Movies
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Filmmaker and diversity trainer to lead ECC conferenceApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Elgin Community College will hold its first diversity and cultural competence conference on Thursday, April 19, as part of its ongoing efforts to promote multicultural d...
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'Iron Lady,' folk series new to DVDApr 14, 2012 11:00 pm - “The Iron Lady” Meryl Streep won the best actress Academy Award for her terrific portrayal of Britain's Margaret Thatcher. Streep — with the assistance of prostheti...
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‘Marley’ to stream on Facebook while in theatersApr 14, 2012 7:20 am - NEW YORK — The Bob Marley documentary “Marley” will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role in s...
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Events, movies and TV shows mark 100th anniversary of Titanic tragedyApr 13, 2012 6:00 am - "There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable." - Phillip Franklin, vice president of the White Star Line shipping company that owned and operated ...
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Curly, Larry or Moe? New Stooges pick their favoritesApr 12, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Curly, Larry or Moe? When it comes to their favorite knucklehead, the new Three Stooges — Will Sasso as Curly, Sean Hayes as Larry and Chris Diamantopoulos...
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Greta Gerwig making moves in the movie industryApr 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Actress Greta Gerwig, an icon of the ultra low-budget "mumblecore" movement in independent cinema, breezed into Chicago on a whirlwind 24-hour stop to drum up publicity ...
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Bob Fosse’s ‘Cabaret’ restoredApr 12, 2012 8:14 am - LOS ANGELES — It took a stray bit of dirt to scratch the perfection of “Cabaret,” and launch a painstaking effort to return the 1972 film to cinematic glory. The restore...
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'Lockout' shackled by shoddy effects, weak plottingApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - If a futuristic space prison with 500 of the world's most violent and dangerous criminals cryogenically frozen was to somehow undergo an inmate revolt, who would emerge ...
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'Stooges' stars 'soitenly' funny, but murder-for-hire plot a comedy killerApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - Hey, it's better than somebody poking you in the eyes. Most of the time, any way. The Farrelly brothers' new comedy "The Three Stooges," pays homage to the 200 or so St...
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Funny 'Damsels' is a slightly absurd look at campus lifeApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Damsels in Distress' Whit Stillman, chronicler of the exploits of the highly educated, upper-class neurotic in three films so far, returns with his v...