Movies
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How movie helped ex-Arlington Heights journalist Strobel find peace with dadDec 22, 2016 4:30 am - This might not seem like a Christmas story. But it is. The peace and goodwill part takes place on a movie set for "The Case For Christ," based on Lee Strobel's autobiogr...
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Denzel Washington, Viola Davis deliver powerful performances in 'Fences'Dec 21, 2016 2:00 pm - Denzel Washington delivers a leonine, devouringly powerful performance as one of American theater's most imposing patriarchs in "Fences," a classic of contemporary drama...
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Q&A: Lawrence, Pratt, Sheen got pretty close on 'Passengers'Dec 21, 2016 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - It may be a space epic, but "Passengers" was actually a pretty intimate endeavor. Most days on set, the cast consisted of just Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pra...
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Animated 'Sing' hits sharp notes of humorDec 20, 2016 3:30 pm - The animated jukebox musical “Sing” comes from the same studio that brought us “The Secret Life of Pets,” on track to being the most ill-conceived and socially abhorrent...
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'Assassin's Creed' a convoluted, joyless filmDec 20, 2016 3:15 pm - In “Assassin's Creed,” a shadowy organization saves a death-row inmate so he can unlock the memories of his 15th-century ancestor Aguilar to find the location of an appl...
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Those voices you're hearing? They might be West Chicago's Jessica RauDec 20, 2016 4:40 am - Jessica Rau had been paying a softball game in 2014 Los Angeles when she received an urgent call from her vocal contractor. "I need you as soon as possible to record a s...
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Sci-fi drama 'Passengers' plots dubious, dreary courseDec 19, 2016 10:00 pm - In “Passengers,” Chris Pratt plays a man who, while in suspended animation during a 120-year commercial space mission to a faraway colony planet, is mistakenly awakened ...
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Dann's naughty, nutty alternatives to traditional Santa moviesDec 15, 2016 6:00 am - Really bad Santas Call them alt.Santa movies. You know, subversive motion pictures that put jolly old St. Nick and holiday movies in a really bad, if not homicidal light...
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'Collateral Beauty' proves both heartbreaking and highly manipulativeDec 15, 2016 5:00 am - To watch "Collateral Beauty" is to feel both moved and manipulated. If there are tears, they'll be practically squeezed out of you by a tragic plot device: the death of ...
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Chicago critics give 'Moonlight' top prize at awards dinnerDec 15, 2016 12:00 am - The Chicago Film Critics Thursday night named Barry Jenkins' daring, cutting-edge coming-of-age drama "Moonlight" best picture of 2016. The drama, following one main cha...