Movies
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Kids fest comes to the suburbsSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - The 34th annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival has a suburban hook this fall: A portion of the festival will play Nov. 3-5 at the Wilmette Theatre, 1122 ...
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'Battle of the Sexes' a sharp cultural snapshot of inequality, chauvinismSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - "Battle of the Sexes" provides more than a crowd-pleasing, fact-based, formula sports drama about a strong character overcoming personal and social barriers much bigger ...
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Naperville's Cheena to host 'Tiger Hunter' screening Saturday in WarrenvilleSep 21, 2017 6:00 am - Actor, comedian and writer Parvesh Cheena, a graduate of Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, will host the 7:05 p.m. showing of his new comedy film "The Tiger Hunter...
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No idolization, just admiration, of marathon bombing victim in 'Stronger'Sep 21, 2017 6:00 am - The most indelible image from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was the photo of Jeff Bauman in a wheelchair. Having lost both legs, he sat clutching his left thigh as a ...
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'Kingsman' sequel an action-packed but preposterous horror/spy mashupSep 20, 2017 6:00 am - You can tell an action movie has jumped the sprocket holes when its best scene offers peacock-attired Elton John going full-out Kung Fu Panda all over a poor villainous ...
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Watch six films, vote on your favorite at Elgin Short Film FestivalSep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 23, the Elgin Short Film Festival will return for its ninth year to the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. The festival has drawn film entries from ar...
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How Parvesh Cheena went from Naperville 'class clown' to 'Tiger Hunter' movieSep 19, 2017 5:00 am - Parvesh Cheena blames himself for the extra takes and time it took to shoot a bedroom scene with his fellow Indian actors during their new movie "The Tiger Hunter." The ...
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Box office top 20: 'It' totals $218M in two weeks
Sep 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The horror hit "It" topped the North American box office for the second straight week with $60.1 million, bringing its two-week domestic total to $218.8 ...
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Real-life road trip helped 'Brad's Status' actors bondSep 18, 2017 6:00 am - TORONTO - Ben Stiller thought the best way to prepare for his role as a dad taking his son on a college tour in the film "Brad's Status" was to take the actor playing hi...
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The absolutely insane last 30 minutes of 'mother!'Sep 17, 2017 7:29 am - Have you seen "mother!" yet? If not (and if you plan to), stop reading, because we're about to take a deep dive into the movie's finale, when an intimate psychological t...