Movies
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Jerry Lewis gives dramatic weight to 'Max Rose'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - The intimate drama “Max Rose” feels like little more than a modest television movie. But it's a respectable way for comedian Jerry Lewis, now 90 years old, to make what ...
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'Blair Witch' sequel scares up new tech but same old storySep 15, 2016 6:00 am - Brand new technology, same old witch. Sixteen years after "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" disappointed the "Blair Witch Project" cult by doing something different, "Bla...
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Eddie Murphy returns to big screen in sappy 'Mr. Church'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - When preteen Charlie discovers that her family's new cook has prepared eggs, steak and grits for breakfast, she's not impressed. She wanted Apple Jacks, she tells her mo...
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Oliver Stone plays it straight in 'Snowden'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - Edward Snowden, who cast himself as the hero of his own spy movie, gets the real thing in Oliver Stone's Hollywood-ized biopic of the National Security Agency whistle-bl...
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'Bridget Jones' sequel delivers the comic charmSep 14, 2016 6:00 am - Renée Zellweger is charming as ever in "Bridget Jones's Baby," a lively return to form for the unlikely trilogy about an ordinary woman and her professional and romantic...
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Barrington High students earn spot at White House film festivalSep 14, 2016 5:30 am - For the second year in a row, television production students from Barrington High School have won a spot at The White House Student Film Festival in Washington D.C., bea...
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Naperville native composes music for animated movies, TVSep 13, 2016 5:40 am - He laughs about it now, but Michael Kramer had a teacher at Naperville Central High School who tried talking him out of a career as a Hollywood music composer. It will b...
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2016 Elgin Short Film Festival finalists announcedSep 12, 2016 11:00 pm - As part of the Elgin Fringe Festival, the community is invited to come out to vote for the last two finalists of the upcoming Elgin Short Film Festival. On Thursday, Sep...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Sully' makes $35 million splash
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clint Eastwood's "Sully" made a splash in its first weekend in theaters, bringing in a solid $35 million, according to studio reported actuals Monday....
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In Hollywood, people with disabilities are almost nonexistentSep 12, 2016 6:00 am - I didn't need a study to tell me that people with disabilities are woefully underrepresented in the entertainment industry, but a new report from Stacy Smith and her col...