Movies
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DreamWorks' 'Boss Baby' fires off sweet tale of family tiesMar 30, 2017 6:00 am - Who needs a movie about a tyrannical infant - or an infantile tyrant - anyway? You might be surprised to learn that you do. Although its advertising campaign seems to pr...
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Evil Elsa? 'Frozen' producer reveals film's original endingMar 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Disney's animated phenomenon, "Frozen," may not have been a heartwarming tale of sisterly love if its creators stuck to the film's original planned ending. "Frozen" prod...
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Filmmakers try too hard in retro-slasher tale 'Blackcoat's Daughter'Mar 29, 2017 6:00 am - I don't know what foley artists did to create the sound of a knife penetrating living flesh in Osgood Perkins' horror tale "The Blackcoat's Daughter," but its aural icki...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Beauty' adds $90.4 million in weekend 2
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" performed even better than expected in its second weekend in theaters, adding $90.4 million to its North A...
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Fantastic beasts and where to find them on earth - and in high definitionMar 28, 2017 6:00 am - Magic and nature collide this week on the home video market, and present two extremely attractive options for videophiles on the cutting edge. J.K. Rowling's latest film...
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How a Downers Grove filmmaker turned being robbed into a 'success story'Mar 28, 2017 5:33 am - The first time Downers Grove filmmaker Matthew Aaron tried to take Los Angeles by storm, he nearly got blown away. He lived in his car for two months. One night while he...
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How sketching a dying father led Daniel Clowes to his quirky new film 'Wilson'Mar 27, 2017 6:00 am - As Daniel Clowes' father lay there in the hospital, staring down his mortality, the son thought of the comic they had long shared. In the quiet bleakness, there was “Pea...
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Are 'gay moments' in 'Beauty' and 'Power Rangers' progress?Mar 27, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - A hug. A wink. A dance. A non-answer. These are the so-called gay moments in a handful of recent high-profile studio movies that have sparked both rapturou...
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'La La Land,' 'Beauty' putting musicals in the spotlight againMar 26, 2017 7:12 am - So, perhaps you've heard: "La La Land" didn't win best picture at the Oscars. But if every cloud has a silver lining, this one might be called golden: The Emma Stone-Rya...
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'Beauty and the Beast' dances off with top box-office spot