Movies
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'Hobbit,' 'Les Mis' among season's most-anticipated filmsNov 16, 2012 5:00 am - Nothing says holiday movies like old-fashioned torture horror, or a tsunami disaster, or an ex-soldier vigilante thriller, or a musical about a dying mother. We have al...
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'Silver Linings' characters damaged and honestNov 15, 2012 5:00 am - At first, I never would have suspected that this wacky family film filled with bubbly optimism and quirky comedy came from David O. Russell, director of the hard-hitting...
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'Karenina' stunning visually, but emotionally stiltedNov 15, 2012 5:00 am - YouTube Joe Wright's visually stunning epic #8220;Anna Karenina#8221; hardly seems like a war movie, yet within its images rages a battle between the opposing forces of ...
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'Brave' hits the mark on DVDNov 15, 2012 4:00 am - “Brave” Pixar has a history of making quality films that parents and children want to see over and over again. Their latest, “Brave,” is a unique and original film, and...
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Stewart, Pattinson say farewell to 'Twilight'Nov 14, 2012 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson sit side by side on a sofa at the Four Seasons hotel, discussing the end of the five-film project that made them famou...
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One Direction to star in 3-D filmNov 13, 2012 11:50 am - One Direction is headed to a movie theater near you. Sony Pictures says it’s making a 3-D film about the boy band, due out next year on Labor Day weekend. Super Size Me...
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Daniel Day-Lewis heeded inner ear to find Lincoln’s voiceNov 13, 2012 6:37 am - LOS ANGELES — A towering figure such as Abraham Lincoln, who stood 6 feet 4 and was one of history’s master orators, must have had a booming voice to match, right? Not i...
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Sugar Grove native stars in Amber Alert thrillerNov 13, 2012 4:30 am - Writer/director Kerry Bellessa had a nagging voice inside his head. Cast your wife as the lead, it said. His wife, Sugar Grove native Summer Bellessa, already was cop...
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Arlington Heights theater deal could be coming soonNov 12, 2012 12:00 pm - A movie theater company is negotiating with the owners of the vacant Arlington Theaters to have a new cinema up and running in downtown Arlington Heights by spring, Vill...
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Bond soars with record $87.8 million ‘Skyfall’ debutNov 11, 2012 4:26 pm - LOS ANGELES — James Bond’s “Skyfall” has extended its worldwide box-office rule to North America, hauling in a franchise-record $87.8 million in its first weekend at U.S...