Movies
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After Hours screening Dvortsevoy's 'Tulpan'Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Tulpan' The After Hours Film Society presents Sergei Dvortsevoy's seemingly plotless look at the lives of poor ranchers in Kazakhstan. It's an astonishing work, ripe wi...
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New Beatles video timed with 'Rock Band' releaseSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Beatles Anthology" With all the excitement over the video game release of "The Beatles: Rock Band," the Fab Four are front and center with fans all over the world. ...
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Dann predicts fall movie season of action, twisted plots, animationSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It's easy to forecast the movies coming up in the fall. They'll be intermittently bomby with a chance of pain and partly rowdy guys. By all indications, we can look forw...
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Science fantasy '9' offers a lot of vision, but little soulSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The dark and daunting animated science fantasy "9" looks a little like H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," a little like a scary movie by Tim Burton, and a little like a ho...
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Hollywood Palms to open in NapervilleSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The most fun movie theater in the Chicago area is about to open. And everyone's invited! The fantastical Hollywood Palms, modestly advertised as "a cinema, bar and eater...
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Tolkien estate, New Line settle lawsuit over films
Sep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and a movie studio that produced the blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy have settled a lawsuit over the films' profit...
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Clooney: "Goats' is not a war film
Sep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - VENICE, Italy -- George Clooney wants viewers to know one thing about his new movie, a comic tale of "psychic warfare" by the U.S. military: It's not a war movie. "The M...
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'Final Destination' sustains fear factor with $12 million at the box office
Sep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend. The Warner Bros. fright flick "The Final Destination" remained the No. 1 movie for the ...
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Shrill 'Steve' a shallow, stupid rom-comSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not sure exactly when I decided that "All About Steve" must be the stupidest romantic comedy I've seen in the past three months. It might have been when Sandra Bullo...
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Pixar wins lifetime award at Venice Film Festival
Sep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - VENICE, Italy -- The Venice Film Festival's red carpet was festooned with balloons on Sunday to mark the lifetime achievement award for director and producer John Lasset...