All Stories from September 20, 2012 (Change date)
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'Hello I Must Be Going' too restrained to feel realSep 20, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Hello I Must Be Going" Melanie Lynskey, a New Zealand actress known mostly for nailing her supporting roles, gets the meatiest lead of her career...
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Reunion tale more bittersweet than comicSep 20, 2012 6:00 am - A high-school reunion story that spreads attention among its high-profile cast members more evenly than the average film of this sort, Jamie Linden's "10 Years" is dedic...
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Raw, realistic cop tale 'End of Watch' worth a lookSep 20, 2012 6:00 am - Frankly, I'm beginning to tire of the "found footage" approach to filmmaking, the "Blair Witch"-inspired movies that pretend someone has shot a bunch of random scenes th...
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Fremd grad's directorial debut a no-frills piece of baseball storytellingSep 20, 2012 6:00 am - Baseball takes a back seat to a prickly, jousty father-daughter relationship in Robert Lorenz's well-crafted directorial debut, "Trouble With the Curve," a funny, punny ...
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'Dredd' a fast-paced work of sci-fi violenceSep 20, 2012 6:00 am - I liked this movie better when it came out earlier this year as "The Raid: Redemption," and featured a bloody, psycho-paced tale about trapped cops struggling to stay al...
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How objective are $1 million tollway consultants?Sep 20, 2012 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway hopes to learn from its last major construction program before ramping up a new road building initiative, so it’s moving to hire an independent cons...
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Next Arlington Heights mayor will face balancing actSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - For the first time in 20 years, Arlene Mulder’s name won’t be on the ballot for village president of Arlington Heights. With the longtime mayor retiring at the end of he...
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Suburban districts split on impact of CTU contract on local negotiationsSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - The Chicago Teachers Union strike lasted more than a week and drew national attention to the nation's third-largest school district. Union representatives and members of...
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Kane County raises may be fueled by property tax increaseSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - For Kane County employees to get a pay raise, Kane County residents will have to pay more in property taxes. A drop in the overall assessed valuation of property in Kane...
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Villa Park teen fighting her way to 2016 Olympic GamesSep 20, 2012 5:30 am - Those family trips to work out at the old Bally’s in Villa Park were anything but fun for Fabiola Carrillo, who’d inevitably be confined to the gym’s day care area. The ...