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Copy cat plot slows down “Lockout”
If you want to know the plot of the new Luc Besson-produced action movie “Lockout,” put yourself in a late 80s, early 90s mindset and imagine movies like “Die Hard,” “Escape from New York” and “Blade Runner” all mashed together.
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Series offers enrichment and life lessons
Film Streams, together with the Natan and Hannah Schwab Center for Israeli and Jewish Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, is screening a film series which offers moviegoers an opportunity to increase their knowledge about Israel and learn valuable life lessons.
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Music brought them together, success tore them apart
“Chico & Rita,” showing at Film Streams, tells the tale of two people intertwined by a love for Cuban mambo and conga music.
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‘Titanic’ stunningly tragic in 3D
James Cameron’s wildly successful “Titanic” is back in theaters, giving audiences a whole new perspective with the magic of 3D. But is the transformation worth another trip to the movie theater? Absolutely.
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‘Hunger Games’ breaks records, leaves out a few key points
In the not-so-distant future, America has fallen and through the rubble emerged Panem. This dystopian country is divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Katniss Everdeen lives struggling, starving and fatherless in District 12. Her problems become infinitely worse when her sister, Prim, is chosen in the Reaping to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death. Without hesitation, Katniss volunteers to go in place of her sister, her district’s first volunteer in recent memory.
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Hungry for premiere, concessions
Photos from the premiere of "The Hunger Games" at Aksarben Cinema.
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‘21 Jump Street’ a rare remake exception
I’m sure half the people in attendance at the advanced screening of “21 Jump Street” either weren’t alive for or barely old enough to remember the show generally regarded as Johnny Depp’s breakout role.
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‘Lorax’ brings Dr. Seuss tale to life
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." These are the words that conclude Dr. Seuss's 1971 classic story, "The Lorax," as well as the movie version of the tale.
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John Carter lives
It was the movie no one thought could be made.
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Indie film features comedians Segel and Helms in more dramatic roles
Comedians Jason Segal and Ed Helms tackle heavier roles in the new indie comedy, "Jeff, Who Lives at Home."
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84th annual Oscars celebrate magic of movies
"All of us are mesmerized by the magic of movies," legendary actor Morgan Freeman said at the beginning of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night.
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World Civilizations Film Series kicks off with murder mystery
The history department's World Civilizations Film Series kicked off its second year on Friday, Feb. 24, with a screening of the 1947 film, "Crossfire." The series is the brain child of a group of World Civilization instructors, said organizer Jo Behrens.
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‘The Woman in Black’ brings back ‘old school horror’
"The Woman in Black," the new haunted house suspense film by director James Watkins, calls to mind classic horror films.
Daniel Radcliffe plays Arthur Kipps, a young widower and father of a 4-year-old son who's facing a crushing depression. He's sent to a small village in the English countryside to go through the records of a deceased woman living at a run down manor surrounded by marsh land. When Kipps begins seeing a mysterious woman in black and children in the town start dying, he attempts to find the reason behind the strange phenomenon.
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“Safe House” an entertaining action flick
Taking place over a span of three days, "Safe House" stars Denzel Washington as Tobin Frost, a rogue CIA agent who has been off the grid for almost 10 years. In Cape Town, South Africa he walks into the American consulate and turns himself in. He's transported to a safe house run by young CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds), desperate to get a new, more exciting post. Frost is considered one of the most dangerous men in the world and is now Weston's "house guest."
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Event aims to enlighten more about Shakespeare
Nebraska Shakespeare and UNO professor D. Scott Glasser are teaming up to help bring films from Shakespeare's material to a wider audience.



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