Movies
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Box Office Top 20: 'Transformers 5' tops with series low
Jun 27, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Bay's "Transformers: The Last Knight" topped the box office charts, but it was a dubious success. The fifth installment in the series took in ...
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'Baby Driver' takes viewers on stylish, engine-revving rideJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - There's nothing like an epic getaway chase to kick a movie into high gear, and the first five minutes of "Baby Driver " are pure movie magic. A driver named Baby (Ansel ...
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For the Nighthawks, the 'Blue Highway' never endsJun 26, 2017 6:00 am - The Nighthawks were in the news again last month after the death of Gregg Allman, the band's most famous, least reliable member. Remember that whole thing? It was in the...
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Lake in the Hills theater offers sensory-friendly moviesJun 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Cooling off in an air-conditioned movie theater on a hot July or August day is a favorite activity for many. However, for some, especially those with sensory issues, jus...
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'Transformers: The Last Knight' debuts to a franchise low
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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...