Movies
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'Beauty and the Beast' dances off with top box-office spot
Mar 26, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Not all reboots are created equal. This weekend at the box office, nostalgia-driven fare was everywhere, from "Beauty and the Beast" to "Power Rangers" and...
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Ryan Gosling reflects on working with Malick, directing and that Oscar flubMar 25, 2017 7:15 am - Even amid the chaotic melee on the Dolby Theatre stage during the infamous best-picture Oscar flub, Ryan Gosling was typically unflappable. While most reacted with shock...
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'Life' a suspenseful, satisfying sci-fi journeyMar 24, 2017 6:00 am - The film “Life” is a test-tube baby, born from a blend of old-school monster-movie DNA and state-of-the-art digital effects. At times silly — yet surprisingly satisfying...
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Danny Boyle reflects on trippy 'Trainspotting' 20 years laterMar 24, 2017 6:00 am - It's been over 20 years since “Trainspotting” took audiences deep inside the alluring, unsettling world of young, Scottish, Iggy Pop-loving heroin junkies and director D...
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Pena, Shepard take 'CHiPs' off the TV blockMar 24, 2017 6:00 am - Pena, Shepard let the 'CHiPs' fall Actor/director/writer Dax Shepard and Chicago actor Michael Pena breezed into the Windy City earlier this month to promote their new c...
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Free spring break movies at Arlington Heights theaterMar 24, 2017 1:00 am - Paragon Theaters in downtown Arlington Heights is offering daily showings of free kids movies next week in conjunction with spring break at local schools. The movies, wh...
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'CHiPs' are down: Ponch goes raunch in R-rated revampMar 23, 2017 12:00 pm - What we get with "CHiPs" - Dax Shepard's randy, R-rated take on the blandly inoffensive 1977 NBC TV series - is the sort of lowbrow action comedy usually released in the...
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'T2 Trainspotting' chooses nostalgic trip toward adulthoodMar 23, 2017 6:00 am - Nostalgia can be tricky, casting a rose-colored glow on memories that may not deserve it. Do we look back fondly on our youth because it was so magical, or simply becaus...
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Malick's cast strikes the right chords in 'Song to Song'Mar 23, 2017 6:00 am - As filmmakers obsessed with his early work continue to ape his style, Terrence Malick has ventured beyond, reaching into territory that is stubbornly spiritual and anti-...
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Supernatural 'Dig Two Graves' a stylish gothic film set in Southern IllinoisMar 23, 2017 6:00 am - If the young Coen brothers had been turned loose in Southern Illinois to create an ultra-low-budget, 1970s supernatural horror tale reeking of EC Comics vibes, it might ...