Movies
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Cast, winning script make 'Girls Trip' a wonderfully raunchy rompJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - Get ready to know the name Tiffany Haddish. Like Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids,” Haddish steals the film “Girls Trip” from her big-name co-stars: Queen Latifah, Regi...
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Sci-fi fantasy 'Valerian' done in by bad casting, convoluted plotJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - French filmmaker and avid comic book aficionado Luc Besson has made some doozy movies in his career, but none matches the effervescent incoherence and dumbfounding misca...
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Jane Fonda to accept prestigious Gold Hugo Award in ChicagoJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - During the 1980s, Hollywood legend Henry Fonda revealed in American Film magazine his measure for success as an actor. "It's not how good you are that counts," he said. ...
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Searing documentary 'City of Ghosts' honors Syria's citizen journalistsJul 20, 2017 6:00 am - American journalists think they've got it tough by being occasionally manhandled or denied press credentials at political gatherings. Meanwhile, the citizen journalists ...
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Christopher Nolan's well-crafted 'Dunkirk' an immersive, tempered World War II dramaJul 18, 2017 11:00 am - London-born Christopher Nolan - who grew up in Evanston - has never been a touchy-feely blockbuster filmmaker like Steven Spielberg. Nolan's fact-based, World War II dr...
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Box office top 20: The Apes unseat Spider-Man
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "War for the Planet of the Apes" overtook "Spider-Man: Homecoming" at the box office. But it failed to live up to its predecessor. The third installment ...
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Christopher Nolan builds on expertise at suspense with war epic 'Dunkirk'Jul 17, 2017 6:00 am - A Comfort Suites near an outlet mall 45 minutes outside Washington is not where you'd expect to find Christopher Nolan, the British director whose movies have grossed bi...
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Dann Gire recalls talking zombies with filmmaker George RomeroJul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Horror pioneer George Romero created the modern zombie movie with his 1968 renegade black-and-white classic "Night of the ...
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'War for the Planet of the Apes' roars past 'Spider-Man'
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Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89Jul 16, 2017 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible," then capped a long and...