Movies
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A power ranking of all 32 'Downton Abbey' movie charactersSep 24, 2019 6:00 am - Note: The blurbs contain plot spoilers. What could most immediately alter a character's behavior in "Downton Abbey" was not Dame Maggie Smith's withering stare - th...
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AfterImage Film Festival opens with award-winning documentary 'Maiden'Sep 23, 2019 11:00 pm - The 2019 AfterImage Film Festival will open Thursday, Sept. 26, with a VIP party and screening of the award-winning documentary film "Maiden," with special guest Dawn Ri...
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Tale of Middle East wins Elgin Short Film FestivalSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - A Saudi Arabian filmmaker earned first place at the 11th annual Elgin Short Film Festival, with an Elgin resident claiming the people's choice award. The festival Saturd...
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ECC discussion series on racism aims to move beyond awarenessSep 22, 2019 11:00 pm - What can you do now that you understand the issues surrounding social justice in America? This is the question at the center of the discussion series "Beyond Awareness,"...
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'Downton Abbey' overpowers Brad Pitt, Rambo at the box office
Sep 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Raise your tea cups! The big-screen encore of "Downton Abbey" handily (but very politely) thumped both Brad Pitt's "Ad Astra" and Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo:...
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The 'Downton Abbey' cast wants to take you back to a more innocent time - 2012Sep 21, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ah, Downton Abbey. We missed you so. Has it really been just four years since you left? Feels like ages. A lot has happened since then. Britain wasn't bicke...
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'Ad Astra' star Brad Pitt still has a lot of questions about spaceSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - When Brad Pitt is on a panel with NASA officials, he's the one with the questions. "If we were going to make a trip to Mars, we would have to take off from the moon, bec...
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Need a 'Downton Abbey' refresher? Here's where all of the major characters left offSep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - The television gods heard "Community" fans' desperate pleas to extend the single-camera comedy into six seasons and a movie and said, hey, wouldn't it be hilarious if we...
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Brad Pitt's performance in 'Ad Astra' is simply stellarSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Ad Astra” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In English, “Ad Astra” means “to the stars,” but it's precisely the film's earthbound emotional truths that give it heft, meaning and grandeur. Afte...
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'Monos': Tale of teen guerrillas is captivating - and at times maddeningSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Monos” - ★ ★ ★ The violent, beautiful and powerfully watchable movie “Monos” - Spanish for monkeys - takes its title from the code name used by a group of teenage guerr...