Movies
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Aniston makes a bid for seriousness with 'Cake'Jan 22, 2015 4:15 am - A wintry pall enshrouds even the sunniest Los Angeles locales in “Cake,” a drab, dramatically inert redemption story enlivened by a sharp performance by Jennifer Aniston...
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Budget-friendly fun: Woodstock era returns at Wauconda's DocksJan 20, 2015 5:00 am - Free Woodstock revisited The Mustangs take listeners back to the famed Woodstock music festival of 1969 in a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, at Docks Bar & ...
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Why a Lisle actor chose Chicago over HollywoodJan 20, 2015 4:30 am - Editor's note: Emily Johnson and Kraig Blackwelder were co-writers of the movie “Blood & Water.” dgire@dailyherald.com Sitting in a van in downtown Chicago, waiting...
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Director Damian Szifron lives his own wild taleJan 19, 2015 5:01 am - NEW YORK - With an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film crowning a string of accolades, director Damian Szifron seems to be living his own wild tale. "Relatos...
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'American Sniper' wins weekend box officeJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Clint Eastwood's R-rated Iraq War drama "American Sniper" opened in January like a superhero movie in July, taking in a record $105.3 million over the Martin ...
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Julianne Moore goes inside Alzheimer's in 'Still Alice'Jan 18, 2015 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Julianne Moore didn't know much about Alzheimer's before taking on the role of Dr. Alice Howard. Adapted from Lisa Genova's bestselling book, the tender a...
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It's very good to be Bradley Cooper these daysJan 18, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - On a recent Saturday afternoon, Bradley Cooper took his curtain call at Broadway's Booth Theater, where he's starring in "The Elephant Man." He then had to ra...
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Nicole Kidman shows her silly side in 'Paddington'Jan 17, 2015 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Nicole Kidman knows most people don't consider her a comedic actress. In her 31-year career, her roles have ranged from the morose to the delici...
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DVD previews: 'Boxtrolls,' 'The Drop' released TuesdayJan 17, 2015 4:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Jan. 20: "The Boxtrolls" (PG, 96 minutes, Universal): Laika's animators, who used 3-D printing technology to generate roughly a...
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Inarritu's 'Birdman' explores ego and art, on screen and offJan 17, 2015 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Director Alejandro Inarritu says the only way to communicate the struggle between a celebrity and his ego in "Birdman" was through long, uninterrupted shot...