Movies
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Families invited to Woodfield’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ celebrationSep 17, 2013 10:36 am - Woodfield Mall is inviting families to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The free celebration will...
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Abrams trekked 'Into Darkness' with much successSep 16, 2013 12:00 pm - “Star Trek Into Darkness” Gene Roddenberry's vision became a reality when “Star Trek” became a television show and gained a loyal following. The series has had man...
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Daniel Radcliffe evolves with bold new rolesSep 15, 2013 11:00 pm - TORONTO — Not long ago, Daniel Radcliffe traded in his black-rimmed Harry Potter glasses for a bold acting choice. And he has never looked back. Now the 24-year-old act...
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‘Insidious’ sequel scares up big box-office dollarsSep 15, 2013 5:17 pm - LOS ANGELES — Moviegoers had an appetite for fright this weekend, sending “Insidious: Chapter 2” to the top of the box office. The haunted-house horror sequel debuted in...
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Tracy Letts on the pains of adapting ‘Osage County’Sep 15, 2013 6:39 am - TORONTO — The buildup to the world premiere of “August: Osage County” was familiar to Tracy Letts, the playwright who penned the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and wrote th...
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DVD previews: ‘World War Z,’ ‘Disconnect’Sep 14, 2013 6:37 am - Sept. 17 “World War Z” (PG-13, 116 minutes, Paramount): Surprisingly entertaining, even fitfully exciting, the film is primarily an exercise in expectation management. F...
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Naperville film fest goes for ‘Oscar-ish feel’Sep 13, 2013 6:00 am - The magic of the silver screen will take over two venues in Naperville for nine days beginning Friday as the sixth annual Naperville Independent Film Festival comes to t...
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De Niro, Pfeiffer shine in flawed 'Family'Sep 12, 2013 11:00 pm - Talk about a promising duo for a dark mob comedy: Robert De Niro, whose mob-film pedigree needs no explanation, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who was, after all, “Married to th...
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J.K. Rowling to pen new magic movie for Warner Bros.Sep 12, 2013 2:09 pm - LONDON — J.K. Rowling’s world of wizardry is coming back to the big screen — but without Harry Potter. Film studio Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Rowling will writ...
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Richard Roeper replacing Roger Ebert at Sun-TimesSep 12, 2013 2:00 pm - CHICAGO — The Chicago Sun-Times says it will replace Roger Ebert with the late famed movie critic's former colleague Richard Roeper. The newspaper announced Thursday it ...