Movies
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'Inconvenient Sequel' not as hot as Oscar-winning original docAug 02, 2017 8:00 am - Maybe it's just me, but could there be just a slight bit of nah-nah-nah-boo-boo-told-you-so attitude riffing off Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”? Gore...
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Playing dead in 'Neon Demon' gave IMSA grad her biggest role yetAug 01, 2017 5:30 am - “I like to think I'm the best dead girl in Hollywood,” Cody Renee Cameron said. She could be right. In Nicolas Winding Refn's controversial 2016 horror film “The Neon De...
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'Dunkirk' conquers box office for second straight week
Jul 31, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Emoji Movie" has a happy face after overcoming bad reviews to debut in second place at the weekend box office, but not the big grin "Dunkirk" has...
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Jessica Williams says it's a great time to be an actor of colorJul 31, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Jessica Williams says it's a great time to be an actress of color, and applauds Netflix for leading the way in promoting diversity. Williams, who cut her teet...
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'Dunkirk' conquers 'Emoji,' 'Atomic Blonde' at box office
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In 'Detroit,' Bigelow revisits still-burning flames of 1967Jul 29, 2017 7:17 am - NEW YORK - Kathryn Bigelow hasn't forgotten the out-of-body experience she felt when she won the best director Academy Award for her 2009 "The Hurt Locker." At that mome...
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Hollywood maestro Zimmer's orchestral gladiators march on RosemontJul 28, 2017 6:00 am - Live performances of film music typically go one of two ways: Popular themes are heard as part of a kid-friendly symphonic program, or an orchestra performs the entire s...
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See Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler at Arcada film seriesJul 27, 2017 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, continues its "Silent Film Night" series with a screening of the Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckler "The Black Pirate" at...
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'The Emoji Movie' may be meh, but it could be worseJul 27, 2017 6:00 am - There are five stages of grief in preparing to watch “The Emoji Movie.” The first is denial that this actually exists. The second is anger that even storytelling has bee...
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Bittersweet 'Landline' rom-com dials back to pre-cellphone '90sJul 27, 2017 6:00 am - There's an eye-popping scene in the new film "Landline" when our heroine is walking around New York City and decides to check her phone messages. So get this: She walks ...