Movies
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'The Meg' chomps $44.5M, 'BlacKkKlansman' opens strong
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Adding to Hollywood's sizzling summer, the shark thriller "The Meg" opened well above expectations with an estimated $44.5 million in ticket sales, while Spik...
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Widescreen: With more series choices than ever, why do I keep watching 'Seinfeld' reruns?Aug 10, 2018 6:00 am - This past weekend on NPR's “It's Been a Minute,” host Sam Sanders and his guest, comedian D.L. Hughley, gave voice to a creeping feeling I've had. Sanders asked Hughley,...
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Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' a politically prescient call to cultural armsAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - "BlacKkKlansman" - ★ ★ ★ ★ Wake up! That has been a recurring, resonate civil alert all through Spike Lee's movie career, never more so than in his polarizing, groundbr...
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With new category, Oscars are now a popularity contestAug 09, 2018 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Not since Faye Dunaway shouted "La La Land!" has an Oscar announcement caused quite as much chaos as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decision ...
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Rom-com 'Dog Days' is entertaining, but it has some fleasAug 09, 2018 6:00 am - “Dog Days” - ★ ★ ½ A galumphing comedy offered as a balm for the late-summer doldrums, “Dog Days” crossbreeds romantic cliches with cute canines and inspired bits ...
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Shark tale 'Meg' a formula but appealing creature featureAug 09, 2018 6:00 am - "The Meg" - ★ ★ ½ It takes nearly an hour before the titular, prehistoric giant shark comes into the sea-foam limelight. Then, "The Meg" makes up for lost time by ringi...
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Elgin Short Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary Sept. 22Aug 07, 2018 11:00 pm - The Elgin Short Film Festival is returning for its 10th year! This special anniversary event is taking place on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Sy...
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30 years ago, a Daily Herald sports writer vanished on a mountain. Last weekend, his son climbed it.Aug 07, 2018 5:00 am - Thirty years ago today, Daily Herald sports writer Keith Reinhard vanished without a trace. Reinhard told folks in the tiny Colorado town where he was taking a sabbatica...
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See Indiana Jones ... at the cemetery?Aug 07, 2018 1:00 am - Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights is hosting an outdoor movie viewing of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Saturday evening. Officials at the cemetery, 2501 E. Euclid...
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Box-office top 20: 'Fallout' cruises past Winnie-the-Pooh