Movies
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'The Mole Agent' infiltrates a nursing home, and Hollywood
Apr 25, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK - “The Mole Agent” infiltrated a nursing home in Chile, and countless of hearts around the world including inside the film academy. The moving documentary about...
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'Nomadland' wins best picture, but Oscars had a twist endingApr 25, 2021 1:00 am - Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland," a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the Chi...
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L.A.'s Union Station books another starring role: The Oscars
Apr 24, 2021 7:29 am - The Oscars are headed to downtown Los Angeles' Union Station this year for the first time, but the historic site and active transportation hub is already a movie star. J...
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Is it finally game on for video game adaptations?
Apr 24, 2021 7:27 am - NEW YORK - Is there a more woebegone movie genre than the video game adaptation? This is the pantheon of "Max Payne," "Wing Commander" and "Assassin's Creed." In the 27 ...
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'Mortal Kombat' wages grim, vapid battle in film adaptationApr 23, 2021 6:00 am - “Mortal Kombat” - ★ ½ If you base a feature film on a violent video game in which fighters pull out their opponents' hearts and rip the spines out of their bodies, the l...
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In possible Oscar preview, 'Nomadland' wins at Spirit Awards
Apr 22, 2021 11:00 pm - Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland" won best feature at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards in a ceremony that turned the annual beach soiree into a virtual, mostly pretaped event, ...
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Naperville Park District to offer free summer concerts, movies and moreApr 22, 2021 11:00 pm - Naperville Park District is bringing back a variety of free, family-friendly outdoor events this summer for the community. For the 2021 season, the safety measures relat...
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Widescreen: Not feeling the Oscars? Here are some Sunday night alternativesApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - I've often referred to Oscar Night as "my Super Bowl," but this year feels more like a Thursday night game between the Bears and the Jaguars. Sure, I'm interested in the...
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Documentary 'Gunda' offers intimate, wordless portrait of a pig
Apr 22, 2021 6:00 am - “Gunda” - ★ ★ ★ The barnyard setting of “Gunda” could hardly be more familiar, but in Russian director Victor Kossakovsky's documentary, a pigsty is rendered an a...
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Dann Gire traverses the year's 'Nomadland' in search of Oscar winnersApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - Part of me secretly hopes I am wrong about my predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards. Predicting many of the winners seems way too easy. Surely, a dark horse upset or a...