Movies
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Pitt, Jolie star power mightier than box office power
Sep 21, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "By the Sea" didn't just flop at the box office. It was a flat out rejection, making a mere $538,000 domestically. How could a movie starring the mode...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Sully' lands another $21.7M
Sep 19, 2016 7:00 am - "Sully" kept afloat in its second weekend at the box office. The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle on the Hudson directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hank...
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Oliver Stone finds in 'Snowden' a real government conspiracySep 18, 2016 7:24 am - LOS ANGELES - Oliver Stone had no desire to make a movie about Edward Snowden. That might seem surprising for a man who has tackled everything from the Vietnam War to th...
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'Sully' soars over 'Blair Witch,' 'Bridget' at box office
Sep 18, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Blair Witch," ''Bridget Jones's Baby" and "Snowden" didn't ground "Sully" at the weekend box office. The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle on the ...
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Strange and fantastic fall filmsSep 17, 2016 7:15 am - The up-and-running fall film season offers a smorgasbord of tempting cinematic tidbits through Nov. 18. Here are 10 movies that have piqued my curiosity. 1. “The Birth ...
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Promo for faith-based comedy shot in Elgin goes onlineSep 16, 2016 5:40 am - Fox Valley residents who may have seen a crew filming "The Resurrection of Gavin Stone" last year can get a taste of the finished film in a promotional trailer that went...
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Singalongs in movies hit a flat note for critic Dann GireSep 15, 2016 6:18 am - No more singalongs! In the thriller "I.T." opening this weekend, actor James Frecheville plays a villainous computer expert who breaks into a singalong with a tune play...
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Jerry Lewis gives dramatic weight to 'Max Rose'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - The intimate drama “Max Rose” feels like little more than a modest television movie. But it's a respectable way for comedian Jerry Lewis, now 90 years old, to make what ...
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'Blair Witch' sequel scares up new tech but same old storySep 15, 2016 6:00 am - Brand new technology, same old witch. Sixteen years after "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" disappointed the "Blair Witch Project" cult by doing something different, "Bla...
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Eddie Murphy returns to big screen in sappy 'Mr. Church'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - When preteen Charlie discovers that her family's new cook has prepared eggs, steak and grits for breakfast, she's not impressed. She wanted Apple Jacks, she tells her mo...