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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: Entertainment, Potiche (movie), Thriller (genre), Movies, Pies and Tarts
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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 …... -
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: Eddie Murphy, Gunsmoke (tv program), Entertainment, Showtime (tv network), Doris Roberts
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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: Unknown (movie), The Grey (movie), Frostbite
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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: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Movies, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (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: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Movies, Kim Philby, Gary Oldman
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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: Entertainment, Movies, Haywire (movie), Ewan McGregor, 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: Max von Sydow, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Tom Hanks, New York City
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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: Entertainment, Nate Parker, Tuskegee Airmen, Movies, David Oyelowo
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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: Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Music Box Theatre, Movies, Romance (genre)
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'Worst Enemy' highlights Sundance collection
In "Worst Enemy," the comic highlight (and highlight, period) of a seven-film collection of Sundance Institute shorts at the Music Box Theatre, a socially maladroit painter with body-image challenges (played by Michaela Watkins, formerly of "Saturday...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music Box Theatre, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Lake Bell
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