Movies
Prince Tray Haynes, 11, escorts Brooklynn Byers, left, and Bria  Byers to their seats at a Legacy Club tea party on Saturday. Photo: Trent Penny/The Anniston Star 'Princesses' celebrate Disney's new look
Glittering tiaras and pink princess sashes were in order Saturday at the Oxford Library as a group of more than 30 young girls were treated to a tea party and were then whisked away to see Disney&...
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Photo: MCT Oxford's AmStar Theater promotes new film with charity drive
It’s time to break out the costumes again. Halloween is still just once a year, but area children have another chance to dress up, and this time for a more worthy cause. Quintard Mall’...
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Blind sided and pleased: True story of NFL lineman leaves your heart sacked
On a football field, keeping your head on a swivel is key so as not to be surprised by a bone-crushing lick. Who knew one should employee that same tactic while watching a movie.
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From left, Kristin Bauer, Alexander Skarsgard and Patrick Gallagher portray vampires in a scene from the second season of the HBO original series,  True Blood.  Photo: Associated Press photo Oh, bite me! From Vlad the Impaler to 'Twilight,' why vampires still suck ... pop-culturally speaking
Vampires have always walked among us. Through each generation these blood-thirsty fiends have skulked, feasting upon our fears, lurking in the shadows and haunting the darkest corners of our imagi...
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Self-life of the undead: A brief history of 'real' vampires
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
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Though they mostly haunt the box office and bookstores today, vampires have long struck terror in the hearts of mortals.
Hollywood visits Heflin
by Deirdre Long
Entertainment Editor
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NEAR HOLLIS CROSSROADS — Things were pretty normal Thursday afternoon at Emrick-Nolen Feed & Seed, a few miles south of Heflin on Alabama 9. Trucks pulled in to the parking lot and were loade...
AmStar begins discount movie program
by Deirdre Long
Entertainment Editor
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AmStar Cinemas in Oxford has started a program to show family-friendly movies at a discounted price. With the Saturday Morning Movies special, tickets can be purchased on the morning of the film fo...
Filmmaker Keener happy where he is
by Ben Flanagan
Special to the Star
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Anniston filmmaker Jason LaRay Keener doesn't want to tell the same stories over and over. He wants to follow his dreams, quite literally, and try to record what he can faintly remember from his sl...
3-D is back, but will it last?
by Ben Flanagan
Staff Writer
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Hollywood's done it again! The third dimension. A brand new, whiz-bang innovation that'll have you spinning in your seats. Monsters, airplanes, balloons and spaceships flying out of the screen towa...
New 'Potter' the best yet
by Ben Flanagan
Staff Writer
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Rife with deft humor, genuine emotion and thrilling adventure, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stands alone in the above-average six-film series as the head of its class, the Hermione Grange...
Alabama National Guard not amused by 'Bruno'; Oxford's AmStar 12 will show film at midnight
by Dan Whisenhunt
Staff Writer
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Anniston's Alabama Military Academy made the cut for the trailers of the new movie Bruno. But guardsmen at the academy say they aren't buying tickets, nor are they curious about the film which open...

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