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Movie review: 'The Dictator'

THE DICTATOR

Paramount Pictures/Melinda Sue Gordon

A year after the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toppling of Hosni Mubarak, as protests against oppressive regimes in Iran and Syria continue to rage, the time would seem ripe for a no-holds-barred satire about the lingering conflicts in the Middle East, a movie that attacks both the despots w... Read more

Seeking a comeback, NBC bets heavily on comedy

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(Jordin Althaus/NBC)

Hoping to lure viewers with laughs, struggling NBC is calling on old friend Matthew Perry to lend a hand. Read more

NBC's new fall schedule, night by night

NBC's prime-time schedule for the fall: Read more

'Dallas' sets a red-carpet premiere in, yup, Dallas

'Dallas': TNT releases a new promo

(Mark Seliger/TNT)

The date draws near for the premiere of TNT's new version of Dallas, which follows a whole new generation of bickering Ewings, played by the likes of Josh Henderson and Jesse Metcalfe, as well as a few of the beloved older ones, like J.R. and Bobby (both Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy re... Read more

This season's 'Bachelorette' gets serious

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ABC

This year's Bachelorette, Emily Maynard, is a single mom. Read more

DFW media personalities go fly a kite for charity

DFW media personalities go fly a kite

More than a dozen DFW media personalities -- including WFAA/Channel 8 meteorologist Colleen Coyle, KTVT/Channel 11 meteorologist Jeff Ray and KDFW/Channel 4 features reporter/sometime weather person Fiona Gorostiza, as well as a number of print and online people -- competed Friday morning in the ... Read more

Movie review: 'Dark Shadows'

Dark Shadows

Warner Bros.

There's one thing everyone will be able to agree on regarding Tim Burton's cinematic reimagining of the old TV series Dark Shadows: This isn't your mother's gothic soap opera. Read more

Movie review: 'Girl in Progress'

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Pantelion Films/Bob Akester

Can a single tone-deaf, wince-inducing joke, even one that's repeated, kill a movie? No. Not a good film. But a marginal one that has trouble finding its tone? Let's just say wisecracks about spouse abuse don't help Girl in Progress. Read more

Movie review: Trite execution renders 'Nesting' unfunny

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Dangertrain Films

PG-13 (scene of drug use, strong language, sexual references); 92 min. Read more

Movie review: 'Darling Companion'

DARLING COMPANION

Sony Pictures Classics/Wilson Webb

PG-13 (sexual content, strong language); 103 min. Read more

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