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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Judaism, Dining and Drinking, Art Institute of Chicago, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The lure of a Southern drawl at the movies
"There are things you can get away with in this world, and things you can't." The voice is Matthew McConaughey's, and days after seeing him in "Mud," I can close my eyes and hear him still — a simple line echoing with the mysteries of a man caught...Tags: The Help (movie), Zombieland (movie), Human Interest, Racism, Entertainment
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Reel Critics: No gain from watching this 'Pain'
"Pain & Gain" is loosely based on a true story of bodybuilders gone wild on steroids and cocaine. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie play the buffed anti-heroes who embark on a bizarre plot of kidnapping for ransom. Operating in the dark...
Tags: Transformers (movie), Reese Witherspoon, Movies, Ray McKinnon, Entertainment
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Matthew McConaughey's Oscar Bait 'Dallas Buyers Club' Acquired by Focus
ReutersApr 23 (TheWrap.com) - Focus Features has acquired domestic distribution rights to "Dallas Buyers Club," Jean-Marc Vallee's upcoming drama that stars Matthew McConaughey as an ordinary man diagnosed as HIV-positive. Focus has also acquired Latin...Tags: Magic Mike (movie), Movies, HIV, AIDS, Bernie (movie)
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Focus Acquires 'Dallas Buyers Club,' Matthew McConaughey's Oscar Bait
ReutersApr 23 (TheWrap.com) - Focus Features has acquired domestic distribution rights to "Dallas Buyers Club," Jean-Marc Vallee's upcoming drama that stars Matthew McConaughey as an ordinary man diagnosed as HIV-positive. Focus has also acquired Latin...Tags: Magic Mike (movie), HIV, AIDS, Bernie (movie), Jennifer Garner
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'Silver Linings Playbook' snags Spirit awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The persistent irony of the Film Independent Spirit Awards is that as much as they're positioned as the DIY antidote to the Academy Awards, the indie film with the most Oscars recognition almost invariably reaps the greatest...
Tags: The Sessions (movie), Safety Not Guaranteed (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), The Hunger Games (movie), The Invisible War (movie)
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Depictions of violence in theater: Revelation, not nihilism
In one of the most infamous scenes in modern drama, a group of young men in a London park stone a baby to death in its carriage. What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's...Tags: William Friedkin, Poetry, Django Unchained (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Culture
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Spirit Awards boost 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Silver Linings' momentum
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and Wes Anderson's coming-of-age romance "Moonrise Kingdom" led the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nominations apiece, including feature, director and screenplay. The bounty...Tags: The Sessions (movie), Les Miserables (musical), Fargo (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), The Master (movie)
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'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' lead Spirit Award nominations
Two offbeat comedies dominated the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations Tuesday morning. David O. Russell's quirky "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and Wes Anderson's charming coming-of-age...Tags: The Sessions (movie), Lorraine Toussaint, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Keep the Lights On (movie)
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'Seven Psychopaths' is mayhem with a moral core, writer hopes
Opening next Friday, "Seven Psychopaths" has a title promising a certain amount of spilled blood and bad behavior, and the writer-director Martin McDonagh delivers on the promise. McDonagh notes, however, that his film contains "more dialogue in the midst...
Tags: Seven Psychopaths (movie), Literature, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Movies, Entertainment
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'Killer Joe': Down-and-dirty drama revels in its own sleaze ★★ 1/2
There's a reason Matthew McConaughey's character wears a black Stetson in "Killer Joe," a self-knowingly sleazy crime drama that's simultaneously repellent and enjoyable. His is no white-hat role, and both he and the movie are the better for it....
Tags: William Friedkin, Entertainment Events, Matthew McConaughey, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple
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High hopes, low notes for film world's NC-17 rating
In the late '80s a thunderbolt of inspiration struck Jack Valenti, longtime chief of the Motion Picture Assn. of America: What if his organization got rid of the X rating, besmirched by years of misappropriation by hard-core exploitation films, and...Tags: Thriller (genre), Literature, Pedro Almodovar, Emile Hirsch, Spike Lee
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