Movies
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At 84, Rowlands dances back onscreen in 'Lessons'Dec 14, 2014 5:45 am - WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Don't get Gena Rowlands started on the bulk of film roles she gets offered these days: a lot of grumpy and ill-fated old women. "I can say, for ...
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No 3-D for director Paul Thomas AndersonDec 14, 2014 4:15 am - During a recent interview, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson reflected on some of the inspirations to his latest movie, the Thomas Pynchon adaptation “Inherent Vice,”...
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'Exodus' conquers the box officeDec 14, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - After three weeks of box office dominance, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" ceded its reign to "Exodus: Gods and Kings." The biblical epic easily ru...
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DVD previews: 'Magic in the Moonlight,' 'Skeleton Twins'Dec 13, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Dec. 16: "Magic in the Moonlight" (PG-13, 98 minutes, Sony): Seeing Emma Stone and Colin Firth try to outmaneuver each othe...
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Ridley Scott talks religious casting, themesDec 13, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ridley Scott did not originally want to make "Exodus: Gods and Kings." "It's biblical, and I was afraid of all those associations," the 77-year-old filmma...
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'Birdman' flies with Chicago critics' nominationsDec 12, 2014 3:00 pm - Alejandro G. Inarritu's hallucinatory black comedy/drama "Birdman" leads the Chicago Film Critics Assn.'s annual year-end awards recognition with nine nominations, inclu...
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'Inherent Vice' director Anderson among the modern greatsDec 12, 2014 5:01 am - I saw "Magnolia" in January 2000 in Champaign and my moviegoing life changed forever. For three hours, I felt as if I had been transported back to the '70s, that era of ...
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District 95 film festival:Dec 12, 2014 12:01 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 and the District 95 Educational Foundation will host the 3rd annual District 95 Film Festival on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Lake Zurich High S...
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Celebrity charged after appearance in SchaumburgDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - Brandon Novak, who has appeared in several "Jackass" films, has been charged with criminal damage to property in connection with a celebrity appearance at a Day of the D...
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Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' strikes nerve in JapanDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - TOKYO - Angelina Jolie's new movie "Unbroken" has not been released in Japan yet, but it has already struck a nerve in a country still fighting over its wartime past. An...