Movies
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Jackson to make ‘The Hobbit’ into a trilogyJul 30, 2012 1:25 pm - BURBANK, Calif. — Peter Jackson is adding a third film to what was planned to be the two-part series “The Hobbit.” The director of the Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rin...
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‘Dark Knight’ stays atop box office with $64MJul 30, 2012 7:05 am - LOS ANGELES — “The Dark Knight Rises” stayed atop the box office for the second straight weekend, making just over $64 million. But it’s lagging behind the staggering nu...
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Libertyville entertainment company offers 'Best of Broadway'Jul 30, 2012 6:00 am - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville's not-for-profit entertainment company, recently hosted its fourth annual Musical Summer Showcase featuring the Best of Broadway. ...
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Why aren’t American movies set in America anymore?Jul 29, 2012 5:41 am - So Spiderman is a Brit and Batman is Welsh. Woody Allen sends postcards home from Paris, Barcelona, London, Rome. After collecting hosannahs on the international festiva...
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Catlow owner seeks online help to save theaterJul 28, 2012 8:00 am - The Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington hasn’t survived for 85 years by not constantly rising to the challenge of staying relevant. And for the second time in the 21st...
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After shooting, ‘Gangster Squad’ opening delayedJul 26, 2012 12:51 pm - NEW YORK — Warner Bros. has moved the release of “Gangster Squad” to January after the film’s climactic cinema shootout scene drew comparisons to the Aurora, Colo., shoo...
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Is 'Deranged' as scary as it should be?Jul 26, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Deranged" It takes just under 30 minutes in Park Jung-woo's South Korea horror tale "Deranged" for authorities to discover why so many emaciated...
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'Watch' prowls all-too-familiar territoryJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - It's already late July and 20th Century Fox has finally released the sort of brainless, unoriginal gross-out comedy that studios are supposed to unleash on us early in t...
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Spunky debunkers can't save ridiculous psychic thrillerJul 26, 2012 5:45 am - Rodrigo Cortes' "Red Lights" ranks as one of the shlockiest mystery thrillers in recent memory, a dark and somber tale that squanders a promising premise with a finale s...
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Dance moves true stars of 'Step Up'Jul 25, 2012 11:00 pm - With "Step Up Revolution," their second summertime at-bat after "Rock of Ages," producers Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot return to one of the things they do best - ma...