Movies
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Too much violence from Hollywood? Try a little ShakespeareApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Dann: Hi! I'm a mom of two adolescent boys, and I'm wondering if you notice, like I have, that the percentage of violent movies coming out this last year is increas...
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Aidan Quinn relishes new roles after 7 months offApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - April's been a great month for Chicago-born actor Aidan Quinn. Last week, "Eclipse" opened in Chicagoland, featuring the 51-year-old actor as a slimeball American noveli...
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'A Shine of Rainbows' a quiet but engaging domestic dramaApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Vic Sarin's "A Shine of Rainbows" won't be raking in the cash at this weekend's box office. It lacks popular A-list stars, operates on a minimal marketing budget and off...
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New on DVD: 'Crazy Heart', 'Cheech & Chong', 'Falcon Crest'Apr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - "Crazy Heart" Jeff Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his wonderful performance as an aging country singer. Bridges plays Bad Blake and exposes the ...
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Hudson juggles motherhood, movies, musicApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Crazy diets, Jennifer Hudson doesn't do. Crazy workouts? Now, that's something she can get into. "I have a ball. It's fun," the 28-year-old Chicago native said in a rece...
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Breathtaking 'Oceans' skims the surfaceApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - If you've seen the TV commercials or theater trailers for "Oceans," you already know what you're in for. Lots and lots of breathtaking footage of the strange and fascina...
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J Lo's comedy 'Back-up Plan' fails to deliverApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Here's a romantic comedy that thinks if a woman vomiting once is funny, it'll be twice as funny if she vomits again. Or that if a man "accidentally" falling down is funn...
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Top-notch bad guy still can't save 'Losers'Apr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The action-packed, DC-comic-book-inspired "The Losers" has apparently been created for young male viewers with attention-span deficiencies, an aversion to intimacy with ...
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Schaumburg filmmaker honored for 'Mutiny'Apr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Making the film "Drivers Ed Mutiny" was kind of like a do-it-yourself project for Brad Hansen. He wrote it. Directed it. Produced it. He even appears in it. He also crea...
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Michael Douglas' son gets 5-year prison sentenceApr 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A judge Tuesday sentenced Michael Douglas' son on drug charges to five years in prison, calling it his "last chance to make it." U.S. District Judge Richard ...