Movies
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Movie review: 'Steve McQueen' film finds comedy in real-life bank heistMar 13, 2019 9:00 am - "Finding Steve McQueen" - ★ ★ ½ The superficial, yet amusing, fact-based bank heist tale "Finding Steve McQueen" begs to be a full-out comedy. Instead, director Mark Ste...
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'Captain Marvel' defies trolls, sets the stage for more female-led superhero filmsMar 12, 2019 6:00 am - "Captain Marvel" has responded to doubters, trolls and a pernicious Hollywood myth in the strongest way possible - with a monster first weekend. The Disney-Marvel movie,...
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'Captain Marvel' rockets to historic $153M debut
Mar 10, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - "Captain Marvel," Marvel Studios' first female-fronted superhero movie, launched with $153 million domestically and $455 million globally, according to studio...
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Marvel was slow to let a woman be the star. Can 'Captain Marvel' make up for lost time?Mar 09, 2019 6:24 am - It's been 14 years since a Marvel Comics female superhero toplined her own movie. The film was Fox's "Elektra," starring Jennifer Garner as the title fighter, and the re...
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Woah! 'The Matrix' is 20 years old, and it's on Elk Grove's big screenMar 08, 2019 5:00 am - The movie described rather crudely by 20-year-old Sean Stangland in the pages of the Daily Eastern News as "'T2' on crack" is about to turn 20 itself, which means I'm pr...
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Wheeling Town Center theater opening delayed to add restaurantMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - The opening of CMX Cinemas, the main retail attraction at Wheeling Town Center, will be delayed because its owners have decided to add a full-service restaurant. CMX...
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Movie review: Teen angst meets the Wild West in coming-of-age drama 'The Kid'Mar 07, 2019 4:00 pm - “The Kid” - ★ ★ Veteran actor Ethan Hawke is having quite the run these days. Many feel he was robbed of an Oscar nod for “First Reformed,” and he's the most substantial...
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French film 'Climax' takes dance troupe to dark, debasing placesMar 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Climax” — ★ ★ ★ As French director Gaspar Noé's pulsing, EDM-fueled “Climax” races by at 120 beats per minute, on-screen titles periodically interrupt the action w...
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'The Wedding Guest' dances between thriller, strange rom-comMar 07, 2019 5:00 am - “The Wedding Guest” - ★ ★ ½ No one going to see “The Wedding Guest” should expect a typical rom-com. The always-likable Dev Patel does star as a hunky guy who travels to...
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Art history meets film tropes in convoluted 'Ruben Brandt, Collector'Mar 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Ruben Brandt, Collector” — ★ ★ The feature debut of gifted Hungarian animator Milorad Krstic, “Ruben Brandt, Collector” is a wild, inventive ride through the uncon...