Movies
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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...
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'Miracles' preaches to more than faith-based film flockMar 16, 2016 11:00 pm - The rise of the so-called "faith-based film" - typically low-budget films that are almost uniformly evangelical - has occurred largely in a bubble of its own like a shel...
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C2E2 brings comics, costumes and celebrities to ChicagoMar 16, 2016 6:00 am - This year's Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2, promises to cover everything on the pop-culture nerd's checklist. The massive three-day event, h...
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Effects, props dominate characters in latest 'Divergent' film 'Allegiant'Mar 15, 2016 3:00 am - Is it just me, or do the black-and-white weapons wielded by the "Allegiant" heroes look like giant Super Soakers made for "Star Wars" storm troopers? I only mention this...