Movies
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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...
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Box office top 20: Shyamalan's 'Split' stays no. 1 again
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller "Split" led the box office for the third straight weekend thanks to a pair of underperforming debuts. The hor...
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Jenkins & Chazelle: The young directors at center of OscarsFeb 06, 2017 5:00 am - NEW YORK - At the forefront of this year's Oscar race are two filmmakers in their 30s with seemingly limitless careers ahead of them: Damien Chazelle, the 32-year-old wu...
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'Tanna' director recounts path from tiny island to Oscar nodFeb 06, 2017 5:00 am - SYDNEY - The premiere of "Tanna," Australia's first Oscar nominee for a foreign language film, was as far from Hollywood glamour as one can get. The guests gathered not ...
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Deadline approaching for Elk Grove film festival entriesFeb 05, 2017 10:00 pm - The deadline for submitting to the 2017 CinéStudent Film Festival is Monday, Feb. 20. Now in its third year, the CinéStudent Film Festival, hosted by Elk Grove High Sch...
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'Zootopia' wins at Annie Awards, looks poised for OscarsFeb 05, 2017 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Zootopia" won best animated feature and took home a leading six awards at the 44th Annie Awards, setting up the Disney release as the clear favorite at th...