Movies
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From Cumberbatch to Targaryen: The best of 2013Dec 27, 2013 5:00 am - I don't have a top-10 list for you, but I do have a look at a few of my favorite things (no, Carrie Underwood, not your performance) from all corners of pop culture in 2...
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Fact-based dramas lead Dann's best movies of 2013Dec 27, 2013 5:00 am - It's rare that I can ever fill out my entire top 10 best movies of the year with all four-star films. Picky, I guess. This year, all of the top 10 films earned four sta...
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Marty and Leo team up again for ‘Wolf’Dec 27, 2013 12:00 am - NEW YORK — “Anything goes” was the guiding ethos for Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in making their extravagant dark comedy of Wall Street excess, “The Wolf of Wa...
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'Lincoln' movie exhibit opens in Illinois Jan. 17Dec 26, 2013 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Costumes, furniture and other props used in Steven Spielberg's 2012 film “Lincoln” are set to go on display in Springfield next month. The items will be fe...
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'Exorcist': The scary movie that opened the eyes of a future film criticDec 26, 2013 5:00 am - William Friedkin's "The Exorcist," the scariest movie ever made, celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. It originally invaded theaters Dec. 26, 1973, as sort of a b...
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Chicago area loses its own icons in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Writers, actors, ball players, radio icons and more - in 2013 the region lost some famous people who were part of the Chicago area family. Here is a final look. Kare...
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NJ tribe sues makers of film ‘Out of the Furnace’Dec 25, 2013 7:04 pm - NEWARK, N.J. — Members of the Ramapough Native American tribe have filed a $50 million lawsuit against the makers of a recent Hollywood movie they say depicts their peop...
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Reeves comes off bogus in 'Ronin'Dec 25, 2013 5:00 pm - In Japan, the story of the 47 ronin is so central to the country's national identity that a special word exists for the act of retelling it: Chushingura. But despite thi...
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Stallone, De Niro knocked out by supporting cast in ‘Grudge Match’Dec 25, 2013 2:03 pm - Most actors fight being pigeonholed. Sylvester Stallone punched his way into being typecast and isn’t rushing to abandon his perch. In the last 37 years, he’s portrayed ...
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Reel life: Dann & Raymond celebrate Paul NewmanDec 25, 2013 5:00 am - Be a-Pauled! Paul Newman could be described as “the man who would be salad king.” Join me and Buffalo Grove film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club ...