Movies
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Reel life: The goods and bads of 'Noah'Apr 03, 2014 5:00 am - 'Noah' better biblical epic? I greatly admire Darren Aronofsky's ambitious vision and epic execution of his biblical drama “Noah,” but several minor stumbling block...
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'Lemurs' doc pedestrian to the IMAXApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - Morgan Freeman's mellifluous voice-over narration practically lulls us into a hypnotic state as he tells us that lemurs have occupied the earth for 60 million years as o...
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'In the Blood' a honeymoon of horrorApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - The last time we saw powder keg action star Gina Carano, she busted Channing Tatum's butt all over a diner during the explosive opening sequence of Steven Soderbergh's u...
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'Captain America' sequel a mixed bag of action, clichesApr 03, 2014 5:00 am - During a key moment in "Captain America: Winter Soldier," Natasha Romanoff, alias Black Widow, pulls a gun on a Nazi-inspired Hydra leader whose finger rests on a button...
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Inventive battles overpower script in 'Raid 2'Apr 03, 2014 1:00 am - "The Raid: Redemption," which kicked and slugged its way out of Jakarta two years ago, was a work of diabolical genius. Its follow-up, "The Raid 2," is equally diabolica...
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'Divergent' a dual hit at box office, bookstoresApr 02, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - It's good news for novelist and Barrington native Veronica Roth: "Divergent" is a hit at the box office and a blockbuster at book stores. A spokeswoman for Ha...
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Hoffman Estates cameraman focuses on HollywoodApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - David Seekins' job as a Hollywood cameraman comes with rewards — travel, shooting cool action scenes and hobnobbing with celebrities. But the job also requires long hour...
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Orson Welles' camera, other items up for auctionMar 31, 2014 1:01 am - PHOENIX - The youngest daughter of director and writer Orson Welles is giving film buffs a chance to buy some of his personal possessions, including a camera, scripts an...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger praises Jerry BrownMar 30, 2014 5:45 am - LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger may be back to gunning down bad guys in action movies, but he's playing nice when it comes to politics. Three years after returning ...
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DVD previews: '47 Ronin,' 'Anchorman 2'Mar 29, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs, coming out Tuesday, April 1: "47 Ronin" (PG-13, 118 minutes, Universal): One of the defining fables of pre-modern Japan, the tale of the 47 ro...