Movies
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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...
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Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen relish roles in 'The Good Liar'Nov 21, 2019 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Roles for older actors can fall into some predictable tropes, but Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen say their film, "The Good Liar," let them brush aside cliches ...
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Movie review: Tom Hanks charms as Mr. Rogers in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'Nov 21, 2019 5:00 am - “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Director Marielle Heller frames “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as if it were an episode of “Mister Rogers' N...
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Movie review: 'Waves' is an epic family drama, bursting with life in all its contradictions
Nov 21, 2019 5:00 am - “Waves” - ★ ★ ★ ★ “Waves” plunges viewers into a world of barely governable centrifugal forces: In the film's opening scene, set within a car zipping along a South...
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Movie review: Fans will warm to 'Frozen II,' but sequel doesn't deliver original's magicNov 21, 2019 5:00 am - "Frozen 2" - ★ ★ ½ You know a sequel's in trouble when its magical snowman Olaf, two gorgeously royal siblings and an oafish boyfriend engage in an mesmerizing game of...
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Former College of DuPage student earns second Crystal Pillar nomination for film on Ross K. MacNeill FoundationNov 19, 2019 12:00 am - For the second consecutive year, former College of DuPage student Sarah Taschetta has focused her storytelling lens on a local subject and received a nomination for the ...
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Geneva film series to show 'Climate Exodus' Nov. 22Nov 17, 2019 10:00 pm - How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? "Climate Exodus" looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in the Sahel zone, Indonesia...
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Movie review: Divorce tale 'Marriage Story' a perfect union of writing and actingNov 15, 2019 5:00 am - “Marriage Story” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Noah Baumbach is a keen observer of life's banalities. His films relish in the strange and wonderful and awkward things people say and d...