Movies
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‘Wizard of Oz’ Munchkin Duccini diesJan 16, 2014 8:53 pm - LAS VEGAS — Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last of the original female Munchkins from the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died. She was 95. With her death, only one actor...
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Barrington theater screening Oscar-nominated short films March 1Jan 16, 2014 4:24 pm - Barrington-area movie lovers will have insider access to two of the most compelling and hardest to see Oscar-nominated film categories — Best Animated Short Film and Bes...
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Hair stylists get brushed off in Oscar nomsJan 16, 2014 9:10 am - Not to split hairs, but the voters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got everything right in the Oscar nominations announced Thursday morning. Except fo...
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'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' tie with 10 Oscar nomsJan 16, 2014 9:00 am - The Academy Awards appear to be the three-horse race many expected they would be, with “Gravity,” “American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” all receiving a heap of nomina...
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Jon Heder's in town screening 'Napoleon Dynamite'Jan 16, 2014 5:00 am - Film notes Ÿ Cult star Jon Heder drops by the suburbs this weekend to introduce showings of his movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” for which he was reportedly paid a paltry...
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'Jack Ryan' reboot falls back on formulaJan 16, 2014 4:45 am - Having clung to the Russians as go-to villains long after the Cold War thawed, the movies find themselves current again with their favorite archenemy. Cooling Russo-Ame...
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'Ride Along' fueled by verbal, visual clichésJan 16, 2014 4:45 am - The generic cop/buddy action comedy "Ride Along" rides along on Ice Cube's fixed scowl, Kevin Hart's broken attention span and Phil Hay's murdered screenplay, knocked of...
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These ‘Wolves’ can’t get much bigger or badderJan 16, 2014 4:45 am - The bleak and brutal Israeli-made child killer thriller “Big Bad Wolves” delivers well-crafted torture porn with a faint conscience. The majority of action in “Big Bad W...
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Mt. Prospect native, 'Glee' co-creator has new filmJan 16, 2014 4:30 am - Mount Prospect native and Prospect High School grad Ian Brennan has enjoyed big success with “Glee,” the popular television show he co-created. Now, he's taking his wor...
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Forgettable 'Nut Job' may crack up kidsJan 16, 2014 4:30 am - Not all rats look exactly alike, even animated ones. But there's a real resemblance between a rat in "The Nut Job," the new film by Peter Lepeniotis, and Remy, the main ...