Movies
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Serious issues meet comic adventures in first-rate 'Ferdinand'Dec 14, 2017 4:30 am - “Ferdinand” - ★ ★ ★ This holiday season, there's all manner of conflict at the movie theater - Jedis battling in the stars, Winston Churchill warring in Europe and Olymp...
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'Call Me By Your Name' a delicate tale of first loveDec 14, 2017 4:30 am - “Call Me By Your Name” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The hours move slowly in “Call Me By Your Name.” It's summertime in Northern Italy in 1983 at a secluded 17th century villa, where life ...
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What the huge Disney-Fox deal means for geeks - from X-Men to AvengersDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - Q: What's blue and yellow and red all over? A: The cartoon geek's new view of Disney, now that the Mouse House has brought such titles as "Avatar," "The Simpsons" and De...
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Waterline Writers to feature 'Pottersville' film, conversation with directorDec 12, 2017 10:00 pm - On Sunday, Dec. 17, Waterline Writers will host a screening of the newly released feature film "Pottersville" and a conversation with director and Batavia resident Seth ...
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'Lady Bird' wins best picture from Chicago Film CriticsDec 12, 2017 8:00 pm - "Lady Bird," Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical film about a high school senior, was named Best Picture of 2017 by the Chicago Film Critics Association Tuesday night. ...
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Star Wars: 5 of the best moments from the seven previous episodesDec 12, 2017 10:30 am - "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" is finally here, and fans will now decide whether writer/director Rian Johnson has delivered an eighth episode that lives up to George Lucas' ...
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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' the most operatic, conflicted chapter in seriesDec 12, 2017 10:00 am - “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Spectacular and overwhelming, humorous and sorrowful, despairing and hopeful, smart and silly, unpredictable and familiar, thrilling...
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Box office top 20: 'Coco' tops charts for third weekend
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - With "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" set to open this weekend, Disney and Pixar's "Coco" topped the quiet box office charts for the third time in a row. Th...
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'The Last Jedi' aims to capture that old 'Star Wars' feelingDec 11, 2017 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Han Solo is dead. Luke Skywalker is back, but changed. And Leia Organa's story will soon be coming to an end. The "Star Wars" that inspired four decades of...
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'Shape of Water,' 'Big Little Lies' lead Golden Globes