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ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
ADVANCE MOVIE REVIEW: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

With the arrival of "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies," we have made it to the payoff.  This big story gets its ending, its tidy bow, and its cherry-on-top.  Even if you think the movie studio was milking you for three movie tickets over three years out of a book that probably could have fit into a single film, you now get to see your patience rewarded and your virtue justified.  You will realize it was worth it.  You will feel like you stuck around to see "Superman" save the world, you survived the walk down those basement stairs in "Psycho," and you partied with the Ewoks and spirit Jedis in "Star Wars."  

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CHECKLIST: 2014 Holiday Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Holiday Movie Calendar

Here is the master calendar for the upcoming holiday movie season releases for November and December of 2014.  Be sure to check ahead at theaters because release dates shift all the time.  Print this out, pin it, or put it on the fridge for the next two months.  Enjoy your holidays and enjoy these movies!

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2014, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanInterstellar, Big Hero 6, The Theory of Everything, Foxcatcher, Dumb and Dumber To, Beyond the Lights, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, The Imitation Game, Horrible Bosses 2, Penguins of Madagascar, Wild, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Exodus, The Hunger Games, Inherent Vice, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Annie, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Gambler, Into the Woods, Unbroken, The Interview, Big Eyes, American SniperComment
EDITORIAL: The 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars
EDITORIAL: The 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars

Once one awards season ends, another one begins!  The winners from last night's 86th Academy Awards can bask in the glow of immortality for a while.  Meanwhile, business in Hollywood will quickly shift and move on to the 87th Academy Awards that will happen in February or March of 2015.  Here are 15 films to watch for the 2015 Oscars.

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