Movies
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Documentary for veterans showing in North ChicagoJul 03, 2016 1:00 am - Veterans, military and their families are invited to a free showing of the documentary "Honoring the Code: Warriors and Moral Injury," at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 8, at t...
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Tarzan revised: New film swings beyond troubled pastJul 02, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Tarzan may be among America's classic fictional characters, but he's not beyond reproach. Like so many well-worn tales, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan was bo...
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'Swiss Army Man' filmmakers on humor's 'lowest common denominator'Jul 01, 2016 5:00 am - This could be the gassiest week of the millennium where the movies are concerned. Take Steven Spielberg's "The BFG." One of its major scenes, certainly the funniest, dep...
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Late Frank Zappa sounds off in 'Eat That Question'Jun 30, 2016 6:00 am - Whether appearing on "Crossfire" or testifying before Congress, Frank Zappa always had plenty to say. So it's not too bizarre that German director Thorsten Schütte would...
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''Purge' the urge to ignore scary political horror filmJun 30, 2016 5:30 am - Can a scarifying, ugly and depraved political horror tale be a guilty pleasure if I experience no guilt enjoying its riotously exploitative B-movie influences and tactic...
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'Our Kind of Traitor' serves up old-fashioned spy thrillerJun 30, 2016 5:30 am - "Our Kind of Traitor" boasts a series of onscreen titles that signal a certain kind of thriller - one that hops from Moscow to Marrakesh to London to Paris with the regu...
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'Swiss Army Man' a flamboyantly absurdist comedyJun 30, 2016 5:15 am - The not-quite surrealistic and flamboyantly absurdist "Swiss Army Man" either grabs you and works on its own weird level, or it doesn't. But it surely represents a coura...
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New 'Tarzan' swings as relationship drama, adventureJun 29, 2016 8:00 am - It's a romance, a bromance, a show-mance and a go-go-go-mance. Just when you thought we didn't need another adventure based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' king of the jungle, ...
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Steven Spielberg directs talky, likable 'BFG'Jun 28, 2016 2:00 pm - It begins as the most scrumdiddlyumptious story, then slowly turns into one heck of a whizzpopper. Steven Spielberg's "The BFG," based on Roald Dahl's classic kiddles' b...
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Longer 'Batman v Superman' is better, but still frustratingJun 28, 2016 1:00 am - Most who saw Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill square off in theaters this spring didn't think their 152-minute film needed to be longer. Warner Bros. and director Zack Snyde...