Movies
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Geneva festival to feature more than 40 filmsFeb 22, 2014 12:01 am - GENEVA - A suburban Chicago film festival will feature more than 40 independent films from around the world. The Geneva Film Festival is scheduled for March 6 to 8. The...
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Numerous nominations mean little when it comes to Oscar winsFeb 21, 2014 5:00 am - The Academy Awards won't be handed out until March 2. Meanwhile, as bookies and film fans go about determining odds and predicting the winners, it's time to remember a h...
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Numerous nominations mean little when it comes to Oscar winsFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - Numerous nominations can mean little when it comes to Oscar wins
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Which hockey movie takes the gold medal?Feb 21, 2014 12:00 am - The Sochi Olympics come to a close this weekend with Sunday's gold-medal hockey game, and film fans undoubtedly will be reminded of "Miracle," the 2004 dramatization of ...
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Rob Reiner to be honored by Lincoln CenterFeb 20, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Lincoln Center will honor Rob Reiner with its 41st annual Chaplin Award. The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced Tuesday that the director and actor wil...
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'3 Days' really two bad movies in oneFeb 20, 2014 10:00 pm - "3 Days to Kill" offers us a dilemma. Can ex-CIA operative Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) repair his relationship with his estranged teenage daughter, Zoey (Hailee Steinfe...
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Arcada hosts Shirley Temple film festFeb 20, 2014 5:00 am - Critic's notebook • Attention Shirley Temple fans! A Shirley Temple Film Festival will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main...
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Gorgeous, dreamy 'The Wind Rises' drifts through Japanese historyFeb 20, 2014 4:45 am - "Airplanes are beautiful dreams," says Caproni, an Italian airship designer who periodically drops into the daydream fantasies of a young Japanese student, Jiro, to offe...
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'Pompeii' explodes with great effects, weak storyFeb 20, 2014 4:00 am - "Pompeii" has a killer ending. Billowing clouds of ash swallow the ancient Roman town and fireballs rain down from above; whole city blocks slide into the sea and a tsun...
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Nuanced performances flounder in familiar 'In Secret'Feb 20, 2014 4:00 am - It's "Double Indemity," "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "Body Heat" all wrapped-up in an Oliver-twisted French setting. Actually, Charlie Stratton's guilt-saturated...