Movies
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’Star Wars’ film won’t be previewed at Disney expoAug 09, 2013 4:07 pm - ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Force may not be with Disney fans this weekend. The Walt Disney Co. is cracking open the vault, rolling out the red carpet and pulling back the cur...
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‘Five Easy Pieces’ star Karen Black dead at 74Aug 08, 2013 5:48 pm - LOS ANGELES — Karen Black, the prolific actress who appeared in more than 100 movies and was featured in such counterculture favorites as “Easy Rider,” ‘’Five Easy Piece...
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Comic Con meshes all kinds of entertainmentAug 08, 2013 12:00 pm - The comic and silver screen worlds united once again Friday at the 41st annual Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemo...
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‘Wizard of Oz’ Munchkin who visited Woodridge diesAug 08, 2013 11:21 am - PHOENIX — Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died. She was 89. Pellegrini suffered a stroke Monday at...
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'Spectacular Now' a surprising, heartfelt teen romanceAug 08, 2013 6:00 am - "Live in the moment." It's a pat piece of advice we all get at some point in our lives, usually when we're being anxious or obsessive about something we can't control. ...
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'Planes' takes a dive from regular Disney animated comediesAug 08, 2013 6:00 am - Ishani, the nicely proportioned Indian air vehicle in Walt Disney's 3-D animated comedy "Planes," tells Dusty Crophopper that in her culture, her fellow Indian airplanes...
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'Blood' focuses on guilt, family dynamicAug 08, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: "Blood" The main character in British filmmaker Nick Murphy's color-bled police drama "Blood" might as well be human conscience. Not since Adrian Lyne's ...
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'Lovelace' a tepid retelling of a terrible tragedyAug 08, 2013 5:00 am - "Lovelace" tells the story of pioneering 1970s porn queen Linda Lovelace from two perspectives. First, the public view of how a young Catholic woman achieved fame by us...
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Buff, tough Damon stars in a more brawn-than-brains thrillerAug 08, 2013 5:00 am - The science fiction thriller "Elysium" wants to be many things, among them a thinly disguised endorsement of universal health care (read: Obamacare), a push for amnesty ...
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‘Despicable Me’ screening for juvenile diabetesAug 07, 2013 5:33 pm - Barrington’s Catlow Theater and Walgreen’s are teaming up for a charity screening of “Despicable Me” to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The fa...