Movies
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Innocence a victim in gripping drama 'Slumdog'Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - "Slumdog Millionaire" is a dancing, incandescent shock wave of a movie, a visually explosive tale of poverty, wealth, love and crime in contemporary and slightly older I...
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'Madagascar' roars with $63.5 million weekend
Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Families herded into movie theaters for another trek with stranded zoo animals as the animated sequel "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" led the weekend with a...
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YouTube was very good to this pair
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Too many characters, too few laughs weigh down 'Madagascar' sequelNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As anyone who's seen the previews knows, the Madagascar cast likes to "move it, move it!" The original Madagascar movie in 2005 moved big money into DreamWorks' bank acc...
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'Panda', Lennon new on DVDNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - "Kung Fu Panda" Kids will enjoy the cast of characters and laugh along the way in this animated film about a rotund panda named Po (Jack Black) who dreams of being a mar...
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Film festival to roll in Geneva todayNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Did you know you can see a new Faye Dunaway feature film in Geneva today? Dunaway, an Oscar winner, is in "Say It In Russian," which is being shown during the second ann...
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The late Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes give 'Men' its soulNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm guessing that it will be nearly impossible for anyone to watch "Soul Men" without thinking of it less as a routine comic road movie than as a loving tribute to its t...
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Crass jokes, crackling dialogue make 'Role Model' rollNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - At first glance, "Role Models" looks like just another graduate from the Judd Apatow School of Crass Comedy with Quirky Characters We Can Care About. This one's a little...
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Local filmmakers to present new comedyNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CNGM Pictures, a group of indie filmmakers (many grads of Palatine's Fremd High School) present "Never Have I Ever," a comic romance about a wallflower's plot to hook up...
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In tough economic times, will Hollywood still get its happy ending?