Movies
‘Under These Same Stars’ premieres in Southern Illinois
Based on a true story from 1773, "Under These Same Stars - The Celadon Affair," was filmed in spring of this year in the historic homes of Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and at other rural locations across Southern Illinois. It's a little known historical event that was quite a …
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‘The Fourth Kind’ manages only a few good frights
The Fourth Kind - Rated PG-13 for violent/disturbing images, some terror, thematic elements and brief sexuality; starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton; directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
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Clooney at his wackiest in ‘Goats’
The Men Who Stare at Goats - Rated R for language, drug content and brief nudity; Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey; directed by Grant Heslov; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion
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Zemeckis’ brings out a darker ‘A Christmas Carol’
A Christmas Carol - Rated PG for scary sequences and images; featuring the voices of Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes; directed by Robert Zemeckis; opens Friday at Showplace 8 in Carbondale, Illinois Centre 8 in Marion and The Grand Theater in DuQuoin.
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‘The Box’
It's 1976. Norma Lewis is a teacher and her husband, Arthur, is a NASA engineer.
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Still Playing 11-5
Amelia Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix and enigmatic symbol of the American free spirit, who was guided by a profound curiosity for everything life had to offer. Starring: Hilary Swank, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, Richard Gere, Virginia Madsen. Rated PG for …
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New DVDs 11-5
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Paramount, '09) $29.98. 117 mins. Another '80s toy hits the big screen as G.I. Joe (here, the name for an elite military team) crosses the world in pursuit of a corrupt arms dealer. With Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, Sienna Miller. PG-13 (strong…
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‘This Is It’ a homage to Michael Jackson’s greatness
This Is It - Rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images; featuring Michael Jackson; directed by Kenny Ortega; choreographed by Michael Jackson and Travis Payne; playing at Showplace 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
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Still Playing 10-29
Astro Boy Set in Metro City, a grieving scientist constructs a young robot with incredible powers in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving scientist's expectations, "Astro Boy" leaves, embarking on a journey of acceptance and betrayal that eventually leads him b…
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New DVDs 10-29
Orphan (Warner Home Video, '09) $28.98. 123 mins. After their third child is stillborn, a married couple adopts a 9-year-old Russian girl, who is nothing that she appears to be. With Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman. R (disturbing violent content, some sexuality and profanity)
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This vampire flick has no teeth
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language; starring John C. Reilly, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Salma Hayek, Michael Cerveris; directed by Paul Weitz; opens Fr…
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All-star voice cast doesn’t keep animated ‘Astro Boy’ from sagging with boredom
Astro Boy - Rated PG for some action and peril, and brief mild language; starring the voices of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Donald Sutherland; directed by David Bowers; opens Friday at University Place 8 in Carbondale and Illinois Centre 8 in Marion.
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Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom
LOS ANGELES - Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers.
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An icon in Japan, Astro Boy comes to America
Astro Boy has issues.
Oct 22, 2009 | 12:00 pm | Loading…
AP Entertainment
- Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies
- Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death
- Matthew Broderick focuses on 'Wonderful World'
- Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'
- Records: Morgan Freeman settles suit on car wreck
- Comedian Mo'Nique gets serious in 'Precious'
- Capsule reviews: `Precious' and others
- Sundance takes a hike with screenings around US
- Review: `A Christmas Carol' suffocates in glitz
- Brad Pitt looking for new motorbike after LA crash
