Kickass 2

Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel gets superhero upgrade

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‘Taken 2,’ ‘The Paperboy’ slated for box office debut this weekend

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In this week’s new releases, ‘Bourne’ a bust, ‘Hope’ a plus, ‘Campaign’ stupid, hilarious

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If you’re looking for a movie to see this weekend, put Hope Springs on your list, but steer clear of The Bourne Legacy. That’s the consensus of our expert movie reviewers. Plus you might consider checking out The Campaign.

Joyful Noise the highlight of a weekend with three big new movie releases

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Joyful Noise, Contraband, Beauty and the Beast 3D all debut this weekend. Critics are touting Joyful Noise as one of the year’s best films, while Contraband and Beauty and the Beast 3D each have their strengths.

New movie releases explore relationships, cowboys, aliens and Smurfs

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A preview of this week’s new releases: ‘Crazy Stupid Love,’ ‘The Smurfs’ and ‘Cowboys & Aliens.’

New Movie Releases of the Week: Turbo, R.I.P.D, The Conjuring, Red 2

Snails, spooks, spirits…and Bruce Willis. That’s your Movie Date lineup for this weekend. The new films “Turbo,” “R.I.P.D,” “The Conjuring,” and “Red 2” are all hitting the box office this weekend. Bringing us the reviews of these films is our Movie Date team–Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer.  They weigh in with their top picks from the […]

New Movie Releases: ‘Grown Ups 2,’ ‘Pacific Rim,’ and An Update From Johnny Depp

The Takeaway’s Movie Date team,  Kristen Meinzer  and  Rafer Guzman, review this week’s major releases. Opening this week: “Grown Ups 2,” a sequel to the 2010 buddy comedy starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade; and “Pacific Rim”–the science fiction film set in the 2020s when Earth is under attack by monsters called Kaiju.   The […]