Movies
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So many ways to 'Trek Into Darkness'Sep 06, 2013 6:00 am - J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" will be 2013's first summer blockbuster to beam its way into your home Tuesday on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD rental, and while we may no...
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Fall films follow familiar formulaSep 06, 2013 6:00 am - Seasoned film fans already know what's headed our way once the leaves start to fall and the night winds turn crisp. Oscar dreams and Halloween screams. Fall signals th...
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‘Now You See Me’ now on DVDSep 05, 2013 6:45 pm - “Now You See Me” — Who doesn’t love great magic tricks and awesome illusions? Many people are intrigued by magic acts and magicians while trying to figure out how they ...
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Gire wins journalism education honorSep 05, 2013 5:00 pm - Daily Herald Film Critic Dann Gire has won recognition from the Journalism Education Association for his advocacy for student journalists and for his years of teaching r...
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At Toronto Film Fest, Oscar isn’t the only rageSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - The roads taken to the Academy Awards are many, but they usually run through Toronto. Every best picture winner since 2007 has played at the Toronto International Film ...
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Diesel's interplanetary action tale a bit Riddick-ulousSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - "Riddick," the fast-moving third science-fiction thriller starring walking boulder Vin Diesel as a wanted man with iridescent irises, struggles with a severe case of gen...
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'Bounty Killer' is deliberately badSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Bounty Killer' This is one bad, bad, bad movie. Deliberately bad. Roger Corman bad. So bad, we marvel at how characters force corny dialogue ou...
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Arlington Heights native: Movie producing 'beats working for a living'Sep 03, 2013 5:15 am - Colin Ebeling swears that he and his buddy Henry Saine disdain violence. "We're the least violent people you could ever meet," the Arlington Heights native said. "We're...
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Emboldened, Rebecca Hall moves toward center stageSep 02, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Rebecca Hall is confidently stepping toward center stage. This year, there was her snappy, unapologetic Sylvia in the Tom Stoppard HBO miniseries “Parade's E...
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New Polish movie honors Lech WalesaSep 02, 2013 11:00 pm - WARSAW, Poland — Solidarity leader Lech Walesa has largely fallen from grace in the eyes of his Polish countrymen. Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrzej Wajda says he wants to...