Movies
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'Boom' embraces silly story, falters on serious notesOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - "Here Comes the Boom," with Kevin James as a tubby high school science teacher who becomes a mixed martial-arts sensation, is every bit as ridiculous as it looks. That'...
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' a white-knuckle trip to 1979 TehranOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - Ben Affleck's fact-based drama "Argo" hits such a suspenseful nerve that it doesn't matter we already know it has a happy ending. Actually, the movie's last 15 carefull...
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'Psychopaths' a sadistically hilarious crime comedyOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - If Quentin Tarantino had directed a feature film starring the Three Stooges, roughly, you'd get something like Martin McDonagh's sadistically hilarious crime comedy "Sev...
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'Sinister' a disappointing horror tale with a slow fuse, minimal payoffOct 11, 2012 6:00 am - The sorry state of scary movies right now boils down to this: Nothing on the silver screen of late comes close to matching the raw power, raspy inventiveness and sheer t...
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Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77Oct 10, 2012 6:17 pm - DETROIT — Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim who blamed ...
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John5’s Top Five horror soundtracksOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - John5’s Top Five horror soundtracks With Halloween right around the corner, Rob Zombie guitarist John5 shared his top five picks for horror-film music to get you through...
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Rob Zombie guitarist John5 explains ‘The Lords of Salem’ scoreOct 09, 2012 6:00 am - Rob Zombie guitarist John5 wanted to write something simple yet scary when he sat down to compose the score for his band leader’s latest horror film, “The Lords of Salem...
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Doc on sports concussions based on Arlington Hts. native's bookOct 09, 2012 5:30 am - A book by Arlington Heights native and concussion expert Chris Nowinski has been made into a documentary film, "Head Games," about the concussion crisis in youth and pro...
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Stevenson graduates have become horror heroesOct 08, 2012 11:00 pm - It started out as just a couple of Stevenson High School students with an amateur website dedicated to the horror movies they loved, like “Halloween” and “Poltergeist.” ...
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Dreaming up Sandman for 'Rise of the Guardians'Oct 08, 2012 4:00 pm - GLENDALE, Calif. - Within the dimly lit halls of DreamWorks Animation, past the character sketches lining the walls, inside the eccentrically decorated cubicles and offi...