Movies
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DVD previews: 'The Age of Adaline'Sep 05, 2015 7:15 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Sept. 8: "The Age of Adaline" (PG-13, 113 minutes, Lionsgate): Adaline (Blake Lively) is a 29-year-old who survives a near-deat...
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The Force is already with toy storesSep 04, 2015 5:00 am - Force Friday has arrived! What's Force Friday? It's the day when nostalgic parents across the globe can buy their children action figures for a film they won't be ab...
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Elk Grove firm unveils new “Star Wars” models for Force FridaySep 04, 2015 12:00 am - After more than nine months of working in secrecy, an Elk Grove Village-based model maker is releasing its designs today for four new spaceships from the upcoming “Star ...
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'Bloodsucking' a weak attempt at a genre mashupSep 03, 2015 6:30 am - The low-budget horror comedy “Bloodsucking Bastards” combines Peter Jackson's grossly gory “Dead Alive” with Mike Judge's comedy “Office Space” — minus clever banter, in...
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Reel life: Revisit 'Blade Runner' at Elk Grove TheatreSep 03, 2015 5:45 am - Film critics notebook: • The Chicago Film Critics Association presents Ridley Scott's genre-defining tale of future gasp, “Blade Runner,” at 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, S...
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'Chloe & Theo' full of heart, but it still feels falseSep 03, 2015 5:15 am - Every element in Ezna Sands' overly earnest and simplistic drama "Chloe & Theo" feels false and calculated, right down to its preachy Inuit Christ-figure and its tough N...
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'Rosenwald' doc will reaffirm your faith in the American dreamSep 03, 2015 5:00 am - The superbly wrought documentary "Rosenwald" should be mandatory viewing for all Illinois residents, especially Chicagoans. It's the only documentary I've ever seen that...
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'Transporter' reboot comes down with a case of the stupidsSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Near the end of Camille Delamarre's IQ-challenged reboot of Luc Besson's "Transporter" franchise, a villain takes four bullets in the chest, then inexplicably transforms...
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Dean Jones, boyish Disney star, dead at 84Sep 02, 2015 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favorite young actor for such lighthearted films as "That Darn Cat!" and "The...
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Gire: Redford, Nolte team up for witty 'Walk'Sep 01, 2015 5:30 pm - "A Walk in the Woods" puts two old guys on a quest to hike the 2,118-mile Appalachian Trail, an adventure that lapses into a character-driven sitcom of Homer's "The Odys...