Movies
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Docs like 'Casting JonBenet' mix fact and fiction, which makes them more honestMay 01, 2017 6:00 am - As a tween in Melbourne, Kitty Green believed in the myth of the perfect American family. A steady diet of "The Brady Bunch" and "Full House" will do that. But that was ...
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Globalism reigns at box office, while 'Furious' passes $1B
Apr 30, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - A South India sensation, a Hispanic-focused comedy and the highest-grossing film ever directed by an African American made up the top three films in North Ame...
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'The Circle' isn't half bad, but it's only half goodApr 28, 2017 11:35 am - "The Circle," a technological thriller starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, didn't screen for critics, usually a sign of fatally damaged goods. But the movie, an adaptati...
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The funniest 92 seconds of 'La La Land'Apr 28, 2017 6:00 am - “La La Land” is a film of many pleasures. The breathless opening musical number on an L.A. freeway. Director Damien Chazelle's ever-moving camera. Linus Sandgren's gorge...
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Jeff finds a way: Actor Goldblum to appear in the next 'Jurassic' movieApr 27, 2017 6:00 am - For large swaths of the internet, the only important development about any new "Jurassic Park" movie was whether Jeff Goldblum would be in it. Well, rejoice Goldblumites...
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Filmmaker claims violent action film 'Free Fire' is 'a study in empathy'Apr 27, 2017 6:00 am - I caught up with British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, director/co-writer of the new action black comedy “Free Fire,” by phone as he was being driven to an airport. His movie,...
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Filmmakers hush-hush on movie to be shot at Barrington Flower ShopApr 27, 2017 1:00 am - Mum's the word on a film being shot in the Barrington Flower Shop over the next few days. Owner Glen Egeland said a producer with hometown connections scouted the locat...
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'The Devil's Candy' visually lush, but short on scriptApr 26, 2017 11:00 am - With long tresses and a wiry beard, Ethan Embry's heavy-metal-loving painter Jesse Hellman resembles a blue-eyed Jesus Christ. But his last name hints at something else....
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Boom mic operator from Elk Grove wants work to be heard, not seenApr 25, 2017 5:30 am - Elk Grove Village native Eric Anthony wanted to be a film director when he was studying at Chicago's Columbia College. That all changed when a classmate asked him to "bo...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Fast 8' races to No. 1 again