Movies
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Outlandish 'Colossal' meshes rom-com with monster movieApr 13, 2017 6:00 am - The Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo makes funny, fantastical, Frankenstein-like films that playfully combine small-scale with big-concept. “Colossal,” his second Engli...
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Not-so-funny bunnies: 'Watership Down' among films in 'Not Quite for Kids' festApr 13, 2017 6:00 am - 'Not Quite for Kids:' a grown-up film fest Chicago's Music Box Theatre presents a special film festival designed for more mature children, the “Not Quite For Kids” fest ...
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Staid 'Tommy's Honour' par for the dramatic courseApr 13, 2017 6:00 am - As far as dramatic excitement goes, movies about playing golf rank just above movies about playing chess. Both attempt to dramatize mental processes: chess with its step...
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'Furious' No. 8 - fast, spectacular and a tad too longApr 12, 2017 12:45 pm - At some point during the chasing, racing “The Fate of the Furious,” you might be inclined to stop rooting for the good guys and start feeling sorry for the bad ones. Aft...
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'Roseanne' writer from Judson talks faith-based filmmakingApr 10, 2017 11:00 pm - Twenty-nine years ago, theater professor David McFadzean left Judson University to move to Hollywood and help his former college roommate start up a new TV series based ...
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Box Office Top 20: 'The Boss Baby' squashes 'Smurfs 3'
Apr 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Boss Baby" continued to dominate the box office in its second weekend in theaters, adding $26.4 million to take the top spot. The animated flick ...
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Constable: Murray brother knows Cubs, golf fashionApr 10, 2017 5:30 am - On the cusp of the most talented Cubs team in more than a century raising the 2016 championship banner Monday at Wrigley Field, a comedian/actor/Cubs fan with the last n...
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'Boss Baby,' 'Beauty' outshine 'Smurfs 3' at box office
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Why Nicole Kidman belongs in the pantheon of great actressesApr 08, 2017 7:18 am - Nicole Kidman. The name conjures many images and associations: the tumble of red curls and pert, blue-eyed face of the star as a young newcomer to the screen; the marria...
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Stars make compelling 'Case for Christ' based on life of Arlington Heights nativeApr 07, 2017 4:00 pm - Look in the background of many scenes in Jon Gunn's faith-based drama “The Case for Christ” and you will see a bright, white light streaming in from the windows. It's in...