Movies
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Boseman, Hudlin team up to portray a young Thurgood MarshallOct 15, 2017 7:22 am - WASHINGTON - Chadwick Boseman knows a little about portraying icons: his acting resume includes Jackie Robinson, James Brown and comic book's first black superhero, the ...
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How to compete with the original 'Blade Runner' score: Pay homage to itOct 15, 2017 7:21 am - The first trailer for "Blade Runner 2049" was filled with familiar imagery from Ridley Scott's original 1982 film - giant neon advertisements, a smoggy noirish future .....
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'Happy Death Day' scares off 'Blade Runner' at box office
Oct 15, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The box office might be struggling this year, but the horror genre is alive and well. This weekend the "Groundhog Day"-like horror pic "Happy Death Day" sc...
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'Florida Project' a charming (yet heart-wrenching) look at the American dream lostOct 13, 2017 6:00 am - “The Florida Project” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Not too far from the gates of the Walt Disney World Resort, where families are promised “enchanted escapes” and where day tickets start ...
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Critic Dann Gire & Raymond come down with dystopiaOct 12, 2017 2:00 pm - Join me and film historian/novelist Raymond Benson when Dann and Raymond's Movie Club presents “Bleak Peek: The Great Dystopian Movies” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, a...
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Tivoli Theatre features student film winners, 'MacBeth'Oct 12, 2017 2:00 pm - Winning entries in the After Hours Film Society's 15th annual Student Film Festival will be screened at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland A...
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Chicago International Film Fest rolls out red carpet 53rd timeOct 12, 2017 11:00 am - The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival opens Thursday, Oct. 12, with the Midwest premiere of Reginald Hudlin's "Marshall," chronicling future U.S. Supreme Court Ju...
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Wonder Woman's racy origins explored in smart 'Professor Marston'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” - ★ ★ ★ ½ That Wonder Woman got her start in comic books accused of peddling sexual perversity shouldn't come as a complete surp...
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'Death' director John D. Hancock scared himself writing movieOct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Let's Scare Jessica to Death,” cited as one of the 100 all-time scariest movies by the Chicago Film Critics Association, will be shown as part of “The Massacre,” 24 hou...
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College student relives her own murder in horror film 'Happy Death Day'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Happy Death Day” — ★ ★ Here's a simple — and potentially chilling — concept: What if someone remade “Groundhog Day,” in which a TV weather forecaster relives the ...