Movies
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Noomi Rapace proves daring - and deadly - in otherwise formulaic 'Unlocked'Aug 31, 2017 6:00 am - There's been a lot of talk about who should be the next James Bond after Daniel Craig puts aside his shaken martini. Orlando Bloom? Idris Elba? Damian Lewis? After watch...
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Hesitant script weakens wrongful conviction tale 'Crown Heights'Aug 31, 2017 6:00 am - Matt Ruskin's "Crown Heights" takes its name from the Brooklyn neighborhood, but its story is both more pointedly individual and more broadly national than that suggests...
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Classic Cinemas hosts monthly film clubsAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - In response to many requests over the years for more art, foreign, classic or documentary films, Classic Cinemas is hosting monthly film clubs. Visit www.classiccinemas....
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See German Expressionist classic films 'Metropolis' and 'Nosferatu' at Arcada TheatreAug 30, 2017 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, continues its "Silent Film Night" series with a screening of the classic German Expressionist sci-fi film "Metropolis...
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'I Do' doesn't: Capable comic cast encumbered by clumsy cuttingAug 30, 2017 11:00 am - “I Do ... Until I Don't” boasts a crackerjack cast of comic actors struggling to spin gold from the straw-dry dialogue of a lackadaisically edited, visually compromised,...
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Glenbard North grad wanted 'big risk,' so he made a movieAug 29, 2017 5:30 am - Michael MacRae used to tell friends at Glenbard North High School, "I'm going to L.A. one day and I'm going to make it in the movies!" Their reactions: Sure, Mike. We'll...
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Chamber Music on the Fox presents live music with film at Elgin Short Film FestivalAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - In collaboration with the Elgin Short Film Festival, Chamber Music on the Fox presents a screening of Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp" along with a live chamber music perfo...
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Box-office eclipse: Hollywood has worst weekend in years
Aug 27, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Hollywood effectively took the weekend off, resulting in one of the most dismal box-office results in 16 years. An already slow August came to a screeching ha...
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Star Wars meets Pokemon Go for Force Friday
Aug 26, 2017 7:16 am - Disney is harnessing all of its media might to make the next Star Wars movie the biggest film of the year, employing augmented reality and social media in a global campa...
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Superhero movies in 4K ultra HD - will audiences tell the difference?
Aug 26, 2017 7:15 am - The Guardians of the Galaxy are taking Marvel Studios to a place they've never been before: the world of ultra high definition. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2," availabl...