Movies
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Reel life: Five years of Blue Whiskey festJul 24, 2014 6:00 am - Blue Whiskey flows The fifth annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival got off to a kickbutt start Sunday night at the Star Cinema Grill in Arlington Heights wi...
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Science, spirituality meet in Mike Cahill's 'I Origins'Jul 24, 2014 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'I Origins' So, what would really happen if something spiritual and mystical came along that defied scientific explanation? In Mike Cahill's ambitiously sty...
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Sci-fi thriller 'Lucy' a breathless mix of silliness, smartsJul 24, 2014 5:30 am - "Lucy," Luc Besson's cautionary thriller about the dangers of being too smart, is a breathless piece of stylized sci-fi action inspired by graphic novels, M-rated video ...
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Woody Allen's 'Magic in the Moonlight' is just thatJul 24, 2014 5:30 am - Woody Allen left his beloved New York City after many years and movies and headed to Europe to presumably recharge his creative batteries with a new series of films, one...
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Blandly plotted 'And So' just a so-so comedyJul 24, 2014 5:00 am - We've seen this story many times before, the one about the Grinchy old guy whose two-sizes-too-small heart receives emotional Valvoline from a sweet and innocent kid. (W...
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South Barrington AMC to screen new movie about wild horsesJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - A new 3-D movie about America's wild horses will be shown in a special screening at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the AMC South Barrington 30 theater - if enough tickets are sold...
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Malkovich, Cumberbatch make Comic-Con debutsJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - SAN DIEGO - John Malkovich and Benedict Cumberbatch each made their Comic-Con debuts - as themselves and as their first animated characters. The two actors were in San D...
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Hoffman's performance, complex tale make 'Most Wanted' thrillerJul 24, 2014 1:00 am - Gunther Bachmann may pull a lot of strings as the head of a Hamburg-based anti-terrorism unit, but to call this schlubby, chain-smoking, hard-drinking German intelligenc...
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Fans start lining up as Comic-Con floor opensJul 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Comic-Con is all about bringing fans close to the artists and properties they love - after waiting in line. The lineups began as soon as the San Diego Convention Center ...
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'Sinister Six' spinoff to come next for Spider-ManJul 23, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The Spider-Man franchise will detour next with a "Sinister Six" spinoff in 2016, pushing "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" to 2018, Sony's Columbia Pictures said Wed...