Movies
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'Pets' peeve: Engaging kids film glorifies bullyingJul 07, 2016 5:45 am - The moral compass of the people behind the animated "The Secret Life of Pets" needs a serious tuneup. This cartoonish series of action vignettes glorifies bullying and t...
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'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' a joyously humanistic adventure filmJul 07, 2016 5:45 am - Every narrative thread in Taika Waititi's joyously humanistic, sweetly endearing New Zealand adventure leads to one seemingly minor gesture, a simple hug. But in this gl...
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'Dog Lover' - cheesy drama or propaganda?Jul 07, 2016 5:30 am - So this is how idealism dies. Not with thunderous applause as liberty did in "Revenge of the Sith," but with a court case, destroyed lives, a betrayed cause and a young ...
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'Aliens,' 'Dark Horse' screenings set for suburbsJul 07, 2016 5:30 am - A horse doc with heart Sometimes, it's healthy and necessary to have our faith in fellow humans reaffirmed, just as Louise Osmond's veddy British documentary "Dark Horse...
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Teen Film Fest at Schaumburg library Aug. 10Jul 07, 2016 1:00 am - Teens are invited to use their creativity to make short films for the Teen Film Fest at the Schaumburg Township District Library. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. ...
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Uproariously raunchy, funny 'Mike and Dave' don't know when to say whenJul 06, 2016 11:00 am - In the gross, R-rated bromantic comedy "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," the jokes are rude, crude, lewd and nude. When they hit our collective funny bone, they hit ha...
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Box office top 20: 'Tarzan,' 'BFG' drowned by 'Dory'
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tarzan didn't roar and The Big Friendly Giant didn't stomp. Instead, "Finding Dory" led the box office for the third straight week, taking in $51.4 milli...
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How luck, grit and a Texas highway launched Fremd grad Christina Moore's Hollywood careerJul 05, 2016 5:00 am - Oh, sure. It could happen that a struggling young actress from the Northwest suburbs moves to Hollywood and instantly gets offered all sorts of TV and movie jobs. "But I...
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Of thee I scream: How American politics oozes into horror filmsJul 03, 2016 11:00 pm - In the lead-up to "Purge night," an annual 12-hour window of government-sanctioned lawlessness, a local Washington news crew files a breathless report from the airport b...
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'Tarzan,' 'BFG' dwarfed by 'Dory,' which stays no. 1