Movies
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See Lon Chaney horror film 'The Unknown' Oct. 30Oct 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Get in the mood for Halloween with a screening of the 1927 film "The Unknown," starring Lon Chaney Sr. and Joan Crawford, in one of her earliest starring roles. The fr...
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Geneva church to show documentary 'Almost Sunrise' Oct. 26Oct 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., will show the documentary "Almost Sunrise: Hope Is On the Horizon" at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Emmy-Nominated...
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'Halloween' scares up $77.5 million in ticket sales
Oct 21, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare. Universal Pictures said Sunday that "Hallo...
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Countdown to Halloween: 8 days of spirited funOct 20, 2018 11:00 pm - Halloween is creeping closer - ever closer. So if you haven't taken full advantage of the local fun yet, you'd better get busy. You can head to a pumpkin patch for a G-r...
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'Halloween': 40 years ago, Laurie Strode got inside my headOct 20, 2018 7:27 am - The name says it all, doesn't it? Laurie Strode. As in, "Laurie strode purposefully ... " "Laurie strode confidently ... " "Laurie strode grimly, enhaloed by the white-h...
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Widescreen: Historical 'Halloween' podcast a must-listen for all film fansOct 19, 2018 6:00 am - Michael Myers returns to theaters this weekend in a revisionist sequel to "Halloween" called, well, "Halloween," and fans of the franchise can enjoy a new eight-episode ...
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Constable: How a Rolling Meadows man helped create Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuitOct 19, 2018 1:00 am - An electrical engineer working for the fledgling NASA space program, Bob Davidson was three months into his job in 1962 when he was told that his project had been scrapp...
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Movie guide: 'Halloween,' 'Beautiful Boy,' 'The Oath' opening this weekendOct 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Movies in theaters the week of Oct. 19 Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexua...
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Movie review: Timothee Chalamet gives powerful performance in flawed 'Beautiful Boy'Oct 18, 2018 6:45 am - “Beautiful Boy” - ★ ★ Let no one accuse “Beautiful Boy” of false advertising: The film's protagonist, Nic Sheff, more than lives up to the title. The bright, charismatic...
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Movie review: Death-defying action, irrational risks hallmarks of award-winning 'Free Solo'Oct 18, 2018 6:00 am - “Free Solo” — ★ ★ ★ ½ No, “Free Solo” isn't the latest “Star Wars” installment. Upon reflection, however, fans of that franchise should make sure to see this rivet...