Movies
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'Ralph' tops box office again, 'Aquaman' is a hit in China
Dec 09, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - In the calm before the Christmas storm at the box office, "Ralph Breaks the Internet" remained No. 1 for the third straight week, while the upcoming DC Comics...
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Here's why 'A Star Is Born' is competing as a drama and not a musical at the Golden GlobesDec 08, 2018 6:20 am - Inevitably, as soon as the Golden Globe Award nominations are announced, people are angry and/or confused about category selections. In 2016: Remind us again why "The Ma...
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Tivoli Theatre hosts 12 days of special movie screeningsDec 07, 2018 5:00 am - Ah yes, the age-old question: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? The programmers at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove, are firmly in the “yes” camp. Th...
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5 Golden Globe nominees who grew up in the suburbsDec 06, 2018 9:00 am - A number of suburban natives who took off to follow their dreams in Hollywood woke up to good news Thursday morning: Golden Globe nominations. Here are the former suburb...
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Movie review: Intense 'Mowgli' takes viewers on gorgeous, sometimes gory 'Jungle' trekDec 06, 2018 5:00 am - “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” - ★ ★ ★ The road to the release of “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” has been a long and winding one. Although technically it's the dir...
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Movie review: 'Becoming Astrid' an engrossing tale of Pippi Longstocking authorDec 06, 2018 5:00 am - “Becoming Astrid” - ★ ★ ★ The Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is beloved around the world for her best-selling children's books (most notably “Pippi Longstoc...
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Movie review: Alfonso Cuaron crafts hypnotic film masterpiece with 'Roma'Dec 06, 2018 5:00 am - “Roma” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The phrase “world creation” gets thrown around casually and frequently in cinema, but few modern directors are better at fashioning a totally tran...
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Dick Cheney biopic 'Vice' tops Golden Globes nominations
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Movie guide: 'Mowgli,' 'Roma,' 'Becoming Astrid' and moreDec 05, 2018 10:00 pm - Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexual situations, references), V (violence). Rat...
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Teen battles angst - and zombies! - in horror musical 'Anna and the Apocalypse'Dec 05, 2018 10:15 am - “Anna and the Apocalypse” - ★ ★ ★ If Chicago's cinematic poet of teenager angst, John Hughes, had created a melodious mash-up of “High School Musical” and “Shaun of the ...