Movies
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Ebertfest film festival postponed to April 2022
Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Ebertfest film festival slated for next month in downstate Champaign has been postponed to 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 across the state. The announcemen...
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New to streaming this week: Kanye West unveils 10th studio album Thursday at Chicago's Soldier Field
Aug 24, 2021 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Music • H...
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A mixed box office weekend as 'Free Guy' tops again
Aug 22, 2021 11:00 pm - Four new films with major stars from Hugh Jackman to Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend and only the one with animated puppies fared wel...
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Film bares disputes behind construction of 9/11 museum
Aug 22, 2021 7:30 am - NEW YORK - A new film reveals and renews the tensions that went into creating the Sept. 11 museum beneath the memorial waterfalls and reflecting pool at the World Trade ...
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A mixed box office weekend as '~Free Guy' tops again
Aug 22, 2021 7:00 am - Four new films with major stars from Hugh Jackman to Michael Keaton opened in North American movie theaters this weekend and only the one with animated puppies fared wel...
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'I want to show up in this life' says 'Protégé' star Maggie QAug 20, 2021 6:00 am - Maggie Q sits in a cushioned chair with her legs leisurely folded under her slender frame, a subtle affirmation of her physical flexibility and prowess as a celebrated a...
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Q&A with 'Protégé' star Maggie Q on Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and how she inspires womenAug 20, 2021 6:00 am - Maggie Q sits in a cushioned chair with her legs leisurely folded under her slender frame, a subtle affirmation of her physical flexibility and prowess as a celebrated a...
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Navigating a past-obsessed, underwater world in 'Reminiscence'
Aug 20, 2021 6:00 am - “Reminiscence” - ★ ★ ½ Just as surely as climate change is scarring the land and warming the seas, it is also flooding our movies. The planet's imperiled future has been...
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Sean Penn, with daughter Dylan, directs again in 'Flag Day'
Aug 19, 2021 11:00 pm - CANNES, France - Sean Penn is sort of done with movies. He's still making them, here and there. But Penn is mostly seeing out commitments he made years earlier. After th...
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If only the action thriller 'The Protégé' had been intentionally played for laughsAug 19, 2021 6:00 pm - “The Protégé” — ★ ★ ½ Dear Martin Campbell: The new thriller you directed, “The Protégé,” sure delivers on the action. The lithe model-turned-movi...