Movies
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'Other Woman' serves up generic comic revenge taleApr 24, 2014 1:00 am - "The Other Woman," a misbegotten pseudo-feminist revenge comedy, bears traces of a lineage that includes such now-near-classics as "9 to 5" and "The First Wives Club." T...
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Bronze statue of Roger Ebert unveiled at EbertfestApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - Roger Ebert's final blog posting last April ended with his hopeful sign-off: "I'll see you at the movies." The award-winning film critic died two days later. V...
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Paul Walker's last completed movie racked and packed with actionApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The closing credits to "Brick Mansions" rightly dedicate this action movie to its star, Paul Walker, killed in a Nov. 30, 2013, car crash. "Brick Mansions" marks the act...
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'Walking' a true story from WWII BudapestApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Some true stories are so dramatic, it doesn't take much to transform them into movies. That's the case with the exploits of Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum. A Jewish man living ...
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Down the YouTube rabbit holeApr 23, 2014 5:45 am - You come home from work, you boot up the computer, you grab a cold drink and, next thing you know, it's 6 a.m. and you've watched 74 YouTube videos. Or maybe this just ...
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Student film fest in Schaumburg April 25, 26Apr 23, 2014 1:01 am - Schaumburg's annual Screen Test Student Fest showcasing the short films of Chicago-area students in grades 5 to 12 will be held Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 a...
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Geneva church to screen 'Chasing Ice' depicting climate changeApr 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The award-winning documentary "Chasing Ice" will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 110 S. Second St., Geneva. In the...
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Joss Whedon releasing film for digital downloadApr 20, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Joss Whedon is releasing a film he wrote as a $5 digital download, bypassing the normal channels of independent film distribution. In a video announcement Su...
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'Captain America' tops box office for third weekApr 20, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Captain America continues to vanquish box office foes, triumphing in ticket sales for the third consecutive week and dominating over megastar Johnny Depp's...
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DVD previews: 'Bettie Page,' 'Barefoot'Apr 19, 2014 5:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, April 22: “Bettie Page Reveals All” (R, 90 minutes, Music Box Films): There's plenty of cheesecake in this documentary port...