Movies
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Great idea botched in 'Time'-ly sci-fi thrillerOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - In the future, time isn't money. Time is life. The unsettling ideas to be found in "In Time," Andrew Niccol's disturbing glimpse of the near future, are the substance ...
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African-made zombie movie rises above Romero rip-offsOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'The Dead' At least when the U.K.'s Ford brothers rip off George Romero's zombie formula - an Armageddon of cannibalistic, shuffling corpses that can ...
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'Rum Diary' struggles with a few demonsOct 26, 2011 11:00 pm - If Batman and the X-Men get prequels, why not Hunter S. Thompson? He was certainly a superhero of a kind, just one whose powers mainly consisted of consuming copious a...
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Subscriber Total Access members meet Dann GireOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire introduced George Clooney's political drama “The Ides of March” at the iPic Theaters in South Barrington Wednesday night. During the e...
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Free “Miss Representation” screeningOct 24, 2011 12:00 am - A free screening of “Miss Representation,” a film that explores how the media’s misrepresentation of women has led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of po...
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`Paranormal Activity 3' scares up $54 millionOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — “Paranormal Activity 3” didn't just go bump in the night. It made a ton of noise at the box office with a record-setting, $54 million opening. The third fi...
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Gire named EIU Journalism Alumnus of the YearOct 22, 2011 1:00 am - Veteran Daily Herald Film Critic Dann Gire has been named Eastern Illinois University’s 2011 Journalism Alumnus of the Year and was honored at ceremonies Friday in Charl...
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'Mighty Macs' follows same underdog path as teamOct 21, 2011 6:00 am - IMMACULATA, Pa. - Here's a sports fairy tale that never gets old: Underdog team with few resources but a lot of heart beats the odds and comes out on top. That is what ...
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‘The Mighty Macs’ a rags-to-riches storyOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Everyone loves an underdog. Especially Hollywood. No wonder the inspirational story of Cathy Rush and her rags-to-riches women’s college basketball team was turned into ...
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Suspense fans should go 'Psycho' for Hitchcock collectionOct 20, 2011 4:00 pm - “Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection” Alfred Hitchcock, one of the greatest film directors of all time, was known as “the master of suspense.” He built tens...