Movies
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The Rock and other stars promote positivity at MTV awards
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson didn't make a household name for himself by conforming to someone else's idea of who he should be, an approach he encouraged othe...
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Franchise fatigue continues with 'Men in Black' and 'Shaft'
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Emma Thompson a highlight of already high-flying 'Late Night'Jun 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Late Night” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Forget national treasure: Emma Thompson could rent herself out as a national utility. In the alternately sharp-edged and generous-hearted co...
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Documentary '5B' shares moving story of first ward for AIDS patientsJun 14, 2019 6:00 am - “5B” - ★ ★ ½ “We were afraid of them — everybody was.” Those are the words of David Denmark, a former nurse at San Francisco General Hospital, speaking about AIDS ...
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Feder: Film screening to honor Chet Coppock at New Trier West tonightJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - One of Chet Coppock's last video projects will have a public screening tonight at New Trier West High School in Northfield as a tribute to the late Chicago sportscaster....
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Widescreen: 4 awesome things and 1 big letdown at the E3 video game conferenceJun 13, 2019 6:00 am - The annual showcase of upcoming video games known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, returned this week to Los Angeles, and once again major game publishers li...
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Sienna Miller shines as mother coping with tragedy in 'American Woman'Jun 13, 2019 6:00 am - “American Woman” - ★ ★ ½ In “American Woman,” Sienna Miller delivers a subtly evolving portrait of a woman who, over the course of several years, finds herself. De...
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'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' marks extraordinary film debutJun 13, 2019 6:00 am - “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Some movies tell you a story. Others invite you into a dream. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” an extraordina...
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Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid deliver smart, winning rom-com with 'Plus One'Jun 13, 2019 6:00 am - “Plus One” - ★ ★ ★ It takes 47 minutes for 30-something best friends Alice (Maya Erskine) and Ben (Jack Quaid) to realize they like each so much, they do the dance...
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Jim Jarmusch fails to breathe life into 'The Dead Don't Die' zombie comedyJun 13, 2019 6:00 am - “The Dead Don't Die” - ★ ½ In Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy “The Dead Don't Die,” Adam Driver and Bill Murray play Ronnie and Cliff, a pair of amiable police office...