Movies
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Fantasy of 'Alice' sequel overpowered by effects, realismMay 24, 2016 3:00 pm - Alice returns from Wonderland and becomes the commander of a British merchant ship in 1874 - shortly before being committed to a Victorian-era insane asylum. The Mad Hat...
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Latest 'X-Men' a satisfying, if unsurprising prequelMay 23, 2016 11:00 am - It's a bit of bad timing for "X-Men: Apocalypse" coming third in this summer's superhero lineup. Director Bryan Singer invigorates his latest X-Men film with vintage 198...
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'Captain Fantastic' is a Swiss Family Robinson for todayMay 23, 2016 5:56 am - CANNES, France - In the film "Captain Fantastic," Viggo Mortensen plays one of the all-time great movie dads. In a teepee in remote Washington State, he's raising six ch...
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Pullman's 'Independence Day' call-to-arms lives onMay 22, 2016 7:21 am - NEW YORK - President Thomas J. Whitmore, famed speechmaker and defender of the planet from aliens, has the kind of poll numbers Hilary or Donald dream about. In "Indepen...
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'Angry Birds' flocks to No. 1 over 'Neighbors,' 'Nice Guys'
May 22, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Captain America" has found a worthy competitor in a bunch of flightless birds. "The Angry Birds Movie" soared to $39 million in its debut weekend, knockin...
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Austen's work the base for clever, but cold, 'Friendship'May 20, 2016 5:00 am - It was the comedy, not the romance, in Jane Austen's work that drew writer-director Whit Stillman to her unfinished novella "Lady Susan." Stillman spent years adapting t...
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'The Lobster' skewers marriage with absurdityMay 20, 2016 5:00 am - Does anything break through the glum satire and unremitting deadpan that cover "The Lobster" like the gray Irish skies that hover over it? Greek director Yorgos Lanthimo...
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'Neighbors 2' offers surprising mix of plot smarts, character stupidityMay 19, 2016 5:00 am - Three editors worked on cutting “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” so this risque and ribald sequel moves like lightning bolts between moments of abject hilarity and tastel...
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Reel life: Every movie in film fest 'a bull's-eye'May 19, 2016 5:00 am - Elk Grove Village film critic Erik Childress had this wild and crazy idea back in 2013 to create a film festival operated by Chicago film critics who would also select a...
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See film 'Where to Invade Next' May 27 in GenevaMay 18, 2016 11:00 pm - Michael Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade Next," will be shown free to the public at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. S...