Movies
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Box office top 20: 'Wonder Woman' stays strong
Jun 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The audience for "Wonder Woman" slid less in the film's second week than any superhero film in more than a decade, leaving the acclaimed Warner Bros. rel...
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Kate Mara strived to get it right as Marine, dog lover
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For Hayek, 'Beatriz at Dinner' gives voice to immigrantsJun 12, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Director Miguel Arteta says it is a sign of what he calls the "very bad times" that Salma Hayek doesn't get more leading roles. The actress stars in his ne...
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Free summer movies for kids in Arlington HeightsJun 12, 2017 1:00 am - Free summer movies for kids begin Tuesday morning at Paragon Theaters in downtown Arlington Heights. The movies are first come, first served, at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednes...
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'Wonder Woman' buries 'The Mummy' at box office
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'Pirates' director Verbinski scares up a 'Cure' on videoJun 09, 2017 6:00 am - Gore Verbinski isn't a household name, but some of his movies are - the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" epics, the Naomi Watts horror remake "The Ring" and the Os...
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'Wakefield' proves a fascinating yet frustrating journey into madnessJun 09, 2017 6:00 am - The literary ghost, if not the macabre spirit, of Edgar Allan Poe haunts "Wakefield," a movie notable for its use of a self-justifying, first-person narrator/nut job of ...
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'I, Daniel Blake' offers moving portrait of resilience amid despairJun 09, 2017 6:00 am - Almost one year ago, "I, Daniel Blake" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, but it is only now fetching up on our shores. A slice of British working-class life from director Ke...
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'It Comes at Night' filmmaker on how he tapped into 2017's political zeitgeistJun 08, 2017 6:00 am - How filmmaker created political zeitgeist Native Texas filmmaker Trey Edward Schults scored a critical hit with his dark 2016 indie family drama “Krisha.” His seco...
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Worthington worthy as drug-addicted assassin in 'Hunter's Prayer'Jun 08, 2017 6:00 am - In Jonathan Mostow's boilerplate action thriller "The Hunter's Prayer," Sam Worthington plays a professional assassin named Lucas, a hunky junkie who sticks needles into...