Movies
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'Dunkirk' conquers 'Emoji,' 'Atomic Blonde' at box office
Jul 30, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Emoji Movie" survived negative reviews but couldn't conquer "Dunkirk," which had enough fight left to conquer the box office for a second weekend...
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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 ...
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Charlize Theron kills it as sleek assassin in action-packed 'Atomic Blonde'Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - "Atomic Blonde" may be confusing, empty and disappointing, but when sleek and sinewy British MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton goes DEFCON-1 on the bad guys, boredom dies fir...
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Aren't we done with slow motion visuals yet?Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - Slow-mo action device a passing fad cliché? During the late 1960s and early '70s, almost every movie seemed to include the same transitional shot: a single flower, grass...
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Bigelow's 'Detroit' depicts real-life horror tale of racism, abuse of powerJul 26, 2017 11:45 am - Kathryn Bigelow's tough docudrama “Detroit” begins as a frightening, authentic re-creation of the Motor City's 1967 race riots, then roller-coasters into scenes of claus...
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Highland Park grad practices 'invisible art' as Hollywood music editorJul 25, 2017 5:30 am - Will Kaplan prides himself on being the practitioner of an "invisible art." "If you notice what I've done," the 1976 Highland Park High School grad said, "then I haven't...