Movies
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Movie club members relish Oscar previewFeb 06, 2015 4:30 am - A show of hands during an early part of the Dann & Raymond's Movie Club on Thursday night in Schaumburg confirmed it: Nearly every patron in attendance had seen the movi...
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Reel life: Oscars and valentines at screeningsFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - Film critics notebook: ● The After Hours Film Society presents Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund's "Force Majeure," an examination of marriage set against the majestic pea...
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Movie is standard fare for 'SpongeBob,' gangFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - It's difficult to describe "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" without sounding like someone who's been hitting the medical marijuana a little too hard. "So, OK: ...
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'Red Army' a local filmmaker's look at Soviet hockeyFeb 05, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'Red Army' The Soviet Union created the Red Army hockey team in the 1950s, not just to win games, but to prove communism to be a superior political system t...
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Wachowskis' uninspired sci-fi thriller descends into confusion, conventionFeb 05, 2015 4:45 am - For all its valiant attempts to pump some "Matrix" magic back into science-fiction films, the Wachowskis' ambitious interplanetary thriller "Jupiter Ascending" amounts t...
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'Jupiter Ascending' among Dann Gire's weekend movie picksFeb 04, 2015 5:00 am - Coming up in Time out! Friday and online Thursday: A review of “Jupiter Ascending,” the Wachowski siblings' big-budget attempt to redeem themselves after their head-scra...
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Budget-friendly fun: Embrace winter at Mayslake eventFeb 03, 2015 11:00 am - Free Wonders of Winter Embrace the snow at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Wonders of Winter event at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st...
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Glencoe native makes film on old USSR hockey teamFeb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - Glencoe native Gabe Polsky will tell you straight up that, yes, he had what it takes to play hockey in the NHL. After attending New Trier High School for two years and g...
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'Ida' takes an unlikely road to the Academy AwardsFeb 02, 2015 4:15 am - NEW YORK - Pawel Pawlikowski tried to make his film a flop. He shot it in black-and-white, in Polish and without any well-known actors. Commercial prospects were about a...
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James Franco tries to move beyond 'The Interview'Feb 02, 2015 4:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah — Almost two months after the hack heard ‘round the world, James Franco is trying and ready to move past “The Interview.” The restless, multi-hyphenate ...