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’42’ has valuable lessons to teach

The pre-movie chat went something like this: Turn off your iPhones, don’t try to sneak an Instagram picture or two during the show, and learn about the human element of a historical figure whose courage shattered seemingly indestructible racial barriers.

The good, bad and ugly of CinemaCon

A typical movie theater sound system operates at around 4,000 watts. For four days this week, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace trembled under the power of a spleen-shimmying 495,000 watts.

Movie rating system adjusted to help parents’ judgment

The Motion Picture Association of America announced changes to its movie rating system Tuesday, saying it wants to help parents make informed decisions at the multiplex.

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Indian town celebrates Charlie Chaplin

Canes in hand and bowler hats firmly in place, dozens of Charlie Chaplin impersonators tramped through the streets of a small port town in western India on Tuesday to celebrate the birthday of the legendary comic actor and filmmaker.

Actress asked to leave MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES — Aubrey Plaza interrupted Will Ferrell’s acceptance speech at the MTV Movie Awards, then left the building.

Return to ‘Jurassic Park’ in 3-D

Take away the woefully rudimentary computers, Laura Dern’s mom jeans and Samuel L. Jackson’s hair, and it has all the trappings of a modern blockbuster.

Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies

CHICAGO — Roger Ebert, the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism who, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation’s most influential thumb, died Thursday. He was 70.

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