Movies
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Free outdoor screening of 'Guardians' at Harper CollegeAug 20, 2017 1:00 am - Harper College will host an outdoor movie screening of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2" on Friday, Aug. 25. The free movie will be at the outdoor pavilion on ...
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Unretired, Soderbergh wants to pull a fast one on HollywoodAug 19, 2017 7:23 am - NEW YORK - "Populist Pictures" reads the buzzer to Steven Soderbergh's TriBeCa office. You might easily mistake it as ironic. It's a grand title for a little nameplate o...
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Could movie theater chains get left out of deal on digital downloads?
Aug 19, 2017 7:16 am - Movie studios are considering whether to ignore the objections of cinema chains and forge ahead with a plan to offer digital rentals of films mere weeks after they appea...
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Some not-so-obvious great teachers in movie historyAug 18, 2017 6:00 am - Summer has already ended for some students in the suburbs, giving way to that exciting first week of school when you meet your new teachers, get reacquainted with that d...
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'Only Living Boy' a pretentious, emotionally barren coming-of-age dramaAug 18, 2017 6:00 am - If you can't tell that men wrote and directed the pretentiously literary, emotionally barren, coming-of-age drama "The Only Living Boy in New York," here are some clues:...
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'Patti Cake$' serves up plucky tale of aspiring hip-hop dreamsAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - The Sundance sensation “Patti Cake$” may flow with formulaic beats but it's got spirit for miles (eight of them, at least) and features one of the best mother-daughter r...
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South Elgin High School students win top honors at Teen Film FestivalAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - Congratulations to South Elgin High School students Jeevan Acharya and Kevin Czasca for winning the Best Overall Film Award at the 11th annual Teen Film Festival, sponso...
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Comically brutal 'Hitman's Bodyguard' caters to low expectations, no moreAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - In the comically brutal buddy action road movie "The Hitman's Bodyguard," Ryan Reynolds' professional bodyguard tells Samuel L. Jackson's professional assassin that he h...
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'Good Time' a compelling, freefall crime caperAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - The fraternal directing duo of Josh and Benny Safdie make urban odysseys that flow with the quicksilver currents of New York City. You can feel the gum-stained pavement ...
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Animated 'Corner' depicts heartbreaking horror of HiroshimaAug 17, 2017 6:00 am - Set against the backdrop of pre-atom-bomb Hiroshima, the Japanese animated film "In This Corner of the World" proceeds under the dreadful weight of what is to come, as t...