Movies
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Fresh offering of film noir on DVDJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 Film noir was a film style with its roots in the 1930s. The films featured dark or dim lighting to set a mood for the story's...
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32 films, live concert launch inaugural Blue Whiskey film festJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Blue Whiskey what??? It's a new local film festival created by Fremd High School grad Michael Noens, and he intends for it to grow in popularity and become a majo...
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DiCaprio stars as a corporate raider in mind-bending 'Inception'Jul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I love this movie! Christopher Nolan's insanely imaginative and intelligently trippy "Inception" is "Mission Impossible" led by a corporate Freddy Krueger in a mind-bend...
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Best bets: Modern dance, ballroom and magicJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Primus time Two significant works of American modern dance by the late choreographer Dr. Pearl Primus receive company premieres in Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago'...
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'Sorcerer's Apprentice' can't conjure the magicJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Look, if you're making a feature film based on a classic Walt Disney animated short, the first obligation you have is to make your movie as good as the short. Right? Tha...
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'Die Hard' director pleads guilty in wiretap caseJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Die Hard" director John McTiernan pleaded guilty Monday to lying to FBI agents and a judge during the investigation of Hollywood private investigator An...
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Glendale Heights woman makes waves in HollywoodJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - After college, LaQuita Cleare had an ambitious plan - move to L.A. and attend law school while working to become a successful actress. But when the Glendale Heights nati...
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Ed Norton won't play the Hulk in 'Avengers' flickJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Ed Norton is speaking out on Facebook after Marvel Studios announced last week that the actor won't reprise his Hulk role in its forthcoming "Avengers" fi...
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Fox, Gyllenhaal back 'Stand Up to Cancer' telethonJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A fourth major broadcast network and Jake Gyllenhaal are adding their support to the ambitious TV fundraiser "Stand Up to Cancer." Fox will join previousl...
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'Despicable Me' tops weekend box office at $60.1 mil.Jul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Despicable Me" wasn't such a bad guy after all, it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated $60.1 million. The first 3-D animated mo...