Movies
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Reel life: Oakton Pop-Up film fest earns a sequelNov 26, 2015 4:45 am - • Oakton Community College's first Pop-Up Film Festival last year proved to be popular enough to warrant a sequel. So, here comes the Second Annual Pop-Up Film Festival,...
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'Wonders' is a nearly real look at a beekeeping familyNov 26, 2015 4:30 am - Alice Rohrwacher's "The Wonders" doesn't conform to Hollywood's conventional plotted story. Parts of this hyper-realistic drama could pass for a documentary on the lives...
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Gire's movie guide: 'Good Dinosaur' and many moreNov 25, 2015 12:00 pm - The long Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect time to catch a movie. Just-opened options include Pixar's “The Good Dinosaur” and “Rocky” sequel “Creed.” Check out what's ...
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How to see all the Oscar contendersNov 25, 2015 5:00 am - Studios have little faith in the long-term memory of Academy voters. That's why every year distributors release their awards contenders as late in the year as possible, ...
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'Legend' doesn't live up to Hardy's leadNov 25, 2015 5:00 am - Multiply the reptilian creepiness of Johnny Depp's transformative "Black Mass" performance as James "Whitey" Bulger by two, and you'll have a pretty good sense of "Legen...
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Spike Lee defends Chicago gang war movie, 'Chi-Raq'
Nov 24, 2015 10:00 pm - A day after the Nov. 22 world premiere of "Chi-Raq" at the Chicago Theatre, during one of the most controversial pre-release sagas in recent film history, prodcuer and d...
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'Frankenstein' remake a monstrous messNov 24, 2015 4:00 pm - First, let's get the Frankenstein-related opening paragraphs out of the way. 1. Even the Hoover Dam couldn't supply enough electricity to bring the dead material in this...
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Pixar's 'Dinosaur' a heartwarming comedyNov 24, 2015 3:00 pm - Talk about blind casting. Pixar's 3-D animated feature "The Good Dinosaur" shakes up the conventional "boy and his dog" adventure by casting a lovable prehistoric longne...
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'Rocky' sequel 'Creed' scores dramatic knockoutNov 24, 2015 1:00 pm - One of the instincts you develop in the job of a critic is defense. The ability to guard against the jabs of cheap sentiment is essential if one wants to stay in the mat...
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With lessons for today, movies bring back the '50sNov 24, 2015 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Fear of unexpected strikes from overseas. Battles over First Amendment rights. Simmering tensions of inequality. It's no wonder the 1950s are all over movie s...