Movies
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Depp's 'Mortdecai' a frightful, crashing boreJan 22, 2015 4:00 pm - "Mordecai," based on the 1970s comic novels by British author Kyril Bonfiglioli, aims for the zingy retro feel of a vintage Peter Sellers or Terry-Thomas feature from th...
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Reel life: Woodstock Theatre honors Harold RamisJan 22, 2015 5:00 am - Ramis remembered A Woodstock Theatre auditorium will be dedicated to the memory of Chicago filmmaker Harold Ramis at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, followed by a free ...
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Reel life: Even Pacino can't save 'Humbling'Jan 22, 2015 5:00 am - Ramis remembered A Woodstock Theatre auditorium will be dedicated to the memory of Chicago filmmaker Harold Ramis at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, followed by a free showi...
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Even Pacino can't save 'Humbling'Jan 22, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: "The Humbling" Barry Levinson's halfhearted tragic comedy "The Humbling" hits its shrill high note early on when washed-up, aging actor Simon Axler takes a ...
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Lopez's 'Boy' an unimaginative plunge into paranoiaJan 22, 2015 4:30 am - Rob Cohen's "The Boy Next Door" turns out to be a domestic thriller just about as disappointingly conventional and unimaginatively hackneyed as its disappointingly conve...
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Aniston makes a bid for seriousness with 'Cake'Jan 22, 2015 4:15 am - A wintry pall enshrouds even the sunniest Los Angeles locales in “Cake,” a drab, dramatically inert redemption story enlivened by a sharp performance by Jennifer Aniston...
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Budget-friendly fun: Woodstock era returns at Wauconda's DocksJan 20, 2015 5:00 am - Free Woodstock revisited The Mustangs take listeners back to the famed Woodstock music festival of 1969 in a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at Docks Bar & ...
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Why a Lisle actor chose Chicago over HollywoodJan 20, 2015 4:30 am - Editor's note: Emily Johnson and Kraig Blackwelder were co-writers of the movie “Blood & Water.” dgire@dailyherald.com Sitting in a van in downtown Chicago, waiting...
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Director Damian Szifron lives his own wild taleJan 19, 2015 5:01 am - NEW YORK - With an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film crowning a string of accolades, director Damian Szifron seems to be living his own wild tale. "Relatos...
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'American Sniper' wins weekend box officeJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Clint Eastwood's R-rated Iraq War drama "American Sniper" opened in January like a superhero movie in July, taking in a record $105.3 million over the Martin ...