Movies
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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...
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'La La Land' a stunning blend of romance, dreams and all that jazzDec 13, 2016 2:00 pm - Prepare for amazement. The breathless 5½-minute opening musical number in Damien Chazelle's “La La Land” is worth the price of admission all by itself. This impossibly i...
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'Freaks and Geeks' actor Dave 'Gruber' Allen talks Naperville, comedyDec 13, 2016 4:00 am - Actor and comedian Dave "Gruber" Allen got his nickname at Naperville Central High School, where a classmate used to always greet him by saying, "What's up, groover?" "I...
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Latest 'Star Wars' goes 'Rogue' with more battles, less emotionDec 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Gareth Edwards' “Rogue One” is so “Star Warsy” that it uses 1970s camera lenses to replicate the visual texture of the 1977 original. It's so “Star Warsy” that it neatly...
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'Moonlight,' Ryan Reynolds among winners at Critics Choice
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - SANTA MONICA, California - The host of the 22nd Critics Choice Awards chose not to discuss his legal troubles and instead focused on President-elect Donald Trump and the...
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'La La Land' tops Globes with 7 noms, 'Moonlight' with 6
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Box Office Top 20: 'Moana' tops 'Office Christmas Party'
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'Rogue One' moves 'Star Wars' forward by going backDec 12, 2016 5:02 am - SAN FRANCISCO - A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there were more stories than those of the Skywalker family. That was the idea Disney was counting on when it ...
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'Moonlight' dominates Chicago Film Critics nominationsDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Barry Jenkins' breakthrough drama "Moonlight" leads the 2016 Chicago Film Critics awards nominations announced Monday. Chicago critics gave Jenkins' movie 11 nominations...
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The lobbyist fighting for control of your local movie theater
Dec 11, 2016 6:11 am - On a sweltering day this summer, a handful of protesters gathered outside an AMC movie theater in Times Square, holding red signs proclaiming "AMC = American Movie Commu...