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The man who designed 'Iron Man's' power suit
Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor Ben Snow helped develop new digital technologies to create Iron Man's armor. He calls it digital wardrobing. What the heck's digital wardrobing? We'll let him explain: "It's the process of adding...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Natural Resources, Weaponry, Movies, Forests
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In 'Four Christmases,' Seth Gordon explores a season's gratings
To some, it might seem a bit of a stretch for the director of an odd and obscure documentary about the '80s arcade game Donkey Kong to become the man in charge of the big-budget holiday-season comedy " Four Christmases," starring Vince Vaughn and Reese...Tags: Sony Corp., Game Playing, New Hampshire, Video Games, Robert Duvall
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'Four Christmases' stars Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek
Tribune criticQuestion for Reese Witherspoon: Do you employ an agent, or a manager? Is this the best romantic comedy you could find? Question for Vince Vaughn: Do you employ an agent, or a manager? Is this the best romantic comedy you could find? The acrid, wince-...Tags: Jon Voight, Vince Vaughn, Holidays, Mary Steenburgen, Christmas
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Pensacola's Katy Mixon catches fire
Sentinel Movie CriticImprovisation is a hallmark of modern screen comedy. In the films of the "Frat Pack" -- Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell and company, it's not the script that lands the laughs. It's funny actors riffing, trying to top the script. Katy Mixon...Tags: Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Movies, Tropic Thunder (movie)
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Family Filmgoer: A Guide for Parents
OK FOR 6 AND OLDER ''BOLT'' (PG) If it weren't for a very funny hamster and his exercise ball, '' Bolt'' would not make much of a blip on the radar screen. This tale is about the canine star of a TV series who believes he's got real superpowers. When...Tags: Australia (movie), Monsters, Tim McGraw, Bolt (movie), Daniel Craig
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Stellar cast can't save marginal 'Four Christmases'
Special to The Morning Call'' Four Christmases'' hurls towering Vince Vaughn at tiny Reese Witherspoon and a lot of Oscars at a lightweight holiday farce. This comedy about a happy couple made miserable by having to visit four divorced parents begins with a bang but settles into...Tags: Jon Voight, A Christmas Story (movie), Tim McGraw, Robert Duvall, Academy Awards
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Going home for the holidays in the merry 'Four Christmases'
Serious talent can overcome even the most hackneyed of movie plots, as Four Christmases proves.
A surprisingly deft and sometimes hilarious variation on the well-worn "holidays+relatives=hell" story line (see Home for the Holidays, Christmas with the...Tags: Jon Voight, Tim McGraw, Meryl Streep, Robert Duvall, Academy Awards
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Katy Mixon finds her inner Panhandle for 'Four Christmases' role
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticImprovisation is a hallmark of the modern screen comedy. In the films of the "Frat Pack" of Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell and company, it's not the script that lands the laughs. It's funny actors riffing, trying to top the script. Katy Mixon...Tags: Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Movies, Tropic Thunder (movie)
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'Four Christmases' is zero fun
NewsdayLike a gift card in your stocking, the romantic comedy "Four Christmases" is pretty generic, though you might still be grateful for it. The jokes are old, but they hit as often as they miss. And while the free-spirited lovers at the film's center...Tags: Jon Voight, Tim McGraw, Robert Duvall, Movies, Four Christmases (movie)
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Loyalty pays off for Gibbs
Tribune reporterOn one of his last nights on the campaign trail, Barack Obama was agitated. He was backstage and face-to-face with a traveling aide after giving a speech to an overflow crowd at a football field. Like a referee inserting his body between two fighting...Tags: Government, Alabama, John Kerry, Democratic National Conventions, New Hampshire
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Holiday movie madness
Special to The Morning CallVampires, wrestlers, Nazis and nuns. It's going to be a wild ride at the box office this holiday season. From now until the end of the year, Hollywood is gifting audiences with risk-taking flicks such as '' Twilight,'' ''The Wrestler,'' '' Valkyrie'' and...Tags: Australia (movie), Jon Voight, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Robert Gibbs: Face of Obama White House
The Swampby John McCormick On one of his last nights on the campaign trail, Barack Obama was agitated. He was backstage and face-to-face with a traveling aide after giving a speech to an overflow crowd at a football field. Like a......Tags: Government, Alabama, John Kerry, Democratic National Conventions, New Hampshire
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