Movies
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'Lego Movie' opens big with $69.1M box officeFeb 09, 2014 8:00 pm - NEW YORK — “The Lego Movie” clicked with moviegoers, assembling an exceptional $69.1 million debut at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates. The better-t...
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LaBeouf’s red carpet apperance: A statement or stunt?Feb 09, 2014 4:16 pm - BERLIN — Actor Shia LaBeouf hit the Berlin Film Festival in memorable style Sunday, first walking out of a press conference for the film “Nymphomaniac Volume I” and then...
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Valentine’s Day concertFeb 09, 2014 8:52 am - Enjoy the romantic sounds of 1920s jazz with a special Valentine’s Day concert on Friday, Feb. 14, in the Bradbury Room of the Waukegan Public Library. The West End Jazz...
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New Polish movie casts Cold War spy as heroFeb 09, 2014 4:49 am - WARSAW, Poland — For many Poles, Col. Ryszard Kuklinski was a traitor for passing secrets to the Americans during the Cold War — and even Solidarity leader Lech Walesa r...
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A look at a real man portrayed in ‘Monuments Men’Feb 09, 2014 4:45 am - DALLAS — As part of an Allied mission tasked with saving works of art during World War II, a homesick James Rorimer told his wife in a December 1944 letter from liberate...
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DiCaprio, Hill re-team for story of Richard JewellFeb 08, 2014 3:35 pm - SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Leonardo DiCaprio says he and “The Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Jonah Hill are “going to come up with something unique” as they re-team to tell t...
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Reenactors bring twist to movie playing in St. CharlesFeb 08, 2014 10:33 am - The Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18 theater complex brought a different twist Saturday to its showing of the new movie, “The Monuments Men,” about the people who were re...
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DVD previews: ‘All is Lost,’ ‘Best Man Holiday’Feb 08, 2014 4:45 am - Here’s a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 11: “All is Lost” (PG-13, 107 minutes, Lionsgate): A harrowing man-at-sea adventure features Robert Redford as an isolated...
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’Lego Movie’ built to be a better toy filmFeb 08, 2014 3:54 am - NEW YORK — Toy movies occupy a spot on the respectability meter somewhere between talking dog films and “Showgirls.” Even in a business not always known for the most hon...
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Clint Eastwood saves golf director from chokingFeb 07, 2014 4:35 pm - PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Clint Eastwood added another starring role at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am — life saver. Eastwood attended a volunteer party on the eve o...