Movies
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Gire: Local theaters screening classic horrorsOct 01, 2014 11:00 pm - Film critics notebook It's horror time at both the Hollywood Palms in Naperville and the Hollywood Blvd. in Woodridge as the two theaters present a series of classic ho...
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Author delivers 'Star Wars' tour de forceSep 29, 2014 11:30 am - Chris Taylor, deputy editor of the social media website Mashable, lets his geekdom shine with “How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a M...
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'Gone With the Wind' celebrates 75 with local screeningsSep 28, 2014 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES - As its 75th anniversary approaches, "Gone With the Wind" is again being celebrated as a timeless movie classic. But now, even the film's distributor acknow...
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Denzel Washington's 'The Equalizer' debuts with $35MSep 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Flexing his star power, Denzel Washington led the thriller "The Equalizer" to a $35 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Sony-Columbia Pi...
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'Boxtrolls' blends old-school, high-tech animationSep 27, 2014 6:15 am - LOS ANGELES - Archibald Snatcher, "The Boxtrolls" villain voiced by Ben Kingsley, did not walk between sets during filming. Instead, he was delicately perched on a pillo...
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DVD previews: 'Transformers,' 'Chef' come home TuesdaySep 27, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Sept. 30: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (PG-13, 165 minutes, Paramount): It's only natural to get a little excited abou...
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Rob Zombie bringing his 'Nightmare' to the 'burbsSep 26, 2014 5:30 am - Rob Zombie — musician, filmmaker, horror addict — said he had one goal in mind when he designed his haunted house. “I wanted people to feel like they'd been immersed in ...
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American heavyweights frame NY Film FestSep 26, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - With a pair of much-anticipated book adaptations, two heavyweight American filmmakers frame the 52nd annual New York Film Festival. The Lincoln Center event, ...
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Don't search for happiness in 'Hector'Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - What would it take to make you happy? To experience that emotion truly, deeply, utterly, “as a state of being,” as a character puts it in “Hector and the Search for Happ...
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Gire: How do the 'Boxtrolls' guys do it?Sep 25, 2014 6:00 am - Qs for 'Boxtrolls' guys Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable both directed the new stop-motion fantasy "The Boxtrolls" opening this weekend. Stacchi previously directed th...