Movies
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Kaufman's stop-motion 'Anomalisa' is a visual treatJan 07, 2016 4:45 am - I have seen Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion, animated drama "Anomalisa" twice, and both times the sheer technical skill of this motion picture burst my eyeballs. More than...
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Reel life: Spend an evening with HitchcockJan 07, 2016 4:27 am - Film critics notebook: • He's still the Master of Suspense! Join us at Dann & Raymond's Movie Club for "A Good Evening With Alfred Hitchcock," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1...
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'Trainwreck,' 'Straight Outta Compton' snag writing nods
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Spotlight" is dominating awards season, but the Writers Guild has recognized a diverse slate of films, including "Trainwreck" and "Straight Outta Compton....
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'The Revenant' is turning Leonardo DiCaprio into a legendJan 06, 2016 4:55 am - Not even Chuck Norris could have endured the kinds of horrors frontiersman Hugh Glass survived. In 1823, Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear but managed to crawl 200 mile...
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DiCaprio bears up with superb performance in 'The Revenant'Jan 05, 2016 10:00 pm - The magnificently harsh “The Revenant” depicts nature's brutality with a poetic touch of visual grace, a work of such “you are there” immediacy that you might flinch as ...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Star Wars' flies toward 'Avatar' record
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Why Adam McKay is America's most powerful political filmmakerJan 04, 2016 5:00 am - More than a year ago, I talked to movie director Adam McKay, who was receiving an award from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Because of the occasion, I asked h...
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Actress co-founded hospital for poor in IndiaJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - While attending Stanford University, Buffalo Grove native Melanie Chandra and four fellow students wanted to do something for the low-income people in India. So, they fo...
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Buffalo Grove grad's 'Code Black' role just latest in her successJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - She holds a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford University, a second-degree black belt in Shotokan karate, the title of Miss India America 2007 and a regular rol...
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'Star Wars' box office surpasses 'Titanic,' 'Jurassic World'