Movies
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Loud Lake Bluff native lands voice-over role in 'Open Season'Mar 07, 2016 12:00 am - "Something bad has happened! Something really, really bad!" It's the opening line of the new animated direct-to-DVD movie "Open Season: Scared Silly," spoken by Mr. Wee...
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'Zootopia,' 'London Has Fallen' dethrone 'Deadpool'
Mar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Deadpool's" three-week reign atop the box office has ended thanks to a handful of new openers, including "Zootopia" and "London Has Fallen." The top spot ...
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DVD previews: 'Peanuts Movie,' 'In the Heart of the Sea'Mar 05, 2016 6:17 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, March 8: "The Peanuts Movie" (G, 93 minutes, 20th Century Fox): Computer-animated, 3-D tale based on a script written in pa...
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'Son of Saul' director says Oscar could be 'poisoned gift'Mar 05, 2016 6:15 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary — Winning an Oscar could be a “poisoned gift” and it will take a great effort to avoid being crushed by the honor, the director of the Hungarian film t...
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Leslie Jones reacts to criticism of 'Ghostbusters' character
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A child comes of age in animated 'Boy and the Beast'Mar 04, 2016 5:00 am - In "The Boy and the Beast," the latest animated feature from Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda ("Wolf Children"), a street urchin is taken in and raised by anthropomorphic...
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'The Wave' packs satisfying thrillsMar 03, 2016 4:45 am - Nothing much happens for the first 48 minutes of this Norwegian tsunami disaster thriller. Then, a massive rockslide dumps a mountain of debris into the sea. Residents i...
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A fey Fey fails to fix Afghanistan War comedyMar 03, 2016 4:00 am - You'd think an Afghanistan War comedy produced by former "Saturday Night Live" star Tina Fey and "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels would be at least a laugh riot. That's cer...
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'Zootopia' charms with sweet message, arresting visualsMar 02, 2016 5:30 pm - Cats and dogs living together? Without the mass hysteria predicted by Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters"? Yes. In Walt Disney's dazzling, sharply prescient animated comedy "Z...
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Brutal 'London Has Fallen' batters the sensesMar 02, 2016 10:00 am - So far, 2016 hasn't been the best year for Gerard Butler. Just a week after the outrageously awful "Gods of Egypt" tanked at the box office, the Scottish actor is in yet...