Movies
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'J.J. Abrams revisits youth in 'Super 8'Mar 28, 2011 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — J.J. Abrams is making good use of his boyhood apprenticeship shooting super-8 movies. The director of 2009's "Star Trek" and creator of TV's "Lost" revisits ...
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1950s screen idol Farley Granger diesMar 28, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Farley Granger, the 1950s bobby sox screen idol who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classics "Rope" and "Strangers on a Train," has died. He was 85. Granger d...
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Dann in reel life: 'Another Year' worth a lookMar 24, 2011 11:00 pm - ‘Another Year' The After Hours Film Society presents Mike Leigh's fine domestic drama “Another Year” at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Tivoli Theater, 5021 Highland Ave., ...
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All style, no substantive 'Punch'Mar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Zack Snyder's new movie “Sucker Punch” should have been called “Kitchen Sink.” Snyder throws enough at the audience during this film's 110 minutes to fill eight other mo...
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Different 'Mildred Pierce' resonates todayMar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A remarkable thing (and there are many) about the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce": The way it breathes. This five-part, five and a half hour adaptation of t...
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Taylor lived glorious spectacle on-screen and offMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Elizabeth Taylor went from dazzling beauty in her glory years to self-described ruin in old age. She spent almost her entire life in the public eye, from ...
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Thrilling 'Tourist' now out on DVDMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - “The Tourist” In this remake of the French film “Anthony Zimmer,” Angelina Jolie plays the girlfriend of a financial criminal who has swindled a powerful gangster a...
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Classic Cinemas names 'Predict the Oscars' winnerMar 17, 2011 11:00 pm - The ballots are in, and the Grand Prize Winner has been selected for Classic Cinemas annual “Predict the Oscars” contest. Mount Prospect resident Gayle Silverman entered...
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Crystal says he'd consider a return to host OscarsMar 17, 2011 11:00 pm - \ LOS ANGELES — Billy Crystal says he'd consider a return as Oscar host — if some changes are made to the show. The eight-time Academy Awards host said he was moved by h...
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Cast shines in muted 'Jane Eyre'Mar 17, 2011 11:00 pm - There's been no shortage of film versions of “Jane Eyre,” Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of romance and woe. Most notably, Orson Welles co-starred opposite Joan Fontain...