Movies
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Freakishly effective jump-scares fan fears in Stephen King's 'IT'Sep 06, 2017 12:00 pm - The preposterous premise behind the horror film “IT” would have us believe that an extremely old clown with orange hair spreads lies, chaos and confusion to feed off the...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Hitman's Bodyguard' wins slow Labor Day
Sep 05, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Hitman's Bodyguard" once again reigned over a slow weekend at the box office, topping the charts for a third weekend with $10.5 million. With no ...
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Improv Playhouse offers Youth Suspense/Horror Film WorkshopSep 05, 2017 1:01 am - Submitted by Improv Playhouse Young people can get to the root of what scares them, create their own story, script it out, hunt locations, produce, direct, shoot and act...
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The secrets to making a great Stephen King movieSep 04, 2017 11:00 pm - Since the second half of 1983, when “Cujo,” “The Dead Zone” and “Christine” rolled into theaters, one after another, it's been unofficial Hollywood writ that no Stephen ...
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Best of the Geneva Film Festival to be screened Sept. 9, 16Sep 04, 2017 11:00 pm - See "Best of the Geneva Film Festival" during the sixth annual St. Charles ArtsFest. "Best of the Geneva Film Festival" screens a selection of enjoyable short films from...
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Q&A: Like mother, like daughter for 'Home Again' directorSep 04, 2017 11:00 pm - With her filmmaking debut, “Home Again,” a romantic comedy about a 40ish single mom who embarks on a fling with a much younger man, Hallie Meyers-Shyer proves that she's...
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Pam Grier dishes dirt on being a female action star, TrumpSep 04, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Even at 68, Pam Grier looks like she can still kick butt. And the looks don't deceive, Grier said. While having never played a superhero, “I'm super in real...
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A slow Labor Day caps a down summer at the box office
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Dreamlike 'Beach Rats' delves into teen's struggle with identityAug 31, 2017 6:00 am - Is there anything lonelier than a secret? Frankie has a big one — he's attracted to men — and he can't seem to reconcile it with his own life. Writer and director Eliza ...
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Dann Gire revisits 'Close Encounters' 40 years laterAug 31, 2017 6:00 am - 'Close Encounters' with a 40-year-old film Steven Spielberg's “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” came on the cinematic heels of “Star Wars” back in 1977 (when I worked...