Movies
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'End of the Tour' visually dry, but intellectually stunningAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'End of the Tour' To find a movie as visually dull and as intellectually stimulating as James Ponsoldt's fact-based drama "End of the Tour," we'd have to go...
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Edgerton's directorial debut a 'Gift' to revenge thrillersAug 06, 2015 5:45 am - High school revenge fantasies will remain a viable, relevant movie genre for as long as hallway bullies victimize fellow students, but none will probably be as unnerving...
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Reel life: Seeking Jason Bateman's 'inner jerk'Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Australian actor Joel Edgerton burst onto the international movie scene in 2010's celebrated crime thriller “Animal Kingdom” after minor roles in “Star Wars” Episodes II...
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How can we make our movie theaters safer?Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - In the wake of the latest movie theater shooting, Wednesday in Tennessee, is it safe to go to the movies in the suburban theaters? Suburban theater operators and mayors ...
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Rockin' 'Ricki' a flash in the dramatic panAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - What does it say about a motion picture when its entire plot, plus all its major emotional beats, can easily be squeezed into a two-minute. 31-second trailer? It says th...
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Film follows Arlington Heights family's tough decision on cochlear implantsAug 06, 2015 5:30 am - Jill Stark and her two children are playing at the park when a plane flies overhead. All three of them look up at the same time. Nothing remarkable about it, except that...
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'Fantastic Four' more like fantastic boreAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - It's not so fantastic. Chicago film critics suspected this when 20th Century Fox booked its only press screening of Marvel's "Fantastic Four" on Wednesday after regular ...
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Watch Kurt Cobain doc at home or on the big screenAug 05, 2015 6:00 am - “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” the searing documentary about the rock icon who killed himself in 1994, premiered earlier this year on HBO but will be on the big screen ...
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How you can have fun with Lake Zurich policeAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - Up to 500 children are expected at an inaugural Lake Zurich police festival Friday. Called Lake Zurich Blue & You, the free bash is set for 6 to 8:30 p.m. at police head...
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Co-founder of Pixar to headline Willow Creek Leadership SummitAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - The co-founder of Pixar, a Harvard Law professor and the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School are among the “teachers” at the Global Leadership Summit starti...