Movies
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Reel life: Follow that yellow brick roadNov 13, 2014 4:15 am - Film critics notebook: • You should be off to see the Wizard this weekend. If you've never seen the classic musical “The Wizard of Oz” on the silver screen, you owe it t...
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Dramatic material the driving force behind 'Invisible Front'Nov 13, 2014 4:15 am - Mini-review: "The Invisible Front" The post-World War II documentary "The Invisible Front" had everything going for it to become a riveting, bigger-than-life story. It h...
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'Dumb and Dumber To' lives up to its titleNov 12, 2014 10:00 pm - Comedy is all about timing. The dimwitted Lloyd (Jim Carrey) reminds the audience of that simple fact minutes into "Dumb and Dumber To" and the sentiment echoes througho...
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Still dumb - and funny - after all these yearsNov 12, 2014 4:45 am - Those intellectual giants Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Doyle (Jeff Daniels) are back in theaters this weekend with the sequel "Dumb and Dumber To," and revisit...
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Lombard native Rachel Melvin co-stars in 'Dumb and Dumber To'Nov 11, 2014 4:30 am - Until now, actress Rachel Melvin has been best known for her four-year stint on the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives." The Lombard native's career takes a quantum-leap ...
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Climate change inspires rise of 'cli-fi' flicksNov 10, 2014 5:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The giant, inflatable whale in this Gulf Coast city signals not only the arrival of one of the world's biggest documentary festivals, but also the...
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TV news is the bloodsucker of the moment at moviesNov 10, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK - Not since Paddy Chayefsky's "Network" have characters been chewed and spit out by TV news quite like they have been of late at the movies. "Nightcrawler" and...
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Honor Flight inspires Kildeer man to make movieNov 09, 2014 6:00 am - Newly retired and looking for a good cause, Dale Chellis of Kildeer read a newspaper column in March 2008 about Honor Flight Chicago. The fledgling charity was organizin...
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'Big Hero 6,' 'Interstellar' soar at box officeNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - A team of animated Marvel characters rocketed past a group of wormhole-bound astronauts at the weekend box office. Disney's animated adventure "Big Hero 6...
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DVD previews: 'Tammy,' 'Jersey Boys'Nov 08, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Nov. 11: "Tammy" (R, 96 minutes, Warner): Tammy (played by Plainfield's Melissa McCarthy) is a graceless, thoroughly unpleasant...