Movies
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'The Villainess' ramps up violence in so-so spy thrillerSep 14, 2017 6:00 am - “The Villainess” has some of the most audacious action sequences of the year. Between them is sandwiched a melodrama that jumps across time, with multiple betrayals alon...
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5 weird and creepy movie clowns with the 'IT' factorSep 14, 2017 6:00 am - Now that Bill Skarsgård's sinister demon clown Pennywise has made the horror film "IT" an instant box office smash ($123 million during its opening weekend), it's time f...
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Aronofsky's 'mother!' takes star Jennifer Lawrence on savage, surreal tripSep 13, 2017 1:30 pm - Normally, I avoid watching trailers and reading production notes prior to viewing a movie, but my curiosity won out on “mother!” especially after a Paramount Pictures fi...
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Marcus Theatres celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with film seriesSep 12, 2017 11:00 pm - Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), has announced it will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct, 15, by showing a variet...
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Jail Brakers to host 'The If Project' film screening, discussionSep 12, 2017 11:00 pm - Jail Brakers, which serves families of incarcerated individuals, will present a free screening of the award-winning documentary "The If Project" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tues...
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Geneva church to show 'This is Crazy: Criminalizing Mental Illness'Sep 11, 2017 11:00 pm - At 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., will show "This is Crazy: Criminalizing Mental Illness." Today, more than 2.4 mi...
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Box Office Top 20: 'It' devours competition with $123.4M
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - No movie stood a chance against "It" this weekend, which took in an otherworldly $123.4 million making it the biggest September opening of all time an...
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The 'It' factor: How a scary big hit could change horror
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How 'American Assassin' took a long, twisting path to filmSep 11, 2017 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - After twists and turns worthy of the very spy series it sprung from, a movie featuring the indomitable fictional terrorism fighter Mitch Rapp is about to h...
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Why the new Reese Witherspoon movie 'Home Again' feels so familiarSep 11, 2017 6:00 am - Writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer is romantic comedy royalty. Her mother, Nancy Meyers, wrote and directed "It's Complicated," "Something's Gotta Give" and "The Holida...