Movies
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Frankenstein meets Clone Wars in sci-fi thriller 'Closer to God'Jul 01, 2015 11:00 pm - Critic's mini-review: 'Closer to God' Mary Shelley's Dr. Victor Frankenstein morphs into brilliant geneticist Dr. Victor Reed in writer/director Billy Senese's modernize...
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Familiar 'Genisys' a case of deja-viewJun 30, 2015 4:00 pm - To me, time-travel plots involving “alternate timelines” work the same as other plots where somebody wakes up and we discover, “It was all a dream!” In other words, forg...
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Sequel features 'Mike' minus magic, McConaugheyJun 30, 2015 3:00 pm - "Let's see if there's any magic left in that Mike!" strip club madam Jada Pinkett Smith shouts during "Magic Mike XXL." Nope. The magic, plus original stars Matthew McCo...
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'Magic Mike' producer's film life began in Lake ForestJun 30, 2015 5:30 am - Oh, sure, blame it on Mom. Reid Carolin does. "Mom was a movie addict," the Lake Forest native said. "Every night she was watching a couple of movies. I'd watch with her...
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Best-selling author Candace Bushnell visits Arlington HeightsJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Best-selling author Candace Bushnell made Arlington Heights one of the stops on her national book tour last weekend, speaking before a sold-out crowd at the library and ...
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DVD previews: 'While We're Young,' 'Danny Collins'Jun 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, June 30: “While We're Young” (R, 97 minutes, Lionsgate): Noah Baumbach's comedy of manners is a precise, amusing and deeply fel...
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Dogs act to the 'Max' in canine family dramaJun 25, 2015 12:00 pm - Boaz Yakin's "Max" ranks as one of the sincerest, freshest boy-and-his dog dramas I've ever seen, up until the ending when it implodes in a pile of cloying clichés and s...
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Offbeat premise makes for wildly entertaining 'Big Game'Jun 25, 2015 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Big Game' The outrageous plot in Jalmari Helander's ridiculous Finnish action adventure "Big Game" sounds like the twisted fantasy of a radical President O...
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'Infinitely Polar Bear' sugarcoats serious disorderJun 25, 2015 5:45 am - The manic-depressive father at the center of "Infinitely Polar Bear" isn't the only thing subject to wild mood swings. More so than even the usual dramatic comedy, the s...
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'Overnight' cuts to the comic core of social anxiety, meeting new friendsJun 25, 2015 5:30 am - Mini-review: 'The Overnight' Writer/director Patrick Brice's racy, low-key comedy "The Overnight" qualifies as a social horror movie, complete with suspense, plot twists...