Movies
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Zemeckis lovingly resurrects Twin Towers for 'The Walk'Sep 27, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - In the months and years after Sept. 11, the World Trade Center was swept out of the movies. The Towers were removed from such films as "Zoolander" and "Serend...
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DVD previews: 'Spy,' 'Entourage'Sep 26, 2015 7:10 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Sept. 29: "Spy" (R, 120 minutes, Fox): Supremely hilarious comedy that gives Melissa McCarthy the meatiest role of her movi...
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'Hotel Transylvania 2' just enough of a Halloween treatSep 24, 2015 6:00 pm - Unlike many animated tales that end with a happily-ever-after-wedding, "Hotel Transylvania 2" starts with one. In this mildly amusing sequel to 2012's "Hotel Transylvani...
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'Stonewall,' about a pivotal point in gay history, misses the markSep 24, 2015 6:45 am - As well-intentioned misfires go, it's difficult to imagine as disastrous a dud as “Stonewall,” an earnest dramatization of real-life events that winds up being as lament...
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Reel life: Dann & Raymond take a look at zombiesSep 24, 2015 6:15 am - Film critics notebook: • Dann & Raymond's Movie Club has switched topics for its Thursday, Oct. 1, presentation at the Schaumburg Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumbur...
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'Goodnight Mommy' a chilling look at our own darknessSep 24, 2015 5:15 am - "Goodnight Mommy," from Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, doesn't want to merely scare us. It intends to absolutely horrify us, send us out of the the...
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4-star crime thriller 'Sicario' delves into horrorSep 23, 2015 5:45 am - The moment that Johann Johannsson's screaming electronic score assaults your eardrums with slow crescendos of distilled dread, you realize that "Sicario" will not be you...
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Elgin rolls out red carpet for seventh annual Short Film FestivalSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Limos. Red carpet. Celebrity interviews. None of these are usually associated with Elgin, but you'll find them at the seventh annual Elgin Short Film Festival, which tak...
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De Niro, Hathaway charm saves 'The Intern' from terminal cutenessSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - My best guess would be that Nancy Meyers couldn't get Morgan Freeman to star in her treacly comedy "The Intern," so she cast Robert De Niro as the white version of the p...
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Schaumburg library seeking entries for Teen Film FestSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Teen Place at the Schaumburg Township District Library is seeking submissions for its second annual Teen Film Fest, set to take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. The d...