Movies
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5 questions with actor/director Zach BraffJul 17, 2014 6:30 am - 5 Qs for Zach Braff Zach Braff is mostly known for the comedy series "Scrubs" and his 2004 directorial debut "Garden State." Now the 39-year-old actor is appearing in Wo...
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'Wish I Was Here' never reaches high potentialJul 17, 2014 6:30 am - The good will, sincerity and insightfulness that marked Zach Braff's 2004 smart directorial debut "Garden State" come up short in his long-awaited follow-up, "Wish I Was...
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'Sex Tape' far from a screwball comedy classicJul 17, 2014 5:30 am - The high-concept comedies spawned by "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" need to start using birth control. Judd Apatow's landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, ...
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Visually splendid 'Planes' sequel takes dramatic diveJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - At an auto-bar, an unhappy car laments how a hybrid stole his lady friend. "I never heard him coming!" he says sadly. Prepare for a bumper crop of punny business. The se...
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'Boyhood' a different kind of cinematic epicJul 17, 2014 4:00 am - If you approach Richard Linklater's bold cinematic experiment "Boyhood" with the proper frame of mind, you will walk out of the theater having experienced an epic journe...
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Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival begins SundayJul 17, 2014 1:01 am - The weeklong Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival will launch 7 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Star Cinema Grill, 53 S. Evergreen Ave., Arlington Heights, with the Illinois ...
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Violence trumps all in clumsy 'Purge: Anarchy'Jul 17, 2014 1:01 am - The sequel "The Purge: Anarchy" takes place in 2023, exactly one year after the action of "The Purge," a violent thriller that imagined an America so beset by violent cr...
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New film 'Book of Life' animates Day of the DeadJul 16, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Guillermo del Toro is helping to open the "Book of Life." The Oscar winner is producing the animated feature by first-time director Jorge Gutierrez, and jo...
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'Snowpiercer' leads train of on-demand gemsJul 16, 2014 1:00 am - "Snowpiercer" - the buzzworthy science-fiction flick by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho and starring "Captain America" himself, Chris Evans - opened in a small number...
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Filmmakers in Ga. train crash go briefly to jailJul 15, 2014 1:01 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. - Two filmmakers charged with involuntary manslaughter several months after a train crash killed a member of their movie crew flew to Georgia over the week...