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'Star Trek,' boldly going on blu-ray and DVD
Director J.J. Abrams and the creative team behind the latest Star Trek movie did something very smart when they decided to reboot that quintessential, sci-fi-geek franchise: they made it more like...
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'Planet 51' a bust for both kids and adults
How might a kid — OK, a teenager — protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies (including The Fourth Kind), the anal probe? If you weren’t thinki...
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Blind sided and pleased: True story of NFL lineman leaves your heart sacked
On a football field, keeping your head on a swivel is key so as not to be surprised by a bone-crushing lick. Who knew one should employee that same tactic while watching a movie.
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The evergreen Ebenezer Scrooge
HOLLYWOOD — Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol embodies the true spirit of the holidays with its indelible characters: miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who learns the meaning of the yuletide ...
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Oh, bite me! From Vlad the Impaler to 'Twilight,' why vampires still suck ... pop-culturally speaking
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
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Vampires have always walked among us. Through each generation these blood-thirsty fiends have skulked, feasting upon our fears, lurking in the shadows and haunting the darkest corners of our imagin...
Self-life of the undead: A brief history of 'real' vampires
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
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Though they mostly haunt the box office and bookstores today, vampires have long struck terror in the hearts of mortals.
Hollywood visits Heflin
by Deirdre Long
Entertainment Editor
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NEAR HOLLIS CROSSROADS — Things were pretty normal Thursday afternoon at Emrick-Nolen Feed & Seed, a few miles south of Heflin on Alabama 9. Trucks pulled in to the parking lot and were loade...
AmStar begins discount movie program
by Deirdre Long
Entertainment Editor
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AmStar Cinemas in Oxford has started a program to show family-friendly movies at a discounted price. With the Saturday Morning Movies special, tickets can be purchased on the morning of the film fo...
Filmmaker Keener happy where he is
by Ben Flanagan
Special to the Star
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Anniston filmmaker Jason LaRay Keener doesn't want to tell the same stories over and over. He wants to follow his dreams, quite literally, and try to record what he can faintly remember from his sl...
3-D is back, but will it last?
by Ben Flanagan
Staff Writer
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Hollywood's done it again! The third dimension. A brand new, whiz-bang innovation that'll have you spinning in your seats. Monsters, airplanes, balloons and spaceships flying out of the screen towa...
New 'Potter' the best yet
by Ben Flanagan
Staff Writer
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Rife with deft humor, genuine emotion and thrilling adventure, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stands alone in the above-average six-film series as the head of its class, the Hermione Grange...
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