Movies
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsJul 10, 2018 6:00 am - Rinks revisited Learn about 20th-century skating crazes in the new exhibit "Chicago Rink Rats: The Golden Age of Roller Skating" at the Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. P...
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Box office top 20: 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' stings with $75.8M
Jul 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Marvel Studios landed its 20th straight no. 1 box-office debut with an uncharacteristically small superhero for the swaggering comic-book juggernaut. "An...
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'Ant-Man' sequel brings female characters to the forefrontJul 09, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The "Ant-Man" sequel may be about tiny superheroes, but the film is making a big statement about female empowerment by featuring Evangeline Lilly's The Was...
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Actor Tab Hunter, star of 'Damn Yankees!' movie, dies age 86
Jul 09, 2018 1:00 am - Tab Hunter, the blond actor and singer who was a heartthrob for millions of teenagers in the 1950s with such films as "Battle Cry" and "Damn Yankees!" and received new a...
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'Ant-Man and the Wasp' buzzes to $76 million debut
Jul 08, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales....
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Widescreen tidbits: Classic baseball, animation and actionJul 06, 2018 6:00 am - "I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing AstroTurf and the designated hitter. I believe in ... opening your presents Christmas morning rather th...
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'The First Purge' blasts away with mix of social satire, bloody horrorJul 05, 2018 8:00 am - “The First Purge” - ★ ★ This Fourth of July, viewers had a chance to celebrate America's birth in a very American way - watching internecine warfare, savage violence and...
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'Leave No Trace' looks at how we cope with each other's flawsJul 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Leave No Trace” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In the opening moments of “Leave No Trace,” we watch as a man and his 13-year-old daughter wordlessly go about their lives as squatters in Fo...
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New Whitney Houston documentary serves as powerful reminder of her talentJul 05, 2018 6:00 am - Whitney - ★ ★ ★ Is there anyone among us who isn't familiar with the tragic trajectory of Whitney Houston? Born to gospel-music royalty, a child prodigy whose voic...
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'Sorry' a candid, crazy, clever statement about capitalism, raceJul 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Sorry to Bother You” - ★ ★ ★ Writer and director Boots Riley's crackling first film “Sorry to Bother You “ may just be the craziest movie of the year. Fierce, provocat...