Movies
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Movie review: 'Queen & Slim' offers a romantic, urgent and beautiful rideNov 27, 2019 5:00 am - “Queen & Slim” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Rarely has a Tinder date ended so poorly than the one shown in “Queen & Slim.” Even more rarely has a bad Tinder date produced such a great...
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How comic Sebastian Maniscalco went from Arlington Heights kid to 'The Irishman'
Nov 24, 2019 6:31 am - Sebastian Maniscalco looks annoyed. Irritated even. But there's no need to worry: That's his natural look - his wife says he has a mean resting face. Counterintuitive fo...
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Already a star in China, U.S. fame comes to 'Farewell' actressNov 24, 2019 6:24 am - LOS ANGELES - To American audiences, the woman who plays the grandmother in the film "The Farewell" might as well be an unknown. But the 75-year-old Chinese actress is a...
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'˜Frozen 2' heats up box office with $127M opening weekend
Nov 24, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Six years after "Frozen" kicked up a pop-culture blizzard, the sequel to Elsa, Anna and Olaf's adventures snowed-in the box office with an estimated $127 mill...
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Dear Oscar voters: Don't let the buzz die down on 'Rocketman'Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - It's almost movie awards season, which means it's almost time for a very famous person to be honored for playing another very famous person. This season's surest bet arr...
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Movie review: '21 Bridges' covers all-too-predictable action-thriller route
Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - “21 Bridges” — ★ ★ ½ The movie “21 Bridges” opens with a bang. Not literally — it's just a close-up of a 13-year-old boy's tear-streaked face, as he listens to the ...
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Movie review: Shia LaBeouf's 'Honey Boy' chronicles his painful Hollywood childhood
Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - “Honey Boy” — ★ ★ ★ Here's a recipe for disaster: Take a movie star known for indulgent, self-destructive antics, send him to rehab, turn his therapeutic writings ...
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Tom Hanks didn't want to be Mr. Rogers. Then he met Marielle HellerNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Tom Hanks has never played a superhero. But when the actor recently donned a very simple cardigan sweater, and the slacks to go with it, he felt like one. "I ...
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From 'Knives Out' to Bond, Ana de Armas is on the riseNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ana de Armas is fumbling with a packet of sugar and talking about her breakneck schedule on a recent afternoon in Los Angeles when her already enormous alm...
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Venezuelan filmmaker to speak Dec. 12 at St. Charles libraryNov 22, 2019 12:00 am - The St. Charles Public Library will present "Venezuela La Verdad" with filmmaker Stephanie Rodrigues at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the library's Carnegie Community Roo...