Movies
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Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith try to save problematic 'My Old Lady'Sep 19, 2014 5:45 am - Israel Horovitz proves it's never too late to learn a new skill. At 75, the prolific playwright has directed his first feature film, an adaptation of his play “My Old La...
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Promising 'Tombstones' gets buried in goreSep 18, 2014 6:45 am - In between doing "Taken" sequels and cashing paychecks for dross like "Battleship" and "Wrath of the Titans," Liam Neeson manages to sneak in projects of real quality - ...
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ECC's International Film Series features Japanese ghost storySep 18, 2014 6:01 am - Experience some of the best in foreign cinema this fall during the Elgin Community College Humanities Center's International Film Series. Held the first and second Frid...
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Reel life: Dan Stevens was dedicated in making 'Guest'Sep 18, 2014 5:45 am - 5 Qs for actor Dan Stevens Up to now, fans of “Downton Abbey” know British actor Dan Stevens as series regular Matthew Crawley. This week, Stevens branches out in t...
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'This is Where' awkwardly straddles comedy, dramaSep 18, 2014 5:30 am - Somebody dies. Family gathers to mourn. Everybody's stuck in one house, with all their quirks and foibles and enough emotional baggage to fill an aircraft carrier. What ...
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'Maze Runner' gets trilogy off to strong startSep 18, 2014 5:30 am - Like the book that inspired it - the first of a trilogy that includes "The Scorch Trials" and "The Death Cure" - "The Maze Runner" movie is one heck of a cliffhanger. If...
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Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' ratchets up the weirdnessSep 18, 2014 5:00 am - It's hard to describe "Tusk" in a way that fully captures its unapologetically demented weirdness, but I'll try. Something of a departure even for writer-director Kevin ...
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Chastain, McAvoy make 'Eleanor Rigby' a compelling taleSep 17, 2014 11:00 pm - All the lonely people. Where do they all belong? You won't hear that line in "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them" (more on that title in a moment), a highly absorb...
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'Guest' a thrilling nod to 1980s horror schlockSep 17, 2014 5:30 am - After proving they could knock off a conventional home-invasion thriller in "You're Next," director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett go totally crazy with "The Gues...
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Film explores history of AIDS fight in AfricaSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - Roosevelt University will screen the documentary film "Fire in the Blood" at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 in Alumni Hall at its Schaumburg ...