Movies
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Spike Lee defends 'Chi-Raq'S
Nov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Filmmaker Spike Lee today fired back at critics of "Chi-Raq" who have been offended by his upcoming film about violence in Chicago. "Some people are getting it twisted...
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Reel life: Revisit 'Goodfellas' at Elk Grove TheatreNov 05, 2015 5:45 am - Critics notebook: • The Chicago Film Critics Association presents Martin Scorsese's digitally remastered “Goodfellas” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Elk Grove T...
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What's 'Love' got to do with anything?Nov 05, 2015 5:15 am - It would be unfair to simply dismiss controversial Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noe's succinctly titled “Love” as a porn movie with a good budget and artistic lighting. St...
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'Smile Back' tracks powerful story of life on the edgeNov 05, 2015 4:30 am - What Adam Salky's "I Smile Back" lacks in insight and understanding about addiction, depression and self-destructive attitudes is partially compensated for by comedian S...
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Gorton Community Center hosts Gene Siskel Film Series movieNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Gorton Community Center, 400 Illinois Road, Lake Forest, announces the second movie in the Gene Siskel Film Series, "Paul Taylor Creative Domain," Thursday, Nov. 12, at ...
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On trail of reporters, film puts 'Spotlight' on journalismNov 03, 2015 5:00 am - NEW YORK - A group of Boston Globe reporters and editors recently gathered in New York to celebrate the premiere of Tom McCarthy's drama about their Pulitzer Prize-winni...
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Gire: 'SPECTRE' a blunted instrument for BondNov 02, 2015 10:00 pm - The head of the British secret service, M, once famously referred to agent 007 as "a blunt instrument." Consider "SPECTRE" a blunted one. Daniel Craig's fourth outing as...
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Will Smith quells 'Concussion' controversy at Film AwardsNov 01, 2015 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Will Smith is not expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama "Concussion." "I don't think it's going to generate too mu...
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Sarah Gavron's 'Suffragette' is a feminist passion projectNov 01, 2015 7:22 am - "Suffragette," Sarah Gavron's chronicle of the British women's suffrage movement, arrived in theaters Friday, just in time for Halloween. Though it's not precisely the t...
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'Burnt,' 'Crisis,' add to a pileup of flops at box office
Nov 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Sandra Bullock's political satire "Our Brand Is Crisis" and Bradley Cooper's chef drama "Burnt" added to a pileup of flops at the box office, where new wide r...