Movies
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Film producing new passion for ‘Twilight’ authorAug 17, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — When Stephenie Meyer’s name is mentioned, most people think of her “Twilight Saga” vampire books and films. But the author wants a new audience as a film prod...
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Teen film fest tonight at Arlington Heights libraryAug 16, 2013 9:00 am - The 7th annual Arlington Heights Teen Film Fest wraps up tonight with a screening of all the winning films, 7-9 p.m. at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Du...
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Beam us up: Shatner's 'Captains,' 'Olympus' on DVDAug 15, 2013 5:00 pm - “Olympus Has Fallen” The box-office hit “Olympus Has Fallen” offers nonstop action from beginning to end. Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) has served as a Secret Servic...
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'Paranoia' a silly, contrived cell-phony thrillerAug 15, 2013 10:30 am - It's more like "Parannoying." In this silly, contrived corporate espionage thriller, Hollywood heavyweights Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman try to out-chew each other on ...
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Superhero sequel filled with contradictions, conflictsAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - The only butt “Kick-Ass 2” kicks is its own. Director Jeff Wadlow's screenplay preaches that superheroes cannot exist in the real world because they cannot deal with the...
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Well-meaning 'Butler' doesn't do itAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - The Civil Rights Movement figures so prominently in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" that it practically becomes the star of this inspired - if less than inspiring - historical...
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'Prince Avalanche' a different kind of road pictureAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Prince Avalanche' David Gordon Green's "Prince Avalanche" may be a Texas-set remake of the 2011 Icelandic drama "Either Way," but it bears the unmistakabl...
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Jennifer Hudson gives away school suppliesAug 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist Jennifer Hudson has given away school supplies in her hometown of Chicago. Hudson was at the giveaway with her sister, Julia Hudson. The...
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See horses on screen and in person at St. Charles festivalsAug 14, 2013 2:04 pm - When 2-year-old Rowan Isaacson was diagnosed with autism, his parents were thrown into a world of confusion and despair. But, when his father brought him to Betsy, the I...
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Biographical ‘Jobs’ not the Apple of your eyesAug 14, 2013 12:43 pm - The founder of Apple Computers and the revolutionary inventor of everything i deserves better than this. The story of the late Steve Jobs needed to be told by a smart an...