Movies
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Skokie show makes for an inert movie musicalFeb 19, 2015 4:30 am - The defining moment in Richard LaGravenese's movie adaptation of the off-Broadway musical "The Last Five Years" occurs when successful young author Jamie (Jeremy Jordan)...
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Cross-country drama 'McFarland, USA' outruns sports formulaFeb 19, 2015 4:00 am - The most galvanizing event in "McFarland, USA" occurs when a group of celebratory Hispanics comes under attack by knife-wielding assailants. The first thing the Hispanic...
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'Hot Tub Time Machine 2' goes back to the future — and the pastFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - At the end of the first, often crudely funny time-travel comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine,” when Craig Robinson's character cracked that, “This better be the last time my (b...
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'McFarland, USA' among Dann Gire's weekend movie picksFeb 18, 2015 9:00 am - In Friday's Time out! and online Thursday: Film critic Dann Gire reviews “McFarland, USA,” an inspirational, fact-based sports underdog drama starring Kevin Costner as t...
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'Boyhood' or 'Birdman'? Predicting best picture Oscar gives Dann 'Whiplash'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Let's start with Oscar's slam-dunks, shall we? Five-time nominee Julianne Moore will win the best actress Academy Award Sunday for her portrait of a university professo...
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Best-picture nod for 'Selma' caps big year for black womenFeb 17, 2015 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Three black women released movies in 2014, more than ever before in a single year. And one of them is a contender for the motion picture academy's top priz...
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Shades of green: How studio roped audiences into seeing 'Grey'Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - When Universal bumped "Fifty Shades of Grey" from August 2014 to Valentine's Day, 2015, it seemed like a cheesy gimmick. Now that box office results are in...
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'Fifty Shades' ties up a cool $93 million debutFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The heat on "Fifty Shades of Grey's" blockbuster debut cooled ever so slightly as the final four-day weekend numbers were revealed on Tuesday. The R-r...
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Students learn making movies starts with having a storyFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - You wanted to know "How do people create movies?" asked Elise Diaz's fifth-grade students at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth. Every movie starts with a story. Movie s...
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'Gen Silent' film explores lives of elderly LGBTQ Feb. 27 in GenevaFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - The award-winning 2010 documentary "Gen Silent" will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. Second St. This documen...