Movies
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Box office top 20: 'SpongeBob' takes out 'American Sniper'Feb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The three-week box office reign of Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" was brought to an end by an unlikely sharp-shooter: SpongeBob SquarePants. "The Spo...
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British film awards boost 'Boyhood'Feb 08, 2015 12:00 am - LONDON - Slow-cooked coming-of-age tale "Boyhood" took the best film and director trophies at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, while Wes Anderson's candy-color...
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'SpongeBob' unseats 'Sniper' at weekend box officeFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - NEW YORK - "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" finally unseated Clint Eastwood's runaway hit "American Sniper" at the weekend box office, while a pair of high-pri...
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Q&A: Antonio Banderas and his taste for varietyFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Antonio Banderas, who plays the villain in “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” says variety is the spice of life. The Spanish-born actor has starred i...
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DVD previews: 'Nightcrawler,' 'Alexander' hit video TuesdayFeb 07, 2015 5:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 10: “Nightcrawler” (R, 117 minutes, Universal): True to its title, this impressive directorial debut from screenwriter...
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Deadly fantasy 'Seventh Son' wears out its welcomeFeb 06, 2015 5:00 am - There's a fine line between charm and cheese in fantasy epics, and movies as silly and overwrought as “Seventh Son” only help to illustrate just how hard it is to hit th...
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Movie club members relish Oscar previewFeb 06, 2015 4:30 am - A show of hands during an early part of the Dann & Raymond's Movie Club on Thursday night in Schaumburg confirmed it: Nearly every patron in attendance had seen the movi...
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Reel life: Oscars and valentines at screeningsFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: ● The After Hours Film Society presents Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund's "Force Majeure," an examination of marriage set against the majestic pea...
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Movie is standard fare for 'SpongeBob,' gangFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - It's difficult to describe "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" without sounding like someone who's been hitting the medical marijuana a little too hard. "So, OK: ...
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'Red Army' a local filmmaker's look at Soviet hockeyFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'Red Army' The Soviet Union created the Red Army hockey team in the 1950s, not just to win games, but to prove communism to be a superior political system t...