Movies
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Uproariously raunchy, funny 'Mike and Dave' don't know when to say whenJul 06, 2016 11:00 am - In the gross, R-rated bromantic comedy "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," the jokes are rude, crude, lewd and nude. When they hit our collective funny bone, they hit ha...
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Box office top 20: 'Tarzan,' 'BFG' drowned by 'Dory'
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tarzan didn't roar and The Big Friendly Giant didn't stomp. Instead, "Finding Dory" led the box office for the third straight week, taking in $51.4 milli...
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How luck, grit and a Texas highway launched Fremd grad Christina Moore's Hollywood careerJul 05, 2016 5:00 am - Oh, sure. It could happen that a struggling young actress from the Northwest suburbs moves to Hollywood and instantly gets offered all sorts of TV and movie jobs. "But I...
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Of thee I scream: How American politics oozes into horror filmsJul 03, 2016 11:00 pm - In the lead-up to "Purge night," an annual 12-hour window of government-sanctioned lawlessness, a local Washington news crew files a breathless report from the airport b...
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'Tarzan,' 'BFG' dwarfed by 'Dory,' which stays no. 1
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Documentary for veterans showing in North ChicagoJul 03, 2016 1:00 am - Veterans, military and their families are invited to a free showing of the documentary "Honoring the Code: Warriors and Moral Injury," at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 8, at t...
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Tarzan revised: New film swings beyond troubled pastJul 02, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Tarzan may be among America's classic fictional characters, but he's not beyond reproach. Like so many well-worn tales, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan was bo...
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'Swiss Army Man' filmmakers on humor's 'lowest common denominator'Jul 01, 2016 5:00 am - This could be the gassiest week of the millennium where the movies are concerned. Take Steven Spielberg's "The BFG." One of its major scenes, certainly the funniest, dep...
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Late Frank Zappa sounds off in 'Eat That Question'Jun 30, 2016 6:00 am - Whether appearing on "Crossfire" or testifying before Congress, Frank Zappa always had plenty to say. So it's not too bizarre that German director Thorsten Schütte would...
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''Purge' the urge to ignore scary political horror filmJun 30, 2016 5:30 am - Can a scarifying, ugly and depraved political horror tale be a guilty pleasure if I experience no guilt enjoying its riotously exploitative B-movie influences and tactic...