Movies
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'Project' an X-ceedingly bad teen comedyMar 01, 2012 5:00 am - One way to look at the raunchy teen sex-and-drugs comedy "Project X" would be to take the classic Chicago movie "Risky Business" and remake it as a "Girls Gone Wild" ama...
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'Tim & Eric' make manic move to the big screenMar 01, 2012 5:00 am - A good example of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's uniquely manic comedy comes early in their first movie, "Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie." Tim and Eric, given $1...
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Popular approach wins Oscar for 'Undefeated'Mar 01, 2012 5:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Undefeated' Had Chicago's crack team of documentary makers of "Hoop Dreams" produced the Oscar-winning sports doc "Undefeated," it would have followe...
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'Hugo' spins its magic on DVDFeb 29, 2012 10:00 pm - “Hugo” Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese's terrific film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won five — for art direction, cinematography, sound editing, sound m...
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Mix of emotions for blacks on Oscar nightFeb 28, 2012 7:00 am - Despite torrents of debate among African-Americans over the merits of the segregation-era movie “The Help,” most still hoped that Viola Davis, who plays a maid, would be...
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Iran basks in an Oscar glowFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran — Iran hailed the country’s first Oscar-winning film as a triumph over arch-foe Israel on Monday after an Academy Award race with its own subplots: Iranian ...
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Philadelphia museum automaton has link to Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’Feb 26, 2012 6:09 am - Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The scien...
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From 'T2' to 'War Horse': Elmhurst native up for 2 OscarsFeb 26, 2012 4:30 am - Two things gave Gary Rydstrom the keys to an Oscar-winning career at Lucasfilm. First, he grew up in the Midwest, right here in Elmhurst. (We'll explain that in a momen...
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What will we see on the red carpet?Feb 26, 2012 12:00 am - Honestly, what’s more intriguing: Who will win the Academy Award for Best Actor, or what Angelina Jolie will wear on the red carpet? Fashion-savvy viewers know the real ...
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New fashion stars include Mara, Stone and ChastainFeb 25, 2012 11:00 pm - There were many new fashion faces on the red carpet at the 84th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, but they brought with them a lot of old Hollywood glamour. Rooney ...