Movies
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Movie review: A lively Taraji P. Henson can't save 'What Men Want' from itselfFeb 07, 2019 9:00 am - “What Men Want” - ★ ★ In “What Men Want,” Taraji P. Henson gains the ability to hear men's unspoken thoughts after she accidentally drinks drug-laced tea, dances to 2 Li...
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Movie review: 'The Prodigy' is another horror movie involving a creepy kid, and it's actually really goodFeb 07, 2019 5:00 am - “The Prodigy” - ★ ★ ★ Creepy children are a mainstay of the horror genre. Going back to “The Bad Seed” and beyond, children have proved capable of unnerving audienc...
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Movie review: 'Arctic' is a solid, and solitary, survival taleFeb 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Arctic” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The premise for “Arctic “ is so simple it's almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It's also been done more than a few times in movi...
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Movie review: Liam Neeson goes super vigilante - again - in blackly comic 'Cold Pursuit'Feb 07, 2019 5:00 am - "Cold Pursuit" - ★ ★ ½ You gotta appreciate a vigilante action thriller that ends with its cast members listed in the order of their "disappearance." Practically everybo...
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Movie review: Everything is pretty good in 'The LEGO Movie 2'Feb 06, 2019 10:45 am - “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part” - ★ ★ ★ “The LEGO Movie” is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it's no wonder that it spawned ...
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'The Q&As get pretty rowdy': See John Cusack at 'High Fidelity' screening SundayFeb 06, 2019 9:00 am - As he prepared to adapt British author Nick Hornby's “High Fidelity” for the screen, actor-screenwriter John Cusack drew on his local roots to reset the story from Londo...
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College of DuPage kicks off Black History Month celebrationFeb 05, 2019 10:00 pm - College of DuPage students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the community, danced to the sounds of the Afrikan Dance & Music Institute during the college's Bla...
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Basking in an Oscar nod, Richard E. Grant recalls 'Withnail'Feb 03, 2019 6:27 am - NEW YORK - Richard E. Grant braved a paralyzingly cold night on Thursday to attend a screening of "Withnail & I," his cultishly adored film debut, in the midst of a whir...
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'Glass' stays at No. 1, while 'Miss Bala' opens in third
Feb 03, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - With the distraction of the Super Bowl, freezing temperatures affecting large portions of North America and only one big new release in theaters in "Miss B...
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The star of 'The Kid Who Would Be King' comes from acting royaltyFeb 02, 2019 6:26 am - Acting is an inherited trait for 14-year-old Louis (pronounced "LU-ee") Ashbourne Serkis, the star of the modern-day Arthurian-legend adventure "The Kid Who Would Be Kin...