Movies
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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...
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Libertyville editor helped cut 'Fault in Our Stars'Jun 23, 2014 1:00 am - The camera crew filmed a scene in "The Fault in Our Stars" where Hazel (Shailene Woodley) makes herself a cup of tea while talking to her mom. The tea-making part got cu...
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'Think Like a Man' tops 'Jersey Boys' with $30MJun 22, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The Las Vegas ensemble comedy "Think Like a Man Too" topped a slow weekend at the summer box office with $30 million, besting blockbuster holdovers from last ...
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DVD previews: '300: Rise of an Empire,' 'Enemy'Jun 21, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, June 24: "300: Rise of an Empire" (R, 102 minutes, Warner): Oddly, for a franchise founded on the bedrock of man flesh and ...
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Eastwood finds an unlikely harmony in 'Jersey Boys'Jun 21, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK — Amid the swirl of an early 1960s party scene in Clint Eastwood's latest, an adaptation of “Jersey Boys,” the hit Broadway musical about Frankie Valli and the ...