Movies
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Online campaign hits goal; Antioch Theatre renovation proceedsAug 02, 2014 7:00 am - The show will go on in Antioch as a campaign to raise funds for digital equipment exceeded expectations and has enabled a $750,000 renovation of an old movie house downt...
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DVD previews: 'Divergent,' 'Need for Speed'Aug 02, 2014 6:15 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Aug. 5: "Divergent" (PG-13, 130 minutes, Lionsgate): With the film adaptation of "Divergent," the first novel in Barrington...
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Colin Firth, Emma Stone riff on working with WoodyAug 02, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - Colin Firth had been hoping for decades to get a call from Woody Allen. Emma Stone, at only 25, hadn't been waiting nearly as long - but she notes her famil...
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A double-header of biopics for Chadwick BosemanAug 01, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - A year after playing Jackie Robinson in "42," Chadwick Boseman was back in biopic spring training. To become James Brown for the film "Get on Up," in theater...
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Tyler Perry to headline Willow Creek summitAug 01, 2014 1:01 am - Actor, filmmaker and philanthropist Tyler Perry will headline this year's Global Leadership Summit broadcast live across the nation Aug. 14 and 15 from Willow Creek Comm...
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Reel life: Did 'Hercules' surpass studio's expectations?Jul 31, 2014 6:00 am - Critics notebook • Paramount Pictures had so little faith in its new “Hercules” epic that it buried the Chicago press screening on the night before opening day (Jul...
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'Child of God' a horrifying look at darknessJul 31, 2014 5:45 am - "He was of German and Irish bloods. His name was Lester Ballard - a child of God, much like yourself, perhaps." These words, spoken in somber voice-over by the actor Tim...
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'Get On Up' captures James Brown's charisma - and movesJul 31, 2014 5:30 am - There's a delicious moment in "Get On Up," Tate Taylor's new James Brown biopic, when Brown - played by Chadwick Boseman, in a thrillingly magnetic performance - is abou...
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'Godfather of Makeup' Dick Smith dead at 92Jul 31, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Dick Smith, the Oscar-winning "Godfather of Makeup" who amused, fascinated and terrified moviegoers by devising unforgettable transformations for Marlon Brand...
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Comic-book movies aren't all capes and aliensJul 30, 2014 5:45 am - The Marvel Studios juggernaut is taking a bit of a risk with Friday's release of "Guardians of the Galaxy," an astronomically budgeted adaptation of a comic book most of...