Movies
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'Bad Milo' takes theater of the absurd to the extremeOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: "Bad Milo" Theater of the absurd usually works better in an actual live theater than it does in the more literal medium of motion pictures. Such is the ca...
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'Parkland' a tasteless, moribund account of JFK assassinationOct 03, 2013 6:00 am - The assassination of President John F. Kennedy probably ranks as the most traumatic and galvanizing moment in the history of the baby boomer experience. Peter Landesman...
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'Gravity' hero once lived in Lake ZurichOct 03, 2013 5:30 am - *The Lake Zurich mentioned in the headline may not necessarily be the Lake Zurich you know. And you have to read almost all of this column before you even get an explana...
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Cinematically engaging 'Gravity' an immersive survival thrillerOct 03, 2013 5:00 am - Prepare to be visually wowed and dramatically cowed by a gripping survival thriller all about a feisty female astronaut from Lake Zurich. Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" sim...
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‘Red October’ novelist Tom Clancy dies at 66Oct 02, 2013 6:22 pm - NEW YORK — In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller “The Hunt for Red October” came out, author Tom Clancy was invited to lunch at the Reagan White House, where he wa...
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Def Leppard not slowing down for cancerOct 02, 2013 1:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Rocking with Def Leppard between bouts of chemotherapy proved healing for guitarist Vivian Campbell. The 51-year-old musician relied on his bandmates and t...
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George Clooney hopes government shutdown ends soonOct 02, 2013 10:11 am - NEW YORK — George Clooney knows the country is going through a tough time with the partial government shutdown. But the actor is optimistic that “cooler heads will preva...
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Angelina Jolie to direct ‘Unbroken’ in AustraliaOct 02, 2013 10:11 am - LOS ANGELES — Universal Pictures has announced that Angelina Jolie is in Sydney, Australia, to direct the survival saga “Unbroken.” The film will tell the true story of ...
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‘Grandmaster’ leads Golden Horse film nomineesOct 02, 2013 8:46 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan — Wong Kar-wai’s martial-arts epic “The Grandmaster” received a leading 11 nominations for Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, including best picture. Other con...
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Chicago to host summit for local filmmakersOct 02, 2013 8:09 am - The city of Chicago plans its first Chicago Film Summit this fall. Chicago had its first music summit earlier this year. The film and media summit will be Oct. 20. Offic...