Movies
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'The Emoji Movie' may be meh, but it could be worseJul 27, 2017 6:00 am - There are five stages of grief in preparing to watch “The Emoji Movie.” The first is denial that this actually exists. The second is anger that even storytelling has bee...
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Bittersweet 'Landline' rom-com dials back to pre-cellphone '90sJul 27, 2017 6:00 am - There's an eye-popping scene in the new film "Landline" when our heroine is walking around New York City and decides to check her phone messages. So get this: She walks ...
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Charlize Theron kills it as sleek assassin in action-packed 'Atomic Blonde'Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - "Atomic Blonde" may be confusing, empty and disappointing, but when sleek and sinewy British MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton goes DEFCON-1 on the bad guys, boredom dies fir...
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Aren't we done with slow motion visuals yet?Jul 27, 2017 6:00 am - Slow-mo action device a passing fad cliché? During the late 1960s and early '70s, almost every movie seemed to include the same transitional shot: a single flower, grass...
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Bigelow's 'Detroit' depicts real-life horror tale of racism, abuse of powerJul 26, 2017 11:45 am - Kathryn Bigelow's tough docudrama “Detroit” begins as a frightening, authentic re-creation of the Motor City's 1967 race riots, then roller-coasters into scenes of claus...
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Highland Park grad practices 'invisible art' as Hollywood music editorJul 25, 2017 5:30 am - Will Kaplan prides himself on being the practitioner of an "invisible art." "If you notice what I've done," the 1976 Highland Park High School grad said, "then I haven't...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Dunkirk,' 'Girls Trip' score
Jul 24, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The news was good for two of the three new openers this weekend. Christopher Nolan's World War II epic "Dunkirk" topped the charts with $50.5 million,...
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2 concerts, movie night moved due to flooding of Geneva parkJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - The remaining Concerts in the Park and Movie in the Park in Geneva have been moved to River Park, because of the flooding of Island Park. River Park is at 151 N. River L...
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Victory for 'Dunkirk' and 'Girls Trip' at the box office
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Widescreen: Rediscovering creepy cult classics 'Suspiria,' 'Phantom of the Paradise'Jul 21, 2017 6:00 am - A young American woman arrives in Germany to attend an exclusive dance school. She is greeted by a surly cabdriver and a relentless downpour. They come to the blood-red ...