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Time span: Man on Wire tells the story of Philippe Petit, who walked across a cable that his team illegally rigged between the World Trade Center towers in 1974.
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By Alan Welner, AP
As audiences flock to tales of dark knights and bungling in the jungle, summer has also emerged as...more
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Told as a fable, Henry Poole Is Here tries to offer moviegoers a pool of hope in a barren landscape.
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Lucasfilm/Warner Bros. Pictures
The animated The Clone Wars, with its brightly colored computer animation, characters designed to look like wooden Thunderbirds-style...
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Lucasfilm/Warner Bros. Pictures
Don't expect the seventh Star Wars film here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is more like a long Saturday morning cartoon.
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By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY
Danny McBride, who made his leading man film debut in a little-seen 2006 tae-kwon-do flick, is packing a powerful punch in theaters this...
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This week's top picks: the Godfather of Soul in I Got the Feelin', a single dad in Smart People and art-gallery daddy-Os of The Cool School....
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By Victor Bello, The Weinstein Co.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is as exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city. Woody Allen's latest comedy...
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Summit Entertainment
A tribute to a giant leap for mankind feels like a clumsy shuffle backward for animation.
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Sony Pictures
If the guys from Superbad smoked too much weed in college, never got their diplomas and continued to find themselves in absurd situations,...
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Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise seems to have regained his cool in Tropic Thunder (*** out of four).
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By Jaap Buitendijk, Warner Bros. Pictures via Reuters
Warner Bros. says it's bumping Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from its planned November release into next summer.
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