Movies
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Best films for families from 2014Jan 04, 2015 6:01 am - Little kids had their moviegoing experiences enlivened in 2014 by some outstanding animated features. For tweens and teens, there were quality sci-fi epics and a few out...
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How do you play a master painter? First, learn to paint.Jan 04, 2015 5:45 am - NEW YORK — Talk about suffering for your art. Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner” took so much o...
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'The Hobbit' tops box office for 3rd weekendJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Hollywood kicked off the New Year on a positive note, with three films vying closely for the weekend box-office title that nevertheless remained with "The Hob...
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Images: Palm Springs film festJan 04, 2015 12:01 am - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The first film-award ceremony of the new year was a star-studded affair Saturday night. The Palm Springs International Film Festival, which attrac...
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DVD previews: 'Boyhood,' 'Get On Up'Jan 03, 2015 4:30 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Jan. 6: "Boyhood" (R, 166 minutes, Paramount): Mason (played by Ellar Coltrane) grows up from a little boy into a nearly grown ...
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Civil rights drama captures history-making movementJan 02, 2015 4:45 am - To say Ava DuVernay's "Selma" feels relevant is a mammoth understatement. It's altogether animated, propelled and enlivened by its contemporary urgency. "Selma" is a his...
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Gire: Dann & Raymond look at BondJan 02, 2015 4:45 am - Film critic's notebook Blast in the new year with Raymond Benson and me as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "The Films of Connery. Sean Connery" at 7:30 p.m. Thursd...
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Rep. John Lewis reflects on 'Selma,' memories it brings to lifeDec 31, 2014 4:45 am - WASHINGTON - Live long enough and life can be filled with strange symmetries. Rep. John Lewis has seen that to be true several times this year. He has twice viewed the G...
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Young fans can't let go of 'Frozen' in Vernon HillsDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - While they may not have cared for the frigid temperatures outside Tuesday, children loved bundling up in their coats, gloves and ear muffs indoors at the Aspen Drive Lib...
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Egypt: Biblical epic 'Exodus' banned over errorsDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - CAIRO - Egypt on Sunday said it banned Ridley Scott's biblical epic "Exodus: Gods & Kings" because the Hollywood blockbuster distorts Egypt's history and presents a "rac...