Movies
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'Mandy' and more: Five essential Nicolas Cage performancesSep 21, 2018 6:00 am - Nicolas Cage, that most enigmatic, enraged and enthusiastic of actors, is riding a wave of critical buzz thanks to the gory, psychedelic horror show “Mandy,” which opene...
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Movie review: Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart star in a feminist take on Lizzie BordenSep 20, 2018 6:00 am - “Lizzie” - ★ ★ Shortly after the new live-in housemaid shows up in “Lizzie,” her employer asks her if she is comfortable in her new digs: “It can get quite hot up ...
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Movie review: Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' is an I-told-you-so about the 2016 electionSep 20, 2018 6:00 am - “Fahrenheit 11/9” - ★ ★ ½ “Fahrenheit 11/9,” the latest documentary from agent provocateur Michael Moore, attempts nothing short of a magic act: turning despair in...
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Movie review: 'Life Itself' a tearfully contrived soap operaSep 20, 2018 6:00 am - "Life Itself" - ★ ★ If Quentin Tarantino wanted to direct a schmaltzy soap opera, he might have made "Life Itself," but without the shameless sentiment and with a beefe...
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LeBron James is officially doing 'Space Jam 2', a sequel to the Michael Jordan-Bugs Bunny original
Sep 20, 2018 1:00 am - Michael Jordan or LeBron James? It's a debate that will span from now until the end of basketball. Now, that discussion has added a new wrinkle - and a rabbit for a team...
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Facelift to refresh Naperville's Ogden 6 theater, with nod to nostalgiaSep 20, 2018 1:00 am - Classic Cinemas Ogden 6 Theater doesn't want to lose the nostalgic feel of the cheap seats at the second-run theater that's been a north Naperville fixture since the 197...
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Movie review: Kids' comic horror tale 'House' is derivative and suspenseless, but safeSep 19, 2018 12:00 pm - “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” - ★ ★ ½ Eli Roth's “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” works well enough as a comic horror tale for youngsters. Instead of red bl...
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Geneva church to show 'Understanding the Opioid Epidemic'Sep 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva continues its Friday Flicks with "Understanding the Opioid Epidemic" at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the church, 102 S. Second St...
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Box office top 20: 'The Predator' takes down 'The Nun'
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "The Predator" topped the North American box office despite controversy over the casting of a registered sex offender, though ticket sales were still mod...
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Sensitive single dads raising daughters have taken over our movie screensSep 16, 2018 7:26 am - In movies about teenagers, single dads often come across as more absentee or overbearing than they do empathetic. Sure, some feature arcs that end with a father capable ...