Movies
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George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, dead at 77Jul 16, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring u...
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Bad habits run amok in convent-set farce 'Little Hours'Jul 14, 2017 6:00 am - Give writer-director Jeff Baena credit: Even when he aims high, that doesn't stop him from going deliciously low. With “The Little Hours,” Baena takes his inspiration fr...
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Church program warns of college sex assault riskJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - A group fighting domestic violence will sponsor three upcoming presentations of the award-winning documentary movie "The Hunting Ground," which exposes a culture of deni...
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No ancient Chinese secret here: 'Wish Upon' is contrived and sillyJul 13, 2017 11:00 am - The most innovative component of the contrived and silly teenage horror movie "Wish Upon" turns out to be the insults high school girls hurl at each other. My favorite: ...
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Dad makes 'Ghost Story' filmmaker not afraid of no ghostsJul 13, 2017 6:00 am - Milwaukee-born filmmaker David Lowery's "A Ghost Story" locally premiered at the Chicago Critics Film Festival in May. It opens this weekend at Chicago's River East 21 a...
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'Misfortune' a neo-noir thriller of stark simplicityJul 13, 2017 6:00 am - An old-fashioned neo-noir thriller, "Misfortune" is a work of stark simplicity accompanied by a percussive, primal score taking up some considerable narrative slack. It ...
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Audacious 'Ghost Story' casts bizarre, often unsatisfying spellJul 13, 2017 6:00 am - An off-screen car crash interrupts the picturesque, suburban lives of a young couple in David Lowery's "A Ghost Story," marooning the deceased husband musician (Casey Af...
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'13 Minutes' delves into life of man who plotted to kill HitlerJul 13, 2017 6:00 am - The German historical drama "13 Minutes" opens with the sound of strenuous human grunting, accompanied by the regular ticktock of a mechanical timer. It's Nov. 8, 1939, ...
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Latest 'Planet of the Apes' thrills with harrowing blend of action, storyJul 12, 2017 6:00 am - Apparently all the new Planet of the Apes films needed to do to really hit a home run was take the humans out of the equation. It's what this whole trilogy has been lead...
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Evanston High School grad spins romantic web for Spidey in 'Homecoming'Jul 11, 2017 5:30 am - Laura Harrier remembers the moment she received The Call. "I was in total shock!" the former Evanston resident said. "I had all these calls from my agent. When I called ...