Movies
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'Easy Money' a crackling cautionary taleOct 18, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Easy Money' Daniel Espinoza's crime thriller "Easy Money" has already topped the box office in its native Sweden and, according to Variety, will...
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International Children’s Film Festival showcases 44 filmsOct 15, 2012 1:30 pm - The first International Children’s Film Festival will be Oct. 20 and 21 at the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center. It will feature 44 international films from 19 c...
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'Taken 2' edges out 'Argo' in close weekendOct 14, 2012 4:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Liam Neeson's “Taken 2” has defended its box-office title with a narrow win over Ben Affleck's “Argo.” Sunday studio estimates put 20th Century Fox's actio...
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'Smiley' overdoes it with horror conventionsOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Smiley' By the time Michael J. Gallagher's "Smiley" gets around to providing its own twist to the contrived mad slasher formula (virginal good g...
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'Boom' embraces silly story, falters on serious notesOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - "Here Comes the Boom," with Kevin James as a tubby high school science teacher who becomes a mixed martial-arts sensation, is every bit as ridiculous as it looks. That'...
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' a white-knuckle trip to 1979 TehranOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Ben Affleck's fact-based drama "Argo" hits such a suspenseful nerve that it doesn't matter we already know it has a happy ending. Actually, the movie's last 15 carefull...
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'Psychopaths' a sadistically hilarious crime comedyOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - If Quentin Tarantino had directed a feature film starring the Three Stooges, roughly, you'd get something like Martin McDonagh's sadistically hilarious crime comedy "Sev...
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'Sinister' a disappointing horror tale with a slow fuse, minimal payoffOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - The sorry state of scary movies right now boils down to this: Nothing on the silver screen of late comes close to matching the raw power, raspy inventiveness and sheer t...
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Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77Oct 10, 2012 6:17 pm - DETROIT — Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim who blamed ...
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John5’s Top Five horror soundtracksOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - John5’s Top Five horror soundtracks With Halloween right around the corner, Rob Zombie guitarist John5 shared his top five picks for horror-film music to get you through...