Movies
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Cheap scares don't add up to thrills in tepid 'Unspoken'Oct 27, 2016 6:00 am - So far, Mike Flanagan's mediocre demon drama "Ouija: Origin of Evil" leads the weekend pack of mainstream Halloween movies, challenged only by the cheap (really cheap) j...
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Political doc 'Madigan' a compelling hit-pieceOct 26, 2016 6:00 am - A Texas media company produced "Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics.," a one-hour documentary about Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, because no Illinois product...
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Hot visuals, dense plot fuel Ron Howard's 'Inferno'Oct 25, 2016 11:00 pm - Maybe it's called "Inferno" because you can't always figure out what the H. E. Double-Hockey-Sticks is going on. If you thought Ron Howard's first two adventures based o...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Madea' tops charts, 'Moonlight' shines
Oct 24, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween" outmuscled the Tom Cruise vehicle "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" at the box office this weekend. Perry's film ne...
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The 3 stars of 'Moonlight' share a role and a breakthroughOct 24, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The three Chirons of Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight' are sitting around a table, examining each other's eyes. Trevante Rhodes, 26, Ashton Sanders, 20, and Alex R. ...
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Meet the directors at Oakton film festivalOct 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Movie aficionados, bring the popcorn for the Pop-Up Film Festival, a showcase of four independent films with the opportunity to meet three of the four directors, Nov. 1-...
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Tom Hanks sees U.S. election warning in thriller 'Inferno'Oct 23, 2016 7:24 am - LONDON - Embedded within the manic action of "Inferno," the latest big-screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, is a warning about the dangers of seeking simple soluti...
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Better together: 'American Pastoral' shows what unity can doOct 23, 2016 7:17 am - There's a lot to like about "American Pastoral." It surprises me to say that, given that I am not a fan of Philip Roth (who wrote the book it's based on) and I utterly d...
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Tyler Perry's 'Madea' tops Cruise's 'Jack Reacher' sequel
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See award-winning documentary, director Tuesday at Oakton Community CollegeOct 23, 2016 1:00 am - The public is invited to a free screening of the award-winning documentary, "Julio of Jackson Heights," at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Room 1604, at Oakton Community Col...