Movies
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Classic movies for Elk Grove's 60th begin MondayApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Elk Grove Theatre is hosting special showings of classic movies in honor of Elk Grove Village's 60th anniversary, starting Monday, April 25, with "Singin' in the Rai...
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Documentary explores healing journeys after Newtown shootingApr 17, 2016 7:14 am - HARTFORD, Conn. - Tain Gregory lost a friend in the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Jimmy Greene lost a daughter. The role the arts have played i...
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'Jungle Book' roars with $103.6 million debut
Apr 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - The Walt Disney Co.'s "The Jungle Book" opened with $103.6 million in North America, making it one of the biggest April debuts ever at the box office and cont...
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Judson to show documentary 'One Day After Peace' April 20Apr 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Judson University will screen the 2012 documentary film, "One Day After Peace," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Thulin Performance Hall in the Thompson Center, 115...
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Schaumburg student festival showcases 36 short filmsApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - Schaumburg's Screen Test Student Fest, a local film fest festival with an international scope, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, April 16, at the Prairie Cent...
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Comedy, community activism a cut above in latest 'Barbershop'Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - When you come back to a beloved place after many years, sometimes you find all the faces have changed and the vibe is completely different. Not so with Ice Cube's “Barbe...
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'Adderall Diaries' a look at broken memories, perceptionsApr 14, 2016 5:00 am - "The Adderall Diaries" starts as a drama about a bad case of writer's block before it morphs into an essay on the unreliable nature of memory and perception, then become...
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A dinner 'Invitation'? What could go wrong?Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Karyn Kusama's taut "The Invitation" is smarter than your standard reunion dinner tale gone horribly awry. It plants all the clues right out in the open - including a fo...
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Edgy performances draw empathy in New Zealand drama 'Dark Horse'Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Roger Ebert once referred to the movies as "empathy machines," and no film illustrates this better than James Napier Robinson's universally appealing, fact-based New Zea...
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Reel life: Why don't black heroes matter in movies?Apr 14, 2016 5:00 am - Did you know that if writer/actor/director Don Cheadle hadn't fabricated a white colead for his new Miles Davis biopic "Miles Ahead" no movie studio would back it? "Unti...