Stories from Chicago Tribune - Movies
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'Journey 2' gets wasted in paradise -- 1 1/2 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 9, 2012
Sequel squanders Verne adventures, Hawaiian backdrops In its own sweetly bombastic way, the 2008 remake of "Journey to the Center of the Earth"did the job, the job being a 21st-century 3-D bash starring Brendan Fraser - an actor who gives… Full Story »
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Madonna's 'W.E.' all dressed up, going nowhere -- 1 1/2 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 9, 2012
Madonna's 'W.E.' James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough star in "W.E." They split in 2008, but apparently Madonna stayed married to director Guy Ritchie just long enough to absorb his most grating cinematic instincts - shooting in every style, in an… Full Story »
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Radcliffe's grown-up role anchors horrors, ably in 'Woman in Black' -- 3 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 2, 2012
Much as I like the "Paranormal Activity" pictures for their unfashionable minimalism and quaintly Victorian lack of gore, it's nice to get back to something like "The Woman in Black" - not authentic Victoriana, exactly (Susan Hill's novel was published… Full Story »
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'Coriolanus' - 3 1/2 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 2, 2012
Shakespeare's difficult work translates well to modern times With great power comes great responsibility, but powerful men often make for lousy, irresponsible politicians. (Insert personal observations on certain presidential candidates here.) With "Coriolanus,"one of William Shakespeare's toughest, most provocative studies… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Modern Times
- Warrior
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'The Innkeepers' - 3 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 2, 2012
Lean and scary, "The Innkeepers" was shot in 17 days in a quaint Connecticut hotel called the Yankee Pedlar, where writer-director Ti West stayed while making his previous movie, "The House of the Devil." Full Story »
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'Chronicle' - 3 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Feb 2, 2012
Teenagers acquire super powers and, being teenagers, videotape themselves as they learn what they can do in"Chronicle,"an entertaining comic-book movie without the comic book. Full Story »
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Oscar nominees take a look back with 'New Nostalgia'
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Jan 30, 2012
A couple of years ago, Bruce Sheridan, chair of the film program at Columbia College, noticed a curious thing happening. A few of the film majors who interned on the Chicago production of "The Dark Knight" had started making their… Full Story »
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'One for the Money' - 1 star
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Jan 28, 2012
On today's edition of "Smart Women, Stupid Choices": Katherine Heigl! She left a halfway decent medical soap opera for a string of increasingly mediocre, decreasingly romantic "comedies" pairing her with increasingly bland leading men. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Katherine Heigl
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Katherine Heigl flick: 'One (star) for the Money,' indeed
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Jan 27, 2012
On today's edition of "Smart Women, Stupid Choices": Katherine Heigl! She left a halfway decent medical soap opera for a string of increasingly mediocre, decreasingly romantic "comedies" pairing her with increasingly bland leading men. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Katherine Heigl
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'The Grey' a Liam Neeson howler, in a good way -- 3 stars
Chicago Tribune - Movies &bull Jan 26, 2012
The title "8 Million Ways to Die" was already taken, so "The Grey"had to settle for "The Grey," named for the plus-size wolves waging war on the desperate human survivors of an Alaskan wilderness plane crash. Tough situation. Frostbite. Wolf… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Crash
- Liam Neeson
