Movies
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Ebert documentary filmmaker a 'magician'Feb 23, 2014 10:00 pm - The Sundance Film Festival and the Arlington Heights Memorial Library shared a headliner last week, when award-winning filmmaker Steve James came to Arlington Heights le...
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Johnson hits the track at Daytona with his eyes on the prizeFeb 23, 2014 4:45 am - Records, as they say, are made to be broken. And a major sports record could be tied this year, the one for Sprint Cup championships in a career: seven, currently held b...
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Charting the McConaissance, film by filmFeb 23, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Six years ago, Matthew McConaughey was starring in a movie called “Surfer, Dude,” a film about as good as its title implies. He played a shirtless surfer plun...
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'Lego Movie' No. 1 for third weekendFeb 23, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Action-packed new releases couldn't stack up to 3-D hit "The Lego Movie," which took the No. 1 slot in its third weekend at the box office. The Warner Bro...
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'12 Years a Slave,' 'Scandal' win at NAACP Image AwardsFeb 22, 2014 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "12 Years a Slave" swept the film categories at the NAACP Image Awards with four wins. The historical epic's prizes at Saturday's 45th annual ceremony hono...
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Academy honors scientists behind special effectsFeb 22, 2014 7:06 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The scientists and inventors who make big-screen superheroes and spectacular explosions possible have their own Oscar ceremony. Actors Kristen B...
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Harington travels from 'Thrones' to big screen in 'Pompeii'Feb 22, 2014 4:45 am - WASHINGTON - This is how a hit television show can transform an actor's life: A few years before starting his multiyear stint as Jon Snow on HBO's massively successful f...
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DVD previews: 'Gravity,' 'Thor: The Dark World'Feb 22, 2014 4:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 25: "Gravity" (PG-13, 91 minutes, Warner): Thanks to director Alfonso Cuaron's prodigious gifts, the Oscar-nominated "...
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Geneva festival to feature more than 40 filmsFeb 22, 2014 12:01 am - GENEVA - A suburban Chicago film festival will feature more than 40 independent films from around the world. The Geneva Film Festival is scheduled for March 6 to 8. The...
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Numerous nominations mean little when it comes to Oscar winsFeb 21, 2014 5:00 am - The Academy Awards won't be handed out until March 2. Meanwhile, as bookies and film fans go about determining odds and predicting the winners, it's time to remember a h...