Movies
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Don't take 'It's a Wonderful Life' for granted in this season of turmoilDec 11, 2015 5:00 am - It's cold, gray and dark. The news is depressing. The conversations we're having about the news are often hateful. I'm tempted to give into fear, which, as Master Yoda t...
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Constable: What Moby-Dick 4Dx feels like at Gurnee theaterDec 11, 2015 4:00 am - Call me intrigued. Hunkered into my comfy seat in the Marcus Gurnee Mills Cinema in Gurnee, I'm confident that Ron Howard's new Moby-Dick movie will allow me to do somet...
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Leisurely paced 'Youth' takes patienceDec 10, 2015 5:00 am - Paolo Sorrentino's handsomely mounted, leisurely paced art film “Youth” works like a cinematic steam bath, surrounding us with therapeutically introspective, philosophic...
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Redmayne, Vikander shine brilliantly in 'Danish Girl'Dec 10, 2015 5:00 am - Tom Hooper's visually sumptuous "The Danish Girl" follows the formula of James Marsh's 2014 visually arresting "The Theory of Everything." Both are dramatically tepid, f...
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Gire: 'Big Short' long on bold outrage-fueled comedyDec 10, 2015 4:00 am - If you don't understand subprime mortgages, a naked Margot Robbie in a bubble bath explains them while sipping a martini. Don't get those repackaged mortgages? Master ch...
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Gire: Heart-challenged 'Sea' a blubbering survival taleDec 10, 2015 4:00 am - The first shortcoming in Ron Howard's Moby-Dick-inspired maritime survival adventure "In the Heart of the Sea" is that we observe the great white whale way too early for...
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'Carol,' 'Spotlight,' 'The Big Short' lead Golden GlobesDec 09, 2015 10:00 pm - Todd Haynes 1950s romance "Carol" landed a leading five nominations, including best dramatic picture, in nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globes. Hollywood Foreign...
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Gire's movie guide: What's out now and what's comingDec 09, 2015 10:00 am - Coming Friday: Some wildly different movies hit local screens this weekend. “The Big Short” breaks down the complex, complicated collusion of corrupt corporate contrivan...
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'Trumbo' leads SAG noms in murky awards season
Dec 09, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Hollywood blacklist drama "Trumbo" scored a leading three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations on Wednesday, and sleeper contenders "Beasts of N...
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Suburban producer of 'The 33' makes the impossible possibleDec 07, 2015 10:00 pm - Once in a while, Hollywood producer Robert Katz returns to his alma mater, Northern Illinois University, to talk with students about the movie business. He always tells ...