Movies
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How your son could star in a Steven Spielberg movieFeb 10, 2017 12:00 am - A 6-to-9-year-old suburban boy could be the star of the next Steven Spielberg movie. Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment will host an open casting call for the titular role...
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Hard-boiled, surrealistic 'John Wick 2' a ballet of bulletsFeb 09, 2017 6:00 am - We'll get to all the stabbing, punching, chasing, choking, shooting, screaming, beating, kicking, shouting, running and bleeding in a moment. When you see "John Wick: Ch...
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'Adventure' sorely lacking in bland kid's fantasy filmFeb 09, 2017 5:00 am - “Adventure Club,” a tweenager Indiana Jones movie on an ultratight budget, begins with Todd Bryanton's pulsing, thrilling score promising something the rest of the film ...
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Animated 'Red Turtle' embraces nature, silenceFeb 09, 2017 5:00 am - When was the last time an animated film actual lowered your pulse rate? In its typical Hollywood form, an animated feature is usually the cinematic equivalent of a sugar...
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'Affair,' 'Casablanca' back on the big screen this weekFeb 09, 2017 5:00 am - Happy 60th anniversary, "An Affair to Remember." Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr and the Empire State Building star in this romantic classic (it inspired "Sleepless in Seattle,...
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Constable: Valentine's with Batman not always superFeb 09, 2017 4:00 am - The saying, “Men want to be him. Women want to be with him,” applies today to Batman, or at least Lego Batman. “It must be great to be Batman,” a TV anchorman gushes in ...
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'Fifty Shades Darker': More kink, less comic reliefFeb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - The box-office smash “Fifty Shades of Grey” was a better movie than E.L. James's “Twilight” fan-fiction deserved. The romance novel about an S&M-loving billionaire who f...
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Smart insights, hilarious jokes give animated comedy 'Lego Batman Movie' a Bat-rocket boostFeb 07, 2017 10:00 am - The creators of "The Lego Batman Movie" could never have anticipated that their manic, animated kids' toy comedy would become the most prescient, overtly political movie...
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Animator from Naperville makes Disney movies, TV showsFeb 07, 2017 4:15 am - The kid who used to doodle characters in his books at Naperville Central High School is now a Disney animator. Matt Williames (pronounced will-a-mees), 34, got his first...
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Event, film to honor Navy chaplains killed in World War IIFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - The Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago will Sunday host a service and documentary in memory of four chaplains who sacrificed themselves so...