Movies
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Details emerging for new Arlington Heights movie theaterJan 24, 2013 3:42 pm - Details of the new Arlington Heights movie theater and restaurant planned to open downtown later this year are starting to take shape. Star Cinema Theaters owner Omar Kh...
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'Parker' packs perfunctory action, few surprisesJan 24, 2013 5:00 am - "Parker" plays like the bloodiest promotional video ever made for Palm Beach tourism. Stabbings, explosions and furniture-smashing brawls occur at some of the ritziest (...
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Performances and Hoffman's direction buoy plot-challenged 'Quartet'Jan 24, 2013 5:00 am - Sopranos, I'm told, reach the zenith of their powers during their 20s; basses reach theirs during the 40s. Dustin Hoffman's auspicious directorial debut "Quartet" prove...
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Adele to perform Bond theme ‘Skyfall’ at OscarsJan 23, 2013 11:49 am - NEW YORK — Adele will perform the James Bond theme “Skyfall” at the Oscars, her first U.S. performance since last year’s Grammy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Art...
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‘Girl Rising’ spotlights need for girls’ educationJan 22, 2013 7:24 am - PARK CITY, Utah — Just because a film isn’t finished doesn’t mean it can’t get buzz at Sundance. Director Richard Robbins showed about 10 minutes of his new movie, “Girl...
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Daniel Radcliffe tries new film role as gay poetJan 21, 2013 10:41 am - PARK CITY, Utah — Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t mind hearing that schoolgirls were staking him out at the Sundance Film Festival, hoping for a Harry Potter sighting. In fact,...
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Schwarzenegger’s ‘Last Stand’ flops at box officeJan 20, 2013 9:08 pm - NEW YORK — Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror film “Ma...
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DVD previews: 'End of Watch'Jan 19, 2013 4:00 am - Coming Jan. 22 “End of Watch” (R, 120 minutes, Universal): There are no dirty cops in this tense, violent — and surprisingly affecting — police drama from writer David A...
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Radcliffe explores daring territory in new filmJan 18, 2013 7:25 pm - PARK CITY, Utah — Daniel Radcliffe has really left Harry Potter behind with a startling and explicit Sundance Film Festival role as poet Allen Ginsberg. “Kill Your Darli...
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‘Django Unchained’ action figures discontinuedJan 18, 2013 12:26 pm - LOS ANGELES — The Weinstein Co. has asked a toy maker to discontinue a line of “Django Unchained” action figures after receiving complaints that they were offensive. The...