Movies
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See documentary 'Cowspiracy' Friday in GenevaApr 20, 2015 11:00 pm - The community is invited to a showing of the 2014 documentary "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret" at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the Unitarian Universalist Society o...
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Chicago's C2E2 pop culture convention returns with star-studded lineupApr 20, 2015 6:00 am - Marvel agents, Westeros warriors and a Chicago wrestling legend join legions of comic-book artists, exhibitors and costumed fans next weekend at the annual celebration o...
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DVD previews: 'Taken 3,' 'Cake'Apr 19, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, April 21: "Taken 3" (PG-13, 109 minutes, Fox): Written by series creators Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen and directed by Fren...
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'The Hunting Ground' movie at CLCApr 19, 2015 1:00 am - "The Hunting Ground," a new documentary film that explores sexual assault on American college campuses, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the College of Lake ...
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Binoche comes to terms with her age in 'Clouds of Sils Maria'Apr 18, 2015 7:00 am - "Clouds of Sils Maria" is the type of movie you'll want to rehash later. Olivier Assayas' drama is intriguingly ambiguous and strangely constructed, and there seems to b...
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Disney pumps up 'Star Wars' in new trailer with Harrison FordApr 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Walt Disney Co. unveiled a trailer for the new "Star Wars" film Thursday, releasing a clip featuring series star Harrison Ford to fans at a four-day convention in Anahei...
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Reel life: Writer wanted to get 'Machina' science rightApr 16, 2015 6:30 am - 'Ex' director, sci-fi guy British novelist Alex Garland, writer of Danny Boyle's science fiction thrillers "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine," celebrates his directorial deb...
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'True Story' a tale of Faustian temptation and rude redemptionApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - "True Story" tells a fabricated version of a true story about a New York Times reporter fired for writing a fabricated version of a true story. Weird, isn't it? We can a...
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'Ex Machina' looks at what it means to be humanApr 16, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Ex Machina' "Can machines think the way humans do?" is the question a cop asks Benedict Cumberbatch's mathematician Alan Turing in the drama "The Imitation...
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Disney's thrilling 'Monkey Kingdom' an epic animal adventureApr 16, 2015 5:00 am - "Monkey Kingdom" a mere Walt Disney nature documentary? This movie plays more like a simian version of "Game of Thrones." A ruthless monarch with three sisters as his wi...