Movies
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Oakton holding free international film festMar 20, 2016 1:00 am - Oakton Community College's 29th Modern Language Film Fest features 12 films presented in their original languages with English subtitles, showcasing the 13 languages ava...
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DVD previews: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,' 'Daddy's Home'Mar 19, 2016 7:24 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, March 22: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" (PG-13, 137 minutes, Lionsgate): As arrow-slinging heroine Katniss Everdeen...
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Wheaton native's 'Creative Control' looks at how we fill our voidsMar 17, 2016 6:00 am - One could argue, as Wheaton native Benjamin Dickinson's second feature film “Creative Control” would, that technology began interfering with personal interactions ever s...
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Reel life: 'Precious Mettle' is more sincere than most crime dramasMar 17, 2016 6:00 am - Film critics notebook: The After Hours Film Society presents "Flowers," an adult drama about love and memory at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 21, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 ...
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Sally Field best part of too-obvious 'Doris'Mar 17, 2016 5:15 am - "Hello, My Name is Doris" is a weirdly off-plumb little movie, one that manages to be condescending and compassionate, knowing and blindered, reassuring and unsettling a...
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'Big Bang' star Rauch raunchy in racy 'Bronze' comedyMar 17, 2016 5:00 am - “Big Bang Theory” sitcom star Melissa Rauch stretches her acting range as well as her salubrious TV image way, way, way into R-rated territory during the gross-out, caus...
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'Eye in the Sky' a tight, high-tech morality taleMar 17, 2016 5:00 am - What South African director Gavin Hood and his filmmakers do with the military drone drama "Eye in the Sky" is nothing short of astonishing. They take what could easily ...
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New 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday' hits close enoughMar 17, 2016 5:00 am - John Lee's new Netflix feature "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" tries so hard to emulate the mood, music and mirth of Tim Burton's great first film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" that...
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'Divergent' author visits Naperville before 'Allegiant' movie releaseMar 17, 2016 1:00 am - The day before the movie version of Veronica Roth's "Allegiant" hits theaters, hundreds of Naperville middle schoolers got to hear from the author herself. Roth spoke Th...
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Melissa Rauch on 'Big Bang,' 'Bronze' and working with her hubbyMar 17, 2016 1:00 am - You know her as Bernadette, the comical blonde with the squeaky high voice who pumped up the third season of the CBS hit sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” then went on to be...