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Movie review: ‘Transformers 3′ sort of awesome if you don’t think about it too much
At its metal-bashing, scantily clad heart, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” is just an action-packed movie. There’s good-guy-versus-bad-guy action, robot-on-robot action and Victoria’s Secret model-on-Shia LaBeouf action.
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Column: Video game values
Last month, the Supreme Court struck down a never-enacted California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors.
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Woody Allen’s latest success signals career renaissance
As of July 1, Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight in Paris,” has grossed over $31 million, his biggest box office success in 25 years. It has done so over a long span, a sign of critical praise and strong word-of-mouth through audiences themselves.
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Column: Right to simulate epic violence
You can take away our freedom to use assault rifles on innocent civilians, but you cannot take away our right to do the same in Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Album review: Beyoncé is back 4 more
Three years after she dropped her last album, Beyonce Knowles is back to run the music world. But her ammunition isn’t quite as strong this time. Beyoncé’s fiery return to mainstream pop music this year has been hard to ignore.
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Movie review: Third time’s the charm for Autobots
Michael Bay's trilogy closer might not win over new fans, but it's without a doubt the best in the critically panned franchise. Without spoiling too much, this threequel's plot features a 1960s space race conspiracy marred by an obvious CGI-JFK appearance.
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Movie review: ‘Bad Teacher’
It’s date night, you’re looking for anything worth seeing at the movies, something funny, maybe something romantic. Well, it’s far from romantic, but Bad Teacher is funny.
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Movie review: ‘Cars 2’ stalls in theaters
Most parents can tell you their kids' favorite movies. This isn't necessarily due to good parenting, but from the stinging redundancy of having watched a cartoon with pastel-colored, high-pitched talking animals one too many times.
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Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy talk driving ‘Cars 2’ overseas
After zooming through theaters and toy stores in 2006, Pixar Animation Studios is bringing one of its most lucrative franchises back to the big screen this weekend with "Cars 2.