Movies
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Playful 'Storks' fails to deliver total packageSep 22, 2016 6:00 am - The question of "Where do babies come from?" has been answered, throughout movie history, with some unsavory characters. In the case of "Rosemary's Baby," a demonic neig...
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Nasty 'Dressmaker' opts for style over substanceSep 22, 2016 5:45 am - In "The Dressmaker," Kate Winslet plays Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, a seamstress who returns to her tiny Australian hometown, nursing a lifelong grudge against her former ne...
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'Magnificent Seven' remake lacks smarts, cool cast of originalSep 21, 2016 10:45 am - Antoine Fuqua's "The Magnificent Seven" lacks two key components that made John Sturges' 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "The Seven Samurai" a favorite West...
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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
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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
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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...