Movies
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'Fantastic Beasts' spins magic, 'Billy Lynn's' tanks
Nov 20, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" cast a spell over audiences in its debut, summoning $75 million according to studio estimate...
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'Elle' blazes a dark, unsettling pathNov 18, 2016 5:00 am - "Inverted flame combustion." That's the kind of heat generated by a self-made furnace that makes a late cameo in Paul Verhoeven's highly flammable "Elle," a violently da...
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Boxing cliches knock out formulaic 'Bleed for This'Nov 17, 2016 5:00 am - “Bleed for This” is the latest boxing movie to pass through theaters, despite a waning interest in the sport. You know the formula: the underdog hero, the “Rocky”-esque ...
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Harsh comic edge gives 'Seventeen' adolescent honestyNov 17, 2016 5:00 am - "There are two types of people in life," high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) observes. "The people who naturally excel at life. And the people who hope all thos...
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Ang Lee's problematic 'Billy Lynn's' still radiates wow!Nov 17, 2016 5:00 am - Groundbreaking cinematic technology provides the chief raison d'être for Ang Lee's pro-soldier/anti-war, character study/combat movie "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk." ...
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Sadistic clarity makes 'Nocturnal Animals' an intense, stylish thrillerNov 17, 2016 5:00 am - Acts of the imagination can unsettle, disgust and frighten us, even wound us - not in the flesh, but in the psyche - just as surely as actual ones. Occasionally, they al...
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'Boom Bust Boom' offers seriously comic look at why crashes happenNov 16, 2016 10:00 pm - The 2015 documentary "Boom Bust Boom" by Terry Jones of "Monty Python" fame explores the instability of our economic system - and offers a solution. It will be shown at ...
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The best show of the fall season? The CubsNov 15, 2016 5:00 am - It was the best show of the fall TV season, a seven-part roller coaster with shocking twists, heartbreaking loss and, ultimately, outrageous triumph. I'm talking, of cou...
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DuPage County filmmaker's tale follows rural black teens over 7 yearsNov 15, 2016 4:20 am - "I always tell my students," DuPage County native Margaret Byrne said, "if I can do it, you can do it." Byrne did it. She made her new documentary, "Raising Bertie," whi...
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'Fantastic' visuals dominate overlong 'Potter' prequelNov 14, 2016 10:00 pm - Consider “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” to be Harry Potter Lite, artificially sweetened with fewer dramatic calories to burn. Hardcore Harry Potter fans shoul...