Movies
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'Avatar' sequel marks 6 straight weeks at No. 1, crosses $2 billion
Jan 22, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustaine...
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Annual Global Flicks film festival kicks off Feb. 1 at College of DuPageJan 19, 2023 10:00 pm - College of DuPage will host its annual Global Flicks series featuring six award-winning international films in their original languages with English captions. The films ...
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Here's what to expect from Tuesday's Oscar nominations
Jan 19, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year's ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window. A film, ...
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How (and where) to watch the AP Top 25 Movies online
Jan 19, 2023 10:00 pm - Glittering rock 'n' roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list. So...
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Jesse Eisenberg directs a moving mother-son tale
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 pm - “When You Finish Saving the World” - ★ ★ ★ In Jesse Eisenberg's smart directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving the World,” Julianne Moore plays a Good Person, at leas...
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Anna Kendrick gives affecting performance in chilling 'Alice, Darling'
Jan 19, 2023 10:00 am - “Alice, Darling” - ★ ★ ½ Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy's thoughtful if uneven drama “Alice, Darling,” s...
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'Missing' an energized, timely, tech-savvy thriller set in a scary surveillance stateJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “Missing” - ★ ★ ★ In “Missing,” we have what might have been the most innovative, energized and timely thriller of 2023, a flash-edited testimonial to tech-savvy Zoomer...
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Wrenching and riveting, 'The Son' leaves you shaken
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “The Son” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If you don't have children, you will likely walk out of “The Son” shaken and deeply moved. If you do have kids, you may have to be eventually pulled...
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Two publishing power brokers collide, collaborate in 'Turn Every Page'
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “Turn Every Page” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Civil wars over semicolons and heated debate over the word “looms” would not, on the face of it, seem like the stuff of a gripping big-scree...
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Stories that unite: Jewish film festival brings messages of hope, courage and resilienceJan 19, 2023 4:00 am - "It is stories like these that aim to unite us and renew our faith in humanity," says Hillary Wenk, co-director of the 10th annual Jewish Community Centers Chicago Jewis...