Movies
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DVD previews: 'Endless Love,' 'Gambit'May 24, 2014 5:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 27: "Endless Love" (PG-13, 105 minutes, Universal): The movie feels like Nicholas Sparks fan fiction as David Elliot (Alex ...
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Iranian actress apologizes for Cannes kiss after flogging threatMay 24, 2014 1:01 am - Iranian film star Leila Hatami apologized for kissing the cheek of the president of the Cannes Film Festival, after activists called for her flogging, the state-run Isla...
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Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Palme d'OrMay 24, 2014 1:01 am - CANNES, France - The Chekhovian Turkish drama "Winter Sleep" was awarded the Palme d'Or Saturday at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival. Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan acce...
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Power ranking the X-Men movies on the way to 'Future Past'May 23, 2014 5:00 am - "X-Men: Days of Future Past" arrives in theaters today and is already the seventh installment in a cinematic superhero saga that began in 2000. Mutant pacifist Charles X...
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Red carpet activism all the rage at Cannes?May 22, 2014 11:00 pm - CANNES, France - When Salma Hayek walked the Cannes Film Festival red carpet holding up the sign "Bring Back Our Girls," the cast of "The Expendables" followed suit the ...
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'Fed Up' takes on weighty issues of food industryMay 22, 2014 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Fed Up' Stephanie Soechtig's potentially life-changing documentary "Fed Up" has the look and feel of an extended "60 Minutes" investigative news segment. E...
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'Ida' revisits shocking treatment of Polish Jews during WWIIMay 22, 2014 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Ida' You could take virtually any shot from director Pawel Pawlikowski's "Ida," put it in a frame and mount it on a wall. The camerawork is that composed a...
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'Blended' a splendid reunion for Sandler, BarrymoreMay 22, 2014 5:30 am - With the surprisingly sweet and restrained "Blended," director Frank Coraci tops himself with a flat-out audience pleaser that bumps up the expectantly low Adam Sandler ...
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Arlington Heights native screens trilogy of shorts in ChicagoMay 22, 2014 5:15 am - Film critic's notebook • Arlington Heights native Collin Souter will show a trilogy of his short films at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark ...
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'The Immigrant' proves both grand and intimateMay 22, 2014 5:15 am - Floating in past a misty Statue of Liberty, James Gray's "The Immigrant" somberly gathers its majesty as a metaphor-rich story of passage and survival. It's an old tale ...