Movies
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Universal takes top three spots at domestic box office
Jul 04, 2021 7:00 am - Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, at least one studio has good reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend. Universal Pictures curr...
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Behind the scenes of Hollywood historyJul 04, 2021 1:00 am - The careers of three comedians crucial to the slapstick genre: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd will be presented through photos, video clips and stories...
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Des Plaines library to host movie discussionJul 04, 2021 1:00 am - The Des Plaines Public Library will hold a virtual discussion of the 1971 movie "Harold and Maude" on Tuesday. The quirky romance was directed by Hal Ashby and starred B...
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Soderbergh's 'No Sudden Move' on HBO Max a sluggish, hard-boiled crime drama
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Horror sequel 'Forever Purge' gets political on U.S.-Mexico border
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Libertyville's Chris McKay reteams with Chris Pratt for 'The Tomorrow War'Jul 02, 2021 5:30 am - Teaming up to battle aliens isn't the first time Chris McKay worked with Chris Pratt. McKay was an animation supervisor on 2014's “The Lego Movie” and moved to the direc...
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'Summer of Soul' captures incredible performances, powerful moment in history
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Widescreen: This Independence Day, look to the stars (no, not for aliens)Jul 01, 2021 6:00 am - There are revolutionary war films such as Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" (Netflix), biographies of great Americans including Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" (HBO Max) and rah-r...
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Humans battle future aliens in Amazon Prime's escapist 'Tomorrow War'Jul 01, 2021 6:00 am - “The Tomorrow War” - ★ ★ ★ This old-fashioned popcorn summer thriller with alien invaders and time-traveling heroes more than fills the bill for wild escapist fun....
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A Florida road trip goes dangerously wrong in Twitter adaptation 'Zola'