Movies
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Q&A: Woody Harrelson is ready to tap the brakesNov 05, 2017 7:17 am - LOS ANGELES - There are some years when prolific doesn't begin to describe Woody Harrelson's output. In the past 12 months, Harrelson has appeared on screen as acerbic h...
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In $121M debut, 'Thor: Ragnarok' and Disney flex their might
Nov 05, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - "Thor: Ragnarok" thundered to one of the year's best box-office debuts with an estimated $121 million domestically, proving again - just as its flexing its mu...
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Constable: Film shows how Chicago, suburbs key to winning World War IINov 04, 2017 1:00 am - Filmmaker John Davies' first brush with World War II came as a boy growing up in Wheaton. “We'd go out and play on the tanks,” remembers Davies, 64, recalling visits to ...
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Which Chris is the best superhero? A definitive ranking, from Pratt to HemsworthNov 03, 2017 6:00 am - "Thor: Ragnarok," Marvel's most well-reviewed film ever, hits theaters Friday, and its star, Chris Hemsworth, is fantastic as the main character. But that got us thinkin...
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Woody Harrelson leads fine cast in Rob Reiner's stunted 'LBJ'Nov 02, 2017 6:00 am - “LBJ” — ★ ★ ½ Lyndon Baines Johnson has been a hot commodity of late, at least in the entertainment world. Liev Schreiber took at stab at portraying the 36th presid...
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Film bites: Coen brothers get Danned & RaymondedNov 02, 2017 6:00 am - Coen brothers get Danned & Raymonded Join me and novelist/film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club examines the phenomenal Coen brothers and the...
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Three tells for predicting the 'who' in a movie whodunitNov 02, 2017 6:00 am - Kenneth Branagh's "Murder on the Orient Express," based on Agatha Christie's classic 1934 mystery novel, opens Nov. 10. If the killer isn't the same as the 1974 Oscar-wi...
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A young nun embarks on a journey of self-discovery in 'Novitiate'Nov 01, 2017 11:00 pm - "Novitiate" - ★ ★ ½ Set against a backdrop of the Second Vatican Council - the early-1960s reassessment of Catholic doctrine and practice that ushered in an era of relax...
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'Thor: Ragnarok' blends best of genre with meaty action, cheeky humorNov 01, 2017 6:00 am - “Thor: Ragnarok” - ★ ★ ★ ★ When Cate Blanchett, as Hela the Goddess of Death, strides through the treasure storehouse of her father, Odin, in “Thor: Ragnarok,” she casts...
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'Bad Moms Christmas' regifts laughs with holiday sequelOct 31, 2017 11:00 pm - “A Bad Moms Christmas” - ★ ★ A little more than a year after “Bad Moms” became the surprise hit of summer 2016, the inspirationally lax trio of mothers is back for anoth...