Movies
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Jake Gyllenhaal gives explosive performance in confusing 'Demolition'Apr 07, 2016 5:00 am - At the beginning of Jean-Marc Vallée's drama "Demolition," Jake Gyllenhaal survives a car crash that kills his wife, then he spends the rest of the movie trying to avoid...
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New 'Star Wars' trailer previews the story of rebels pastApr 06, 2016 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - The dust has barely settled from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but audiences already have a new installment to get excited for. The world got a glimpse o...
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ECC will host Latino Film Festival April 15-17Apr 06, 2016 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will host the 2016 Latino Film Festival Elgin from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 17. This is the fourth year the college will host the f...
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Angry at 'Walking Dead'? Vote with your remoteApr 06, 2016 5:57 am - Are you still angry about last week's finale of "The Walking Dead"? The one in which a character's fate was, once again, left up in the air when the credits rolled? The ...
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LunaFest returns to St. Charles TuesdayApr 05, 2016 11:00 pm - The Zonta Club of St. Charles-Geneva-Batavia will host LunaFest film festival on Tuesday, April 12, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles. There will be ...
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McCarthy earns big laughs in low-brow 'Boss'Apr 05, 2016 11:00 pm - In Melissa McCarthy's “The Boss,” two rival groups of young, cookie-selling Girl Scouts types take to a Chicago street to engage in a brutal WWE-style rumble captured in...
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The homemade 'Krisha' finds catharsis in tragedyApr 05, 2016 5:55 am - NEW YORK - Aspiring filmmakers take note: Nine days of shooting at his mother's Montgomery, Texas, home, a minuscule budget of $100,000 and a cast led by his aunt were e...
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Editorial: Antioch Theatre rebirth more than a victory for nostalgiaApr 04, 2016 11:00 pm - In our bigger-is-better world, small businesses often take a beating. That's particularly true of one-screen movie theaters that were once staples of community downtowns...
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Fremd grad's film captures mood on 9/12Apr 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Given the nation's current political climate, it's hard to remember the unity and kindness Americans felt for each other after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. F...
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Investment in Antioch Theatre is paying off, officials sayApr 04, 2016 5:00 am - The language of a local law establishing an entertainment tax to help revive the old Antioch Theatre shows a commitment from village leaders to save the ailing structure...