Movies
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Predictable 'Zookeeper' embraces absurd premiseJul 07, 2011 11:00 am - Frank Coraci's comedy "Zookeeper" contains more clichés than animals. Neither grouping is particularly wild. Nonetheless, "Zookeeper" embraces the absurdity of its cra...
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Palatine’s Movie Night set for Aug. 21Jul 07, 2011 1:00 am - Next month’s Movie Night in downtown Palatine is shaping up to have a little something for everyone. Sponsored by the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce, the original “Wi...
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Dann in Reel Life: Star is born in political rom-comJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘The Names of Love' Michel Leclerc's political romantic comedy “The Names of Love” won its star Sara Forestier the Cesar (the French Academy ...
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Comically abused workers plot against 'Horrible Bosses'Jul 07, 2011 12:00 am - This is the chortle-inducing comedy that "The Hangover Part 2" should have been: a wild, unpredictable romp riddled with sex, violence, vulgarity and characters too inte...
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Aniston shows her raunchy sideJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — In her new film, “Horrible Bosses,” Jennifer Aniston's character is one you haven't seen her play before. She's a dentist who sexually harasses her assistant,...
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Potter class graduates with no child-actor woesJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — If the young cast of the "Harry Potter" films received report cards for their school days at Hogwarts, they'd all probably earn the notation, "plays well w...
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Harry Potter star says he no longer drinksJul 05, 2011 10:00 am - LONDON — Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said he has given up drinking alcohol after realizing he was partying too hard. The 21-year-old actor says he began to drink ...
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'Flipper' fuels Des Plaines native's movie ambitionsJul 05, 2011 12:00 am - Declan Ryan apologized before we even started our interview. “Please take in mind I am a no-holds-barred kind of person,” the Barlett resident said. “I wouldn't be where...
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Shia LaBeouf: This is my last 'Transformers'Jun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - MOSCOW — Shia LaBeouf's days of battling the Decepticons look to be over, with the Transformers star saying he has nothing more to offer after three films playing kid-ne...
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'Monte Carlo' packs mixed moral messageJun 30, 2011 11:00 am - Of all the filmmakers who worked on "Monte Carlo," only composer Michael Giacchino actually gets what the movie should be: a crazy Blake Edwards farce where nutty things...