Movies
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Flawed 'Smallfoot' steps up with push for acceptance and integritySep 25, 2018 11:00 pm - "Smallfoot" - ★ ★ ½ "It's not just about tearing down old ideas," a character in "Smallfoot" says. "It's about finding new ones!" The ideas in Warner Animation Group's m...
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Cardinal George documentary to premiere Oct. 21 in MundeleinSep 25, 2018 1:00 am - Mundelein Seminary at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake is premiering a new documentary on the life and legacy of Cardinal Francis George at a free screening, sch...
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Box office top 20: 'The House With a Clock' is no. 1
Sep 24, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A trio of wide-releases sputtered while the gothic family fantasy "The House With a Clock in Its Walls," starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, ticked i...
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'House With a Clock in Its Walls' ticks to No. 1 in theaters
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'Assassination Nation' wants to get under your skinSep 22, 2018 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Assassination Nation" is trying to make you uncomfortable. The film even starts out with about a dozen "trigger warnings" previewing the horror that is to...
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Movie guide: 'Life Itself,' 'Fahrenheit 11/9,' 'Lizzie' opening this weekendSep 21, 2018 11:00 am - Movies in theaters the week of Sept. 21 Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexu...
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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...