Movies
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French film 'Double Lover' doubles down on erotic mysteryFeb 14, 2018 8:00 am - "Double Lover" - ★ ★ ½ Just in time for St. Valentine's Day: an erotic mystery that opens with a micro-closeup of a woman's most intimate chamber morphing into a sidewa...
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Meet the mom behind #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe
Feb 14, 2018 12:00 am - Black Girl Nerds was on to something again. The site, a place created to give women of color a place to express themselves, was popping with chatter on its Slack channel...
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COD to host free sustainability film and discussion series this springFeb 13, 2018 10:00 pm - The College of DuPage will host a series of four free film screenings focused on sustainable energy this spring beginning Tuesday, March 6. All screenings will be shown ...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsFeb 13, 2018 5:00 am - Animation splash The Oak Brook Park District screens the hit 2016 Disney animated feature "Moana" for a special Dive In Movie event. Bring your swimwear and get wet at t...
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Why 'Fifty Shades Freed' is basically an episode of 'House Hunters'Feb 13, 2018 5:00 am - Anastasia and husband Christian are newlyweds in rainy Seattle. She likes hanging out with friends near their condo in the city. He prefers hiding away in a mansion in t...
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Songs of heartbreak lead to movie for Arlington Heights womanFeb 13, 2018 4:00 am - Like many happy Valentine's Day tales of love, this one starts with a soul-crushing heartbreak. "It was a very difficult time," remembers Arlington Heights native Alyssa...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Fifty Shades,' 'Peter Rabbit' top charts
Feb 12, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The final installment in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy, "Fifty Shades Freed," topped the North American box office this weekend with $38.6 millio...
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'Black Panther' reviews say it's a 'landmark,' 'classic' and basically every other superlativeFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - "A landmark adventure." "A new film classic." "An answered prayer." And those hosannas are just from Rolling Stone's four-star review alone. As the embargo lifted at noo...
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Kenyan short film nominated for Oscar tells tale of survivalFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya - An extremist attack in Kenya inspired a short film that is in the running for an Academy Award. "Watu Wote" means "All of Us" in Swahili. The film depic...
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Experts to discuss 13th Amendment, America's prison system during ECC event Feb. 13Feb 11, 2018 10:00 pm - On Tuesday, Feb. 13, Elgin Community College will host part three of its "Targets of Hate" series: "The 13th Amendment & the School to Prison Pipeline," a conversation a...