Movies
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Box Office Top 20: 'Spectre' makes $70.4 million in debut
Nov 09, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Spectre," the latest in the James Bond series, skyrocketed to the top of the box office without much resistance, earning $70.4 million in its first d...
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Arlington Heights film event pushed backNov 09, 2015 12:00 am - Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presentation "How He Got into My Pajamas I'll Never Know: The Great Comedies, Part 1" has been moved to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the A...
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'Spectre' shoots to $73 million, misses 'Skyfall's' mark
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DVD previews: 'Trainwreck,' 'Mr. Holmes'Nov 06, 2015 10:00 pm - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Nov. 10: “Mr. Holmes” (PG, 105 minutes, Miramax/Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate): Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes as an o...
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Manipulative 'Miss You' goes straight for tear ductsNov 06, 2015 5:00 am - You'd be hard pressed to find a film title that telegraphs its ending more than “Miss You Already.” The drama about two women whose friendship is tested when one is diag...
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Charming 'Peanuts' cracks jokes, not diversityNov 06, 2015 4:30 am - The 3-D, computer-animated "The Peanuts Movie" plays like a condensed "greatest hits" compilation of every familiar bit immortalized by Charles M. Schulz in his beloved ...
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Spike Lee defends 'Chi-Raq'S
Nov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Filmmaker Spike Lee today fired back at critics of "Chi-Raq" who have been offended by his upcoming film about violence in Chicago. "Some people are getting it twisted...
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Reel life: Revisit 'Goodfellas' at Elk Grove TheatreNov 05, 2015 5:45 am - Critics notebook: • The Chicago Film Critics Association presents Martin Scorsese's digitally remastered “Goodfellas” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Elk Grove T...
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What's 'Love' got to do with anything?Nov 05, 2015 5:15 am - It would be unfair to simply dismiss controversial Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noe's succinctly titled “Love” as a porn movie with a good budget and artistic lighting. St...
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'Smile Back' tracks powerful story of life on the edgeNov 05, 2015 4:30 am - What Adam Salky's "I Smile Back" lacks in insight and understanding about addiction, depression and self-destructive attitudes is partially compensated for by comedian S...