Movies
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'Final Girls' way more clever than one might expectOct 08, 2015 5:45 am - In the surprisingly clever 1980s mad slasher parody "The Final Girls," five unsuspecting filmgoers become magically transported into the 1986 cult maniac movie "Camp Blo...
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Warm heart underscores lightweight 'Big Stone Gap'Oct 08, 2015 5:30 am - "Big Stone Gap" was shot in southwest Virginia, in the coal mining town that lends the film its name, and where writer-director Adriana Trigiani (author of the 2000 nove...
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'Endgame' plays like an after-school specialOct 08, 2015 5:15 am - Fans of “Modern Family” TV star Rico Rodriguez (he plays young Manny) might be tempted to check out his starring role in the comic high school chess drama “Endgame.” His...
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'Freeheld' hits all the right emotional buttonsOct 08, 2015 5:00 am - Peter Sollett's fact-based drama "Freeheld" stars Julianne Moore as a terminally ill New Jersey police detective fighting to leave her pension to her domestic partner (E...
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See how 'Merchants of Doubt' mislead public debateOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - It's Movie Night! Join the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, with co-sponsor Citizens Climate Lobby of McHenry County, for a free screening of "Merchants of Dou...
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'Back to the Future' writer says 2015 Cubs prediction no longer a jokeOct 07, 2015 5:30 am - The screenwriter of 1989's "Back to the Future Part II" - which famously has the Cubs winning the 2015 World Series - meant it as a joke. But Bob Gale - a born and bred ...
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Holocaust museum exhibit explores how refugees influenced HollywoodOct 06, 2015 11:00 pm - It became a matter of life and death. And jobs. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, they prohibited Jews from working in the entertainment industry, forcing...
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Movie guide: Dann Gire recaps upcoming, current filmsOct 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Coming Friday, Dann Gire reviews the fantasy film “Pan,” a “Peter Pan” prequel guaranteed to mesmerize kids with flying pirate ships, leaping crocodiles and ghostly merm...
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Celebrity fans like Newhart, Mantegna, Cusack share Cubs memoriesOct 06, 2015 5:00 am - John Cusack is posting Cubs photos on Instagram. Joe Mantegna is hosting a big Cubs playoffs party. Former WWE wrestler CM Punk is selling custom designed Cubs T-shirts....
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Box office top 20: 'The Martian' lands with $54.3 million
Oct 05, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ridley Scott and Matt Damon each notched one of the best box office debuts of their careers with the $54.3 million opening for their 3-D space adventure ...