Movies
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'Maze Runner' gets trilogy off to strong startSep 18, 2014 5:30 am - Like the book that inspired it - the first of a trilogy that includes "The Scorch Trials" and "The Death Cure" - "The Maze Runner" movie is one heck of a cliffhanger. If...
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Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' ratchets up the weirdnessSep 18, 2014 5:00 am - It's hard to describe "Tusk" in a way that fully captures its unapologetically demented weirdness, but I'll try. Something of a departure even for writer-director Kevin ...
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Chastain, McAvoy make 'Eleanor Rigby' a compelling taleSep 17, 2014 11:00 pm - All the lonely people. Where do they all belong? You won't hear that line in "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them" (more on that title in a moment), a highly absorb...
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'Guest' a thrilling nod to 1980s horror schlockSep 17, 2014 5:30 am - After proving they could knock off a conventional home-invasion thriller in "You're Next," director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett go totally crazy with "The Gues...
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Film explores history of AIDS fight in AfricaSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - Roosevelt University will screen the documentary film "Fire in the Blood" at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 in Alumni Hall at its Schaumburg ...
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'Easy Rider' bike going to auctionSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The customized Captain America chopper Peter Fonda rode in "Easy Rider" has come to symbolize the counterculture of the 1960s. Now it's for sale. The auction ...
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'Of Mice and Men' screening coming to the suburbsSep 16, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - The recent revival of "Of Mice and Men" starring James Franco may have closed on Broadway, but you can still catch it on the silver screen. The play will be s...
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Judson seeks submissions for faith-based film festivalSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - Judson University in Elgin is accepting film submissions for the 11th annual Imago Film Festival to be held March 24-28. The festival showcases independent films dealin...
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Clooney to receive HFPA's Cecil B. DeMille AwardSep 15, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - George Clooney is sure to take home a trophy at next year's Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Monday that the 53-year-...
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Gillian Anderson on-screen Tuesday in 'Streetcar'Sep 15, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - If you can't get to London in time to catch Gillian Anderson is constant motion onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire," her orbit is about to get larger. Start...