Movies
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Barrington’s Catlow theater about to go digitalDec 03, 2012 4:30 am - Nearly 1,400 supporters this summer helped give Barrington’s 85-year-old Catlow theater the chance for many more birthdays, and its owners are expecting to give the comm...
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'Twilight,' 'Skyfall' top box office againDec 02, 2012 9:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — The “Twilight” finale and “Skyfall” continued to dominate the box office on a typically slow post-Thanksgiving weekend that brought big business for holdov...
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Letterman, Hoffman, Led Zeppelin honored by ObamaDec 02, 2012 9:00 pm - WASHINGTON — David Letterman's “stupid human tricks” and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received this ye...
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DVD previewsDec 01, 2012 4:33 am - Coming Dec. 4 “The Dark Knight Rises” (PG-13, 164 minutes, Warner Home Video): Christopher Nolan has made a completely satisfying movie, one steeped enough in self-conta...
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Seth MacFarlane surprises film students with Oscar contestNov 30, 2012 2:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him onstage at the Academy Awards. The “Family Guy” creator made a surprise appearance at U...
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Stuntman, documentarian among early Oscar honoreesNov 30, 2012 10:22 am - LOS ANGELES — The honorary Oscar winners at the 4th annual Governors Awards include a stuntman who broke 56 bones during his performing career, a documentarian who has m...
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Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for PittNov 30, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The face is hardly wrinkled and the long blond locks appear unchanged, but Brad Pitt, who will turn 49 in December, is increasingly preoccupied with the passa...
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'Expendables 2' explodes on DVDNov 29, 2012 10:00 pm - “The Expendables 2” Viewers know what they're in for when the most famous action stars of the 1980s — including Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris and Arnold Schwarz...
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Graphic violence punctuates talky, world-weary mob dramaNov 29, 2012 5:00 am - Andrew Dominik's character-driven, art-house gangster drama "Killing Them Softly" clocks in at a relatively brief 97 minutes, yet still feels as if its opening and closi...
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New Schaumburg theater tries out 5-DNov 29, 2012 5:00 am - 5-D debuts! What's the big deal with 3-D? How about 4-D? Better yet, 5-D! Yep, the new PIX 5-D Cinema opened for business this week at the Woodfield Shopping Mall in S...