Movies
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Jason Mantzoukas: 'I like antagonizing the audience, poking at them'Jul 06, 2017 6:00 am - Twenty-some years ago, when Jason Mantzoukas was a struggling actor and comedian in New York, a casting agent told him that he wasn't going to work for a while. She said...
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Tiresome 'Journey' imagines end to conflict in Northern IrelandJul 06, 2017 6:00 am - "The Journey" offers a highly speculative version of the conversation that put an end to the conflict in Northern Ireland that has come to be known as the Troubles. This...
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Spidey legacy a tangled web of superpowersJul 06, 2017 6:00 am - During a tense moment in Jon Watts' superhero reboot "Spider-Man: Homecoming," Peter Parker's high school bud Ned (Jacob Batalon) picks up one of Spider-Man's wristband ...
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See pioneering early special effects movie at Arcada film seriesJul 05, 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 Lost World," featuring stop-motion special effects ...
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Tom Holland's energized superhero whisks 'Spider-Man' to epic heightsJul 05, 2017 11:00 am - It doesn't seem right for Michael Keaton to pop up in a Marvel movie. After all, he's the actor who recreated the quirky, darker Batman for the post-Adam West generatio...
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Box Office Top 20: Fireworks for 'Baby Driver,' 'Big Sick'
Jul 05, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Despicable Me 3" topped the box office over the pre-Fourth of July holiday weekend with $72.4 million in grosses, but there were more fireworks lower...
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"Trolls" in Mundelein's Community ParkJul 05, 2017 1:00 am - The computer animated movie "Trolls" will be shown Thursday, July 20, at dark at Community Park, 1401 N. Midlothian Road, Mundelein. The family-friendly feature is a mus...
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How 'Bellbottoms' led to 'Baby Driver,' a quasi-musical on wheelsJul 02, 2017 7:21 am - NEW YORK - In the jagged grooves and quivering violins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion song "Bellbottoms," a young Edgar Wright heard a movie. When Wright first start...
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'Despicable Me 3' and 'Baby Driver' win, 'The House' doesn't
Jul 02, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Minions are still a box office force and original stories are scoring big, but not the R-rated comedy - even with Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler beh...
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'The House' loses laughs to bloody mayhem, lewd gagsJun 30, 2017 4:00 pm - “The House” is astonishingly, mystifyingly unamusing. With Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in lead roles, the comedy could have been solid counterprogramming to summer fran...