Movies
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'The Girl From Monaco' simply despicableJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - 'The Girl From Monaco' I truly hated this despicable piece of French misogyny. A straight-laced middle-aged attorney (Fabrice Luchini) gets his conservative world rocke...
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Will 'Transformers' become worst-reviewed $400 million hit?
Jul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - After just five days, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was halfway to $400 million domestically, a box-office milestone only eight other movies have reached. If it ...
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Vardalos' 'Valentine's Day' a big, fat disappointmentJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Ever since her 2002 sleeper romance "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" struck box office gold, screenwriter/actress Nia Vardalos has practically made a side career out of squand...
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Anniversary DVD does right thing by Spike Lee filmJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "Do The Right Thing" (20th Anniversary Edition) - It all starts with those pictures on the wall. A customer inside a pizzeria notices that the pictures all feature ...
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Hey, Paramount: 'Transformers' critics didn't screw upJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If film critics were designed to be mere consumer advisers, then we really screwed up by kicking the lug nuts out of Michael Bay's screechy, populist piece of pandering ...
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Suburban theater, park, jail get big exposure in 'Public Enemies'Jun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - It's safe to say that most viewers of the newly released gangster flick "Public Enemies" will have a hard time looking away from Johnny Depp's movie-star face. In certai...
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Third 'Ice Age' suffers from sitcom syndromeJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Even the comic escapades of Scrat, the ratty, nut-obsessed squirrel, are wearing thin, just like the ice in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." "Dawn" brings back those l...
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Local family remembers other side of infamous Dillinger associateJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Rolling Meadows resident Winifred Peterson still remembers the day nearly 75 years ago when she found out her uncle had died. As Peterson tells it, her father threw the ...
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After 'Public Enemies,' economy takes toll on local moviemakingJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The local Illinois and Chicago film production offices are hoping that Johnny Depp's Tommy-gun-powered "Public Enemies" leads to a renewed burst of shooting - that is, s...
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Chicago museum to premiere new 'Potter' film on Omnimax screen