Movies
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Animated 'Isle of Dogs' rates a big bow-WOW!Mar 27, 2018 12:45 pm - “Isle of Dogs” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Wes Anderson's eerily politically prescient, stop-motion black comedy “Isle of Dogs” ranks as the most innovative animated feature since “Toy S...
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Library showing 'Lion King' FridayMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - To keep your spring breakers entertained, the Wauconda Area Library is showing the Disney animated classic "The Lion King" on Friday. The movie will run from 1:30 to 3:3...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Pacific Rim' dethrones 'Black Panther'
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The monsters vs. robots sequel "Pacific Rim," finally dethroned "Black Panther" from the top spot of the North American box office, but the superhero sen...
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'Pacific Rim: Uprising' dethrones 'Black Panther'
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Israeli drama 'Foxtrot' stuns with powerful portrait of griefMar 23, 2018 6:00 am - “Foxtrot” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Watching the Israeli film “Foxtrot “ is like watching a dream play out. Writer-director Samuel Maoz's excellent film is of course more structure...
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Metaphorical teen fantasy 'I Kill Giants' dinged by glaring unrealityMar 23, 2018 6:00 am - "I Kill Giants" - ★ ★ ★ I'm guessing that Anders Walter's metaphorical "I Kill Giants" opens only at the Woodridge Theater this weekend because its modest scope and relu...
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Disappointing wilts as dark coming-of-age revenge taleMar 22, 2018 6:00 am - “Flower” - ★ ½ When we first meet Erica, the 17-year-old girl at the center of “Flower,” she's in the process of blackmailing a police officer — and he isn't the f...
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Steven Soderbergh's 'Unsane' an unsurprising, but unnerving thrillerMar 22, 2018 6:00 am - “Unsane” - ★ ★ ★ Most of us probably have seen a movie about “normal” people mistakenly or maliciously committed to mental institutions against their will. But not quit...
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'Paul, Apostle of Christ' offers well-timed portrait of spiritual integrityMar 22, 2018 6:00 am - “Paul, Apostle of Christ” - ★ ★ ★ “Paul, Apostle of Christ” comes from Sony Pictures Entertainment's Affirm label, an offshoot that has produced such Christian-the...
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'Pacific Rim Uprising' blasts away with winning combo of action, humorMar 21, 2018 12:00 pm - “Pacific Rim Uprising” - ★ ★ ★ ½ At the end of the monsters-versus-robots flick “Pacific Rim,” a breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is closed, plugging a hole tha...