Movies
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Business as usual at North American box office amid virus
Mar 08, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - North American audiences are not staying away from theaters amid virus concerns, according to the weekend's box office numbers. Disney and Pixar's "Onward"...
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'Greed' is not good — despite Steve Coogan as boorish billionaire
Mar 07, 2020 6:15 am - As a satire of wealth and social climbing, the movie “Greed” — which centers on the rise and fall of a crass English billionaire named Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan) —...
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Returning to acting, Mick Jagger plays a man of wealth and tasteMar 06, 2020 5:00 am - NEW YORK - It's been nearly 20 years since Mick Jagger last acted, but as the new film "The Burnt Orange Heresy" shows, his chops have gathered no moss. In the film, whi...
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'Burden' shares story of changed Klansman's friendship with black preacherMar 06, 2020 5:00 am - It was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling to adapt the real-life events surrounding a museum in South Carolina that celebrated the Ku Klux Klan. The mus...
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See Buster Keaton's 'Sherlock Jr.' March 10 at the ArcadaMar 05, 2020 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, March 10, the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, continues its "Silent Film Night" series with a screening of the 1924 Buster Keaton classic "Sh...
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'Hope Gap' offers largely forgettable tale of dissolving marriage
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'Onward' lacks Pixar's usual movie magic, but still casts a spell
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'Wendy' offers a transporting new take on the classic Peter PanMar 05, 2020 5:00 am - A Peter Pan story told from Wendy's perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering. But in the hands of the filmmakers behind “Beasts of the S...
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Ben Affleck gives winning performance in quiet drama 'The Way Back'Mar 05, 2020 5:00 am - There is nothing particularly extraordinary about director Gavin O'Connor's “The Way Back,” except perhaps for Ben Affleck's performance. This is a quiet drama about a l...
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James Bond film release pushed back due to coronavirusMar 03, 2020 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus. MGM, Universal and pr...