Movies
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'The Lobster' skewers marriage with absurdityMay 20, 2016 5:00 am - Does anything break through the glum satire and unremitting deadpan that cover "The Lobster" like the gray Irish skies that hover over it? Greek director Yorgos Lanthimo...
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'Neighbors 2' offers surprising mix of plot smarts, character stupidityMay 19, 2016 5:00 am - Three editors worked on cutting “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” so this risque and ribald sequel moves like lightning bolts between moments of abject hilarity and tastel...
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Reel life: Every movie in film fest 'a bull's-eye'May 19, 2016 5:00 am - Elk Grove Village film critic Erik Childress had this wild and crazy idea back in 2013 to create a film festival operated by Chicago film critics who would also select a...
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See film 'Where to Invade Next' May 27 in GenevaMay 18, 2016 11:00 pm - Michael Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade Next," will be shown free to the public at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. S...
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Gosling, Crowe two birds of a comic feather in 'Nice Guys'May 18, 2016 11:00 am - Once you hear it, you know that Ryan Gosling emits the most obnoxious high-frequency man-scream in movie history as an L.A. gumshoe in Shane Black's sex-and-violence-soa...
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Cannes a coming-out party for Amazon Studios
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - CANNES, France (AP) - The party, stocked with pretty people and schmoozing filmmakers, looked like any other at the Cannes Film Festival except for the neon lights on th...
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'Angry Birds' is surprisingly fun and heartfelt at timesMay 16, 2016 10:00 pm - It's hard not to have a few biases going into “The Angry Birds Movie.” In the most cynical view of what gets made in Hollywood, an addictive app might just be at the bot...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Captain America' adds $72.6 million
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Foreign Film Sundays features 'Alexandra' at Geneva libraryMay 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Gather with friends to watch and discuss the Russian film "Alexandra" from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Geneva Public Library, 127 James St. "Alexandra" is a 20...
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How Jodie Foster stays one of the most 'real' stars in HollywoodMay 15, 2016 7:24 am - Jodie Foster is on point. Mere minutes into conversation and she's talking politics, specifically as they pertain to "Money Monster," a timely thriller she's directed th...