Movies
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'Mad' to the max: Rebooted classic a crazy one for the ladies, earns 4 starsMay 14, 2015 7:00 am - This retina-wrecking, eardrum-pounding apocalyptic thriller plays like a feral, futuristic sequel in the "Fast and Furious" franchise with its wonderfully tricked-out an...
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Who? 'Lambert' earns doc stamp of approvalMay 14, 2015 6:15 am - From the Roger Daltrey poster on the bedroom wall to ill-advised road trips to see the Who in far-flung venues throughout the greater Midwest, I considered myself a hard...
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'Where Hope Grows' a tale of redemption in the supermarket aisleMay 14, 2015 6:00 am - A washed-up professional baseball player with a drinking problem seeks redemption — or, rather, redemption seeks him, in the form of a kindhearted grocery store clerk wi...
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'Always Watching' is always failing to make senseMay 14, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story' A TV news station in the horror film "Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story" uses the call letters WZZC. It woul...
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'Hunting' mired in technique, tedious comic attemptsMay 14, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'Hunting Elephants' Israeli director and comedian Reshef Levi's caper comedy “Hunting Elephants” adopts the pseudo-documentary approach exploited nicel...
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Reel life: Get a load of Welles' at 'Worlds' radio stagingMay 14, 2015 5:15 am - Film critic's notebook • A radio play version of H.G. Wells' classic science fiction tale "The War of the Worlds" will be staged at the Woodstock Opera House at 7 p.m. F...
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Musical second 'Pitch' almost perfectMay 14, 2015 5:15 am - It's "you go girls!" time when Elizabeth Banks' frothy directorial debut "Pitch Perfect 2" becomes that Hollywood rarity: a sequel that duplicates the characters and com...
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Spike Lee defends 'Chiraq' title for movie about ChicagoMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee appeared on Chicago's South Side Thursday with parents who have lost children to the city's gun and gang violence to defend his choic...
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Hundreds line up to be extras in Spike Lee's 'Chiraq'May 10, 2015 11:00 am - CHICAGO - Several hundred people lined up in Chicago over the weekend for a chance to be cast as extras in Spike Lee's film about violence in the city. Hopefuls began li...
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Dark comedy points Jack Black in a new directionMay 10, 2015 7:00 am - Dark comedy points Jack Black in a new direction