Movies
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Unlikeably dumb characters permeate 'Jackpot'Jun 26, 2014 5:45 am - It's probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens' violent black comedy "Jackpot." You don't want to become attached to any of thes...
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'Ivory Tower' questions necessity of college educationJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - WBEZ recently reported how two young married doctors couldn't get a mortgage approval because of their staggering student debt. This report would fit right in with Andre...
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Haggis' 'Third Person' a crash course in ambitious dramaJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - "Watch me." A disembodied child's voice utters this during the opening scene of Paul Haggis' interlocked trilogy "Third Person." We hear the words as a novelist named Mi...
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5 questions for 'Ivory Tower' directorJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - 5 Qs for 'Ivory' director "Ivory Tower" director Andrew Rossi graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law for two years before becoming a fil...
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'Transformers' tries for delicate US-China balanceJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Dazzling special effects, Optimus Prime ... and Beijing. The latest "Transformers" movie has all three, mixing Texas-based action with scenes in China's capita...
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We've all seen 'They Came Together' beforeJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - Let's face it. Romantic comedies are easy targets for lampoons and parodies. Yet, David Wain's suggestively titled "They Came Together" never goes for the jugular when i...
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Bay's latest 'Transformers' sequel a lengthy, noisy ordealJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - "That's a bad idea!" an Autobot says. "But I'm all about bad ideas." So is "Transformers: Age of Extinction," Michael Bay's fourth toy car-inspired "Transformers" opus a...
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Robots, roller coasters and nostalgiaJun 25, 2014 5:30 am - Are you, like me, irresistibly drawn to a nearly three-hour movie featuring giant robots astride giant robot dinosaurs? Do you like other movies about giant robots? Then...
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Chicago mayor: George Lucas museum boon for cityJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' decision to build his museum of art and movie memorabilia will give the city a museum campus as impress...
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'Star Wars' creator selects Chicago for museumJun 24, 2014 1:01 am - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas announced Tuesday that he has picked Chicago to host his much-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, in a major victory for th...