Movies
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Why so serious? It's time for comedies to get major awards considerationNov 26, 2017 6:20 am - Awards season wouldn't be complete without the requisite number of controversies, and it got an early one last week when Universal announced it would submit the thriller...
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Pixar's 'Coco' feasts on 'Justice League' at box office
Nov 26, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Pixar's "Coco" sang its way to the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend ever with an estimated $71.2 million over the five-day weekend, a total that easily topple...
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Controversies hover over holiday releases including 'Last Jedi,' Spacey filmNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Controversy and movies have gone together since the dawn of cinema. This holiday season, controversies before and behind the camera seem to dominate the traditional mess...
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Pop-Up Film Festival brings independent movies to OaktonNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - The fourth annual Pop-Up Film Festival will show four independent movies Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at Oakton Community College's Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines....
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'Dunkirk' is coming home — and back to theatersNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Happy Black Friday! Do you need a gift idea for that super film nerd in your family? The one with the newest TV, the loudest sound system and the movie posters all over ...
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'Bill Nye: Science Guy' documentary takes on climate-change deniersNov 23, 2017 5:00 am - “Bill Nye: Science Guy” - ★ ★ ★ Bill Nye, the lanky, bow-tied TV science advocate, is still a hero to a generation of young adults who eagerly watched his 1990s se...
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Hanover Park library program compares book, movieNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - Movie buffs may want to prepare for "Who Filmed this Book?" from 6:30 to 9 p.m., on Wednesdays, Jan. 10 and 24, at the Schaumburg Township District Library's Hanover Par...
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Aurora Film Society throws premiere party Dec. 9Nov 22, 2017 10:00 pm - The new Aurora Film Society is throwing a premiere party on Saturday, Dec. 9. The public is invited to join a community of local film enthusiasts from 7 to 10 p.m. at G...
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Dann & Raymond's Movie Club at Schaumburg LibraryNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Dann and Raymond's Movie Club, hosted by Daily Herald Film Critic Dann Gire and award-winning author Raymond Benson, will meet from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 7 a...
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Bah! Film offers hum-dinger of a tale behind 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 21, 2017 10:00 pm - "The Man Who Invented Christmas" - ★ ★ ★ Using utilitarian apparitions and hilarious epiphanies, "The Man Who Invented Christmas" explores British author Charles Dicken...