Movies
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Rosemont horror convention celebrates film classicsAug 07, 2013 6:00 am - Mike Kerz was dying to see “Night of the Living Dead.” It was 1974, six years after the film's 1968 release. Kerz, then 14, had read about George A. Romero's zombie movi...
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Percy Jackson sequel even weaker than originalAug 06, 2013 5:00 pm - "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters," the second film based on Rick Riordan's immensely popular books about a dyslexic boy who discovers he's a demigod, may make some movieg...
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What to do while visiting Comic ConAug 06, 2013 6:00 am - Walking onto the floor of the Chicago Comic Con can be a disorienting experience. Do you try to grab a celebrity autograph? Find a seat at one of the panel discussions?...
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Chicago Comic Con arrives in Rosemont with something for fans of comic books, movies and moreAug 06, 2013 6:00 am - When Hollywood first launched its invasion of comic-book conventions roughly a decade ago, some hard-core comics fans resisted, eyeing the newcomers with a “this town ai...
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Get in the ‘Doctor Who’ loopAug 06, 2013 5:13 am - Some of us, myself included, were very excited Sunday to hear that Peter Capaldi has been chosen to succeed Matt Smith later this year as the star of “Doctor Who.&#...
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’2 Guns’ shoots to No. 1 at box officeAug 04, 2013 4:29 pm - LOS ANGELES — The action-packed “2 Guns” is No. 1 at the weekend box office. The Universal film starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg pulled the trigger to captu...
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Photos of Marilyn Monroe's last sitting for saleAug 04, 2013 10:00 am - PHILADELPHIA — A rare portfolio of photographs from Marilyn Monroe's last sitting is up for grabs to the highest bidder. Freeman's auction house in Philadelphia esti...
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Actors with fake guns bring police with real onesAug 03, 2013 2:02 pm - LOS ANGELES — College filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when the movie took a scary twist that wasn’t in the...
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DVD previews: ‘Mud,’ ‘Place Beyond the Pines’Aug 03, 2013 6:25 am - Coming Aug. 6 “Mud” (PG-13, 130 minutes, Lionsgate): In an impressively versatile “Bernie,” “Magic Mike” and “Killer Joe” hat trick, Matthew McConaughey proves that the ...
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Cate Blanchett makes a powerhouse return in 'Jasmine'Aug 02, 2013 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — When Cate Blanchett was last in New York, in between her nightly performances in the acclaimed touring production of “Uncle Vanya,” she would slip uptown, to ...