Movies
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'Huntsman' sequel misfires; 'Jungle Book' reigns
Apr 24, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "The Jungle Book" remained king of the box office in its second weekend in theaters, beating new opener "The Huntsman: Winter's War" by around $40 million,...
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Five things 'Game of Thrones' should give us in Season 6Apr 22, 2016 6:00 am - "Game of Thrones" returns at 8 p.m. Sunday to HBO for its sixth season of blood, betrayal, bare skin, brilliant dialogue and - I hope - some righteous retribution. Seaso...
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Casting not the only problem with off-key 'Nina'Apr 22, 2016 5:00 am - The questionable casting of Zoe Saldana is only one of the many problems with Cynthia Mort's limp and misjudged Nina Simone biopic "Nina." Little of the High Priestess o...
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Reel life: 'Merchants of Doubt' screening, discussion at MetropolisApr 21, 2016 5:00 am - Critics notebook: • The League of Women Voters will sponsor a showing of one of the most important journalism documentaries of the 21st century so far, “Merchants o...
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'Green Room' a well-crafted horror tale of dull charactersApr 21, 2016 5:00 am - The way that Jeremy Saulnier's technically well-crafted horror tale "Green Room" has been marketed, you'd think Patrick Stewart's neo-Nazi entrepreneur would be an iconi...
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'Sing Street' a musical fantasy of infectious joy, 1980s nostalgiaApr 21, 2016 5:00 am - If Oscar-winning musician John Carney ever contemporized those old MGM "let's put on a show" musicals starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney ... Oh, wait. He just did. ...
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'Huntsman' sequel freezes out feminist tale, common senseApr 21, 2016 5:00 am - "The Huntsman: Winter's War" is one of the more bizarre sequels in recent memory. If modern movies are going to strip every side story out of every superhero universe an...
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'Elvis & Nixon' revisits a bizarre piece of pop-political ephemeraApr 21, 2016 5:00 am - In December 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to Richard Nixon in the White House, offering his help in the president's nascent war on drugs and asking to be appointed an...
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Oliver Stone coming to Stevenson High in MayApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone will visit Lake County next month for a free, public screening of an episode of his documentary series "Untold History of th...
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Hanks embarks on journey of self-discovery in 'Hologram'Apr 19, 2016 7:15 am - Tom Hanks plays a globalized version of Willy Loman in "A Hologram for the King," Tom Tykwer's intriguing, if uneven, adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel. Hanks brings a...