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Still from Escape Plan featuring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Movie Review: ‘Escape Plan’ too 80’s for its own good

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Arts Reporter Stephen Romney reviews Stallone's next throwback to the 80s, 'Escape Plan
China Doll, left, and James Franco as Oz.

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’: Not too powerful, but still entertaining

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews 'Oz: The Great and Powerful.'
The film does a decent job of developing the ill-fated four man team and their relation to the main character. From left to right: Taylor Kitsch, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, and Emile Hirsch

Movie review: ‘Lone Survivor’ would have worked better as a docu-drama

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews "Lone Survivor," the war film that would have worked better as a docu-drama.
A still from the movie Olympus Has Fallen.

‘Olympus Has Fallen’…into ‘Die Hard’ territory

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney reviews the newest action film to hit theaters, "Olympus Has Fallen."

Shakespeare rolls in his grave over ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’

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Movies have been ripping off Shakespeare since before movies even had sound. Classic stories with relatable themes make for good entertainment. Most of the...

‘Tangled’

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Disney returns to its more successful roots with another princess movie, this time moving on from its traditional hand drawn medium and embracing computer...

Get taken in

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Horror movie fans are used to thinking, "Don't go upstairs," when the dumb blond runs into the dark and creepy house while being chased...
Shorts Program QA at the Egyptian

Sundance Film Festival chooses The Grand Theatre for more Salt Lake City screenings

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The Grand Theatre will be a screening venue for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Learn what it took to make that dream a reality. Tamara Brune-Wharton has the story.
Egyptian Theatre lit up at night

Sundance Film Festival moves fully online amid COVID-19 surge

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The 2022 Sundance Film Festival will be an online-only event after a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
Still from 'Red 2' featuring from left to right: Mary-Louise Parker, Bruce Willis and John Malkovich

Movie review: ‘Red 2’ a raucous reunion of guns, guffaws

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Arts reporter Stephen Romney says moviegoers will enjoy the action-comedy “Red 2” starring Bruce Willis.

The Harry Potter epic slowly comes to an end

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Until two weeks ago Harry Potter was a cultural figure that had very little influence in my life. However, with the first installment of...