Movies
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Doc Brown, The Dude and more: Four special suburban film screeningsJul 12, 2019 8:10 am - If you're a moviegoer who's tired of summer superheroes, there are four special screenings in the coming week across the suburbs that might lure you away from the flat-s...
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Movie review: 'Marianne & Leonard' explores a love immortalized in Leonard Cohen songJul 12, 2019 6:00 am - “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love” - ★ ★ ½ It's not exactly a hit parade, the songs that have been turned into movies. There was the shambling reconstruction of A...
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Movie review: 'Maiden' documentary takes viewers on amazing, historic journeyJul 12, 2019 6:00 am - “Maiden” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In a movie season drenched in nostalgia-fueled pandering, the most thrilling throwback is a story few viewers are likely to remember: In 1989, th...
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'Stuber' pairs angry cop, low-key Uber driver in hit-and-miss action comedyJul 11, 2019 6:00 am - "Stuber" - ★ ★ ½ "What do I do to make this all stop?" Stu the Uber driver says in Michael Dowse's violent, repetitive buddy action comedy "Stuber." Good question. If fi...
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Disney network defends casting black actress in live-action remake of 'Little Mermaid'Jul 09, 2019 1:00 am - When Ariel first splashed onto movie theater screens nationwide nearly 30 years ago, the heroine of Disney's animated film "The Little Mermaid" had a distinctive look. E...
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Geneva Park District announces 2019 Movies in the Park lineupJul 08, 2019 11:00 pm - The Geneva Park District invites you to enjoy free Movies in the Park this summer. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for an evening of under-the-stars entertainment. ...
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Wesley UMC to host sing-along 'Wizard of Oz' July 21Jul 08, 2019 11:00 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will host a sing-along viewing of the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" on Sunday, July 21. The event begins at 4 p.m. with a cost...
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'Spider-Man' soars with $185.1M over six-day holiday weekend
Jul 07, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - It pays to have one of the biggest lead-ins ever. "Spider-Man: Far From Home," the first Marvel movie after "Avengers: Endgame," swung past any franchise fati...
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Apollo 11 anniversary celebrated with special programming on Channel 11Jul 05, 2019 6:00 am - “Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed.” Those words spoken by Neil Armstrong are my earliest memory of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which happened 10 years before ...
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If I'm not trash, what am I? What Forky from 'Toy Story 4' has to teach about identity and self-worthJul 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Fred Rogers, the host of “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,” liked to pose a question to children and adults alike: “What is essential about you?” In Pixar movies, though, th...