Movies
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Hobbit finale renamed 'Battle of the Five Armies'Apr 24, 2014 11:00 pm - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Peter Jackson is tweaking the ending of Bilbo Baggins' journey. The Oscar-winning director says the original title of "The Hobbit" finale, "The...
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Tivoli hosts special screening of 'Tim's Vermeer'Apr 24, 2014 5:30 am - Film critics notebook • The After Hours Film Society presents Penn & Teller's documentary “Tim's Vermeer” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021...
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'Quiet Ones' relies on style over storyApr 24, 2014 5:30 am - Paying homage in style and theme to the vintage horror movies of the 1970s, "The Quiet Ones" is the latest stylish shocker from Hammer, the recently reactivated classic ...
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'Child's Pose' a brave work of remarkable realismApr 24, 2014 5:30 am - In a typical Hollywood movie, Luminita Gheorghiu's manipulative mother would be the story's villain, the antagonist to a heroic reporter investigating how a powerful and...
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'Other Woman' serves up generic comic revenge taleApr 24, 2014 1:00 am - "The Other Woman," a misbegotten pseudo-feminist revenge comedy, bears traces of a lineage that includes such now-near-classics as "9 to 5" and "The First Wives Club." T...
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Bronze statue of Roger Ebert unveiled at EbertfestApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - Roger Ebert's final blog posting last April ended with his hopeful sign-off: "I'll see you at the movies." The award-winning film critic died two days later. V...
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Paul Walker's last completed movie racked and packed with actionApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The closing credits to "Brick Mansions" rightly dedicate this action movie to its star, Paul Walker, killed in a Nov. 30, 2013, car crash. "Brick Mansions" marks the act...
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'Walking' a true story from WWII BudapestApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Some true stories are so dramatic, it doesn't take much to transform them into movies. That's the case with the exploits of Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum. A Jewish man living ...
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Down the YouTube rabbit holeApr 23, 2014 5:45 am - You come home from work, you boot up the computer, you grab a cold drink and, next thing you know, it's 6 a.m. and you've watched 74 YouTube videos. Or maybe this just ...
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Student film fest in Schaumburg April 25, 26Apr 23, 2014 1:01 am - Schaumburg's annual Screen Test Student Fest showcasing the short films of Chicago-area students in grades 5 to 12 will be held Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 a...