Box office top 20: 'Annabelle' scores in a slow August
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Aug 14, 2017 3:23 PM - The box-office downturn is getting scary, but that didn't stop the horror sequel "Annabelle: Creation" from debuting with XXX in North America over the weekend, according to final figures Monday
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How Highland Park native went from 'movie-crazy kid' to 'Menashe' producerAug 14, 2017 11:44 PM - Highland Park native Alex Lipschultz opted to leave the corporate culture of Hollywood studios for the life of an indie film producer. His most recent project is "Menashe."
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Yiddish film 'Menashe' offers poignant portrait of familyAug 13, 2017 7:15 AM - In "Menashe," filmmaker Joshua Z Weinstein turns his camera on the Orthodox Jewish community of Borough Park in Brooklyn, using nonactors to create a tender portrait of family. -
'Annabelle' scares up $35M, jolting sleepy box office -
Gory medieval drama puts the 'grim' in 'Pilgrimage'Aug 11, 2017 6:00 AM - "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland stars as a young monk-in-training in Brendan Muldowney's blood-soaked Irish religious drama "Pilgrimage." -
'Whose Streets?' documentary revisits Ferguson riots with social media journalismAug 10, 2017 6:00 AM - Director Sabaah Folayan and codirector Damon Davis revisit the police killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown Jr.and its political/social aftermatch in "Whose Street?," a social media documentary of alarming clarity and surprising depth. -
'The Nut Job 2' serves up stale jokes, slapstickAug 10, 2017 6:00 AM - "The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature" trots out the well-worn premise of critters fighting for their park home against greedy humans. But any potential is undermined by a screenplay that over-explains every stale joke and pratfall. -
Murder mystery 'Wind River' a thoughtful, less-exciting police proceduralAug 10, 2017 6:00 AM - Jeremy Renner trades his superhero costume for a cowboy outfit in the murder mystery "Wind River," Taylor Sheridan's look at the disturbing environments of Native American reservations. -
'Annabelle: Creation' makes for a scary good horror sequelAug 10, 2017 6:00 AM - Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg is an alchemist of the first order, whipping a cheesy Devil-doll plot into the uncommonly satisfying horror sequel "Annabelle: Creation." -
Conant High grad channels Doc Brown for rap parody 'I (Heart) Juliet'Aug 10, 2017 6:00 AM - Elk Grove Village actor and Conant High grad Joe Bianco had never seen the entire "Back to the Future" trilogy until he snagged the role of "Crazy Uncle Larry" in "I (Heart) Juliet," a rap musical version of "Romeo and Juliet."
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