Movies
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LEGO Batman event in GrayslakeJun 24, 2017 1:00 am - The Esper Petersen Family Aquatic Center in Grayslake will show the Lego Batman Movie at their Drive-In and Swim-In Night Friday, June 30, at 8:30 p.m. Children are invi...
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'Sgt. Pepper' turns 50: Do you remember the wacky movie version?Jun 23, 2017 6:00 am - Ah yes, who could forget "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," that classic work of art in which The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton use a magical weather vane that trans...
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Hawkins' complex performance paints 'Maudie' with grace and restraintJun 23, 2017 6:00 am - "Maudie" tells the fairly conventional story of an outcast artist, one given unconventional grace and restraint by British actress Sally Hawkins, whose quiet dealings wi...
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Stars embrace uncharted waters for shark-diving thriller '47 Meters Down'Jun 22, 2017 6:00 am - Mandy Moore spent six weeks at the bottom of a London pool trapped inside a steel cage, hyperventilating and screaming while filming the underwater thriller "47 Meters D...
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'Bad Batch' a disturbing, yet poetic cannibal parableJun 22, 2017 6:00 am - As she demonstrated with her debut feature, the black-and-white, Farsi-language feminist vampire fable "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night," filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour is...
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Bay's fourth 'Transformers' sequel a disjointed work of visual anarchyJun 20, 2017 6:00 pm - Even with the low bar set by Michael Bay's previous "Transformers" movies, "The Last Knight" stands apart as an incoherent, disjointed work of visual anarchy, fanboy fan...
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Huntley key grip-turned-director dishes on making movies in ChicagoJun 20, 2017 5:30 am - Just ask Danial Miller to name the greatest actor he's ever worked with. Ask him, and he'll tell you: Maureen O'Hara. "Hands-down, bar none!" he said. "This lady could t...
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Defenders to screen 'The Family Farm' June 27Jun 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will offer a free screening of "The Family Farm." The documentary is a Canadian film, written and directed by Ari Cohen. Th...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Cars 3' takes first from 'Wonder Woman'
Jun 19, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Cars 3" finished in first place at the North American box office this weekend with $53.7 million in earnings. It effectively stole the top spot from ...
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'Cars 3' speeds to No. 1, Tupac biopic nets strong debut