Movies
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Reel life: Dann's biggest problem with 'Brooklyn'Feb 11, 2016 5:00 am - 'Brooklyn' revisited John Crowley's drama "Brooklyn" didn't qualify for my top-10 list for 2015 movies, despite wrangling Oscar nominations for picture, actress (Saoirse...
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Filmmaker Moore embarks on global quest in 'Where to Invade'Feb 11, 2016 4:00 am - The arch premise behind Michael Moore's scattershot documentary "Where to Invade Next" puts the sartorially challenged filmmaker on a global quest to "invade" progressiv...
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'Zoolander 2' no model for how to make a comedy sequelFeb 11, 2016 4:00 am - If you hope it's possible for a movie to raise utter stupidity into an art form, get used to disappointment. Ben Stiller's 15-years-in-the-making comic sequel "Zoolander...
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Leonard Nimoy program at Cook Park LibraryFeb 11, 2016 12:00 am - Learn about the late Leonard Nimoy, the man who played Spock in the "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, on Feb. 27, at the Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Liberty...
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Marvel's raunchy, irreverent 'Deadpool' sends up superheroesFeb 10, 2016 4:00 am - "Deadpool" is not your grandfather's superhero movie. Come to think of it, it isn't your 13-year-old nephew's superhero movie, either. Blatantly, buoyantly vulgar and ja...
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'Faking It' star from Warrenville shares 'Home Alone' storiesFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - YouTube #8220;People pay me to pretend all day,#8221; she said. #8220;I make a living by doing what every child loves to do for free. That's entirely crazy!#8221; She wa...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Kung Fu Panda' roars past the Coens
Feb 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nothing could punt "Kung Fu Panda 3" from the top spot at the box office over Super Bowl weekend, where the 20th Century Fox animated sequel hauled in $2...
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Gerson, scribe of 'Monsters, Inc.,' 'Big Hero 6' dies at 49
Feb 08, 2016 6:00 am - Daniel Gerson, who co-wrote several Walt Disney animated films including "Monsters, Inc." and "Big Hero 6," has died. He was 49. Gerson's family said in a statement that...
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'Kung Fu Panda 3' tops Super Bowl weekend at box office
Feb 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" and the Jane Austen-monster mashup "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" followed distantly behind "Kung Fu Panda 3," whic...
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DVD previews: 'Spectre,' 'Grandma'Feb 06, 2016 6:23 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 9: "Spectre" (PG-13, 148 minutes, MGM/Sony/Fox): The 24th James Bond film in 53 years finds Daniel Craig, in his fourt...