Movies
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DiCaprio doc latest in slew of political filmsOct 31, 2021 5:48 pm - Leonardo DiCaprio paints a bleak picture of our future in "The 11th Hour," opening Friday. With last summer's "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore managed to bump global w...
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Rental recommendationsOct 31, 2021 5:50 pm - If you enjoyed "Chicago," will you like a dance documentary? Maybe. Robb Hecht rents mostly dramas and science-fiction flicks from Blockbuster.com. So he was surprised w...
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These guys out-grossed Kidman's flick?
Oct 31, 2021 5:43 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Superbad" was super good at the box office, proving that a no-name cast could hold its own amid A-list summer blockbusters. Nicole Kidman and Daniel "007...
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'Bad' boys just goofballs at heartOct 31, 2021 5:36 pm - HOLLYWOOD -- Not many 18-year-olds get a chance to have their movie scripts read by a Hollywood producer. But then again, Seth Rogen was already a writer and actor on th...
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Geeks and freakouts!Oct 31, 2021 5:35 pm - "Superbad" 3 ½ stars out of four Opens today Starring As Jonah Hill Seth Michael Cera Evan Christopher...
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'Superbad' nerds talk acting, swearing and the ladiesOct 31, 2021 5:28 pm - I met the three young stars of the super bawdy high school comedy "Superbad" on a Thursday morning at North Avenue Beach in Chicago. Normally, journalists interview star...
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Teen film fest kicks off todayOct 31, 2021 5:31 pm - •The First Annual Teen Film Fest will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave. The contest solicited entries -- no more than...
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Sci-fi remake replaces paranoia with cheap sensationalismOct 31, 2021 5:22 pm - How appropriate that this science-fiction remake uses an abbreviated title from Don Siegel's 1956 original thriller "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Everything about "T...
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Teen angst brilliantly, comically explored in 'Superbad'Oct 31, 2021 5:27 pm - I can't possibly relate the funniest jokes in the supreme teen comedy "Superbad" without violating most, if not all, the standards of a mainstream family newspaper. Rau...
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Slow pace of 'Treatment' will drive you nutsOct 31, 2021 5:11 pm - •In Oren Rudavsky's sincere and restrained drama "The Treatment," Jake Singer (Chris Eigeman) is in the throes of a hot sexual encounter when his abusive Argentine shrin...