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First ‘Pelham’ is a trip to different world
TribLocal - Naperville » NewsTake a quick look at director Joseph Sargent's resume — an extensive if not terribly distinguished list stacked with forgettable TV movies and episodic work …... -
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'My Piece of the Pie' 1/2 If only laid-off workers could personally confront those responsible for their pain! Most folks entertain such fantasies now and then, and this moderately engaging class-warfare diversion from director Cedric Klapisch —...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, AMC (tv network), Thriller (genre), Potiche (movie)
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First 'Pelham' is a trip to different world
Take a quick look at director Joseph Sargent's resume — an extensive if not terribly distinguished list stacked with forgettable TV movies and episodic work on 1960s-era series such as "Lassie" and"Gunsmoke"— and only one film really stands...Tags: Comedy (genre), Mark Cuban, Robert Shaw, Hector Elizondo, Game Shows
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Movie review: 'The Grey'
Tribune movie criticRating: 3 stars Recap: 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....Tags: Frostbite, The Grey (movie), Unknown (movie)
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Movie review: 'A Separation'
Tribune movie criticRating: 4 starsRecap: A much heralded Iranian film set in Islamist Iran. Review: "Some films wear their artistry so lightly they appear simply to be happening, the inner workings of the story guided by an unseen hand. In 'A Separation,' the stunning...Tags: Iran, A Separation (movie)
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An enthralling espionage movie that's as quiet as a spy
There is something oddly compelling about watching a man think on a big screen.
Now that I've written it, that certainly sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? There is no action to thinking, no grand movement, no great gesture. There is, though, a dry...Tags: Gary Oldman, Movies, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (movie), Politics, Entertainment Events
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An enthralling espionage movie that's as quiet as a spy
There is something oddly compelling about watching a man think on a big screen.
Now that I've written it, that certainly sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? There is no action to thinking, no grand movement, no great gesture. There is, though, a dry...Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Politics, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (movie)
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Movie review: 'Haywire'
Tribune movie criticRating: 3 stars Recap: A black ops spy is betrayed on a dangerous mission and seeks some revenge on her old colleagues. Review: "If Lem Dobbs' script were a little snappier or a little less zigzaggy, 'Haywire' would be a first-rate B-picture instead of...Tags: Haywire (movie), Michael Fassbender, Movies, Entertainment, Channing Tatum
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Movie review: 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Tribune movie criticRating: 1 1/2 stars Recap: A nine-year-old boy searches New York City for the lock that matches a key left behind by his father, who was killed in the Sept. 2011 terrorist attacks. Review: "'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' transforms the carnage and...Tags: New York City, Sandra Bullock, Jeffrey Wright, John Goodman, Max von Sydow
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Movie review: 'Red Tails'
"Red Tails" squanders a great subject, reducing the real-life struggles and fierce heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to rickety cliché. Some of the action's fun. But if something about that statement doesn't sound right, well, there's your chief problem with...Tags: Nate Parker, Tuskegee Airmen, Movies, John Wayne, Entertainment
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Specialty screenings: 'Norwegian Wood' and 'My Reincarnation'
'Norwegian Wood' -- 2 1/2 stars
In college we begin to will ourselves into our adult skin, however ill-fitting. Writers adore this subject, this time of exquisite romantic suffering. In his 1987 novel "Norwegian Wood" — the "Love Story" of Japan,...Tags: Japan, Movies, Entertainment, Haruki Murakami, Documentary (genre)
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Crispin Glover married to his hybrid filmmaking/entertainment style
If you Google "Crispin Glover," you'll find that neither "George McFly" nor "Back to the Future" turn up as related word searches at the bottom of the screen. That's a surprise.
Also unexpected? The first two related searches listed: "Crispin Glover...Tags: Google Inc., Movies, Back to the Future (movie), Politics, Entertainment
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