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Tim Burton At The MoMA

Arts, Culture & Media

It’s hard to keep your idiosyncrasies and still be a Hollywood success. From “Beetlejuice” to “Batman” to “Sweeney Todd,” Burton‘s work is unmistakably personal. Dark, whimsical creations from his entire career fill several galleries at The Museum of Modern Art.

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ thanks in part to a boy who loved Batman

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Movies for this weekend — and beyond

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New Movie Releases: ‘Dark Shadows,’ ‘Girl in Progress,’ ‘Bernie’

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Tim Burton At The MoMA

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Inside Comic-Con with Gerard Jones

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Author and comic book creator Gerard Jones describes the scene at Comic-Con. Jones is the author of ‘Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book,’ and of a new comic book, ‘Networked: Carabella on the Run.’

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Takeouts: war funding, football and films

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We discuss some interesting predictors of future war planning buried in a military policy bill and preview both the upcoming NFL weekend matchups and films being released today.

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Movies for this Weekend — and Beyond

It’s Friday, which means new movies are opening nationwide. Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, joins us with a few of the films in theaters this weekend. His picks? Tim Burton’s return to animation in 9, a remake of the 1956 crime film noir Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, and Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself.

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