Movies
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Widescreen: Cirque du Soleil at home, 'Close Encounters' on the big screenMar 13, 2019 11:40 am - Normally, you have to wait for the big tent to go up outside United Center or fly to Las Vegas to see the artistic acrobats of Cirque du Soleil, but you can watch a one-...
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Movie review: 'Steve McQueen' film finds comedy in real-life bank heistMar 13, 2019 9:00 am - "Finding Steve McQueen" - ★ ★ ½ The superficial, yet amusing, fact-based bank heist tale "Finding Steve McQueen" begs to be a full-out comedy. Instead, director Mark Ste...
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'Captain Marvel' defies trolls, sets the stage for more female-led superhero filmsMar 12, 2019 6:00 am - "Captain Marvel" has responded to doubters, trolls and a pernicious Hollywood myth in the strongest way possible - with a monster first weekend. The Disney-Marvel movie,...
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'Captain Marvel' rockets to historic $153M debut
Mar 10, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - "Captain Marvel," Marvel Studios' first female-fronted superhero movie, launched with $153 million domestically and $455 million globally, according to studio...
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Marvel was slow to let a woman be the star. Can 'Captain Marvel' make up for lost time?Mar 09, 2019 6:24 am - It's been 14 years since a Marvel Comics female superhero toplined her own movie. The film was Fox's "Elektra," starring Jennifer Garner as the title fighter, and the re...
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Woah! 'The Matrix' is 20 years old, and it's on Elk Grove's big screenMar 08, 2019 5:00 am - The movie described rather crudely by 20-year-old Sean Stangland in the pages of the Daily Eastern News as "'T2' on crack" is about to turn 20 itself, which means I'm pr...
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Wheeling Town Center theater opening delayed to add restaurantMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - The opening of CMX Cinemas, the main retail attraction at Wheeling Town Center, will be delayed because its owners have decided to add a full-service restaurant. CMX...
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Movie review: Teen angst meets the Wild West in coming-of-age drama 'The Kid'Mar 07, 2019 4:00 pm - “The Kid” - ★ ★ Veteran actor Ethan Hawke is having quite the run these days. Many feel he was robbed of an Oscar nod for “First Reformed,” and he's the most substantial...
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French film 'Climax' takes dance troupe to dark, debasing placesMar 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Climax” — ★ ★ ★ As French director Gaspar Noé's pulsing, EDM-fueled “Climax” races by at 120 beats per minute, on-screen titles periodically interrupt the action w...
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'The Wedding Guest' dances between thriller, strange rom-comMar 07, 2019 5:00 am - “The Wedding Guest” - ★ ★ ½ No one going to see “The Wedding Guest” should expect a typical rom-com. The always-likable Dev Patel does star as a hunky guy who travels to...