Movies
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Fans sink into Cruise’s ‘Oblivion’ in $38.2 million debutApr 22, 2013 8:05 am - LOS ANGELES — Movie fans slipped into “Oblivion” as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. That d...
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Social justice films will be shown at CLCApr 21, 2013 12:21 pm - Two award-winning social justice-related documentaries, “The House I Live In” and “The Invisible War,” will be presented at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the College of ...
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DVD previews: ‘The Impossible,’ ‘Gangster Squad’Apr 20, 2013 5:03 am - Coming April 23 “The Impossible” (PG-13, 114 minutes, Summit/Lionsgate): The catastrophic nature of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that opens this fact-based drama...
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Revenge drama ‘Django Unchained’ out on DVDApr 19, 2013 5:02 pm - “Django Unchained” Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award winning film “Django Unchained” is one of his best of his career. Set in 1858 Texas, two years before the Civil...
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A pitch for 10 of the best baseball moviesApr 19, 2013 6:00 am - This week marks the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic 1947 major league debut that opened the gates of professional baseball for minorities. And Brian Helge...
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‘Star Wars’ films to come yearly starting in 2015Apr 18, 2013 7:51 am - LAS VEGAS — Disney is turning “Star Wars” films into an annual summer ritual. Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn announced Wednesday that the studio would release films ...
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‘Lone Ranger’ aims to take Tonto beyond sidekickApr 18, 2013 7:51 am - LAS VEGAS — To watch a snippet of “The Lone Ranger” is to empathize with the stoic looks of concern its star, Johnny Depp, deadpans throughout the action film. A white ...
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'To the Wonder' is visual, if not prosaic, poetryApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life review: "To the Wonder" Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" will go down in the history books as the final movie officially reviewed by the late Chicago critic ...
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Sharp sci-fi thriller about memories forgets characters, not actionApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - I knew nothing about Joseph Kosinski's science fiction thriller "Oblivion" when I sat down for a press screening Tuesday at the Navy Pier IMAX Theater in Chicago. I jus...
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Films from Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina and more come to ElginApr 18, 2013 5:30 am - Thanks to a grant from the city of Elgin's Cultural Arts Commission, suburban audiences will get to see family-oriented films featured in this year's Chicago Latino Film...