Movies
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Five Oscar nominees you can watch at homeFeb 22, 2017 5:00 am - Five of the nine nominees for best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards are already available for home viewing on Blu-ray, DVD and digital HD platforms such as iTunes, vud...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Lego Batman,' 'Fifty Shades' stay on top
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Holdovers "The Lego Batman Movie" and "Fifty Shades Darker" led the North American box office for a second week, while Matt Damon's "The Great Wall" - a ...
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One Earth Film Festival to host documentary screening, director Q&A March 6Feb 20, 2017 10:00 pm - One Earth Film Festival, the Midwest's premier environmental film fest, returns for its sixth dynamic season with a screening of the acclaimed documentary "Hometown Habi...
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'Lego Batman' stays No. 1, conquers 'The Great Wall'
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The 'Hidden Figures' screenwriter had NASA in her bloodFeb 20, 2017 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - NASA has been part of "Hidden Figures" screenwriter Allison Schroeder's life for as long as she can remember. Not only did a childhood near Cape Canaveral ...
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Waubonsee to host Environmental Film Festival March 3-12Feb 19, 2017 10:00 pm - Waubonsee Community College will host the Midwest's premier environmental film festival at its Aurora downtown campus in March. The One Earth Film Festival, now in its s...
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Green Sanctuary to show 'Chasing Ice' Friday at Tree of LifeFeb 19, 2017 10:00 pm - The Green Sanctuary film series returns after a hiatus with a showing of the 2014 Emmy Award-winning documentary "Chasing Ice" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at the Tree of ...
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'Cure' gives Verbinski a fresh start after 'Lone Ranger' flopFeb 19, 2017 6:15 am - Say what you will about Gore Verbinski's “The Lone Ranger,” but it didn't lack for ambition. Verbinski's $215 million film was a bid to reorient the Texas Ranger tale ar...
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'Sensory-friendly' movies not only for kids with autismFeb 18, 2017 12:00 am - When Des Plaines mom Dawn Augustyn took her daughter to see “The Peanuts Movie,” the dark theater and loud volume overwhelmed the 5½-year-old, who covered her ears, crie...
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What do movies mean to autistic children?Feb 18, 2017 12:00 am - "Life, Animated," a documentary film about an autistic boy who uses Disney movies to communicate, is nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary (Feature). The award...