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Goyer happy to bring horror to Chicago
Tribune staff reporterWriter/director David S. Goyer liked Chicago so much while on set for "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" he returned to direct his horror movie "The Unborn." He got more than he bargained for."We had an earthquake while we were filming an exorcism...Tags: Gary Oldman, Batman, Joan Crawford, Ray Harryhausen, Northwestern University
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Movies: Recent openings
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Bottle Shock ** PG-13. 1:50. Alan Rickman plays a British wine merchant who travels to Napa, Calif., in 1976 to see what he might bring back with him to a wine-tasting event. The tasting...Tags: The House Bunny, Joan Allen, The Longshots, The Rocker, Hamlet 2
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'Death Race' plays like a video game
Special to The Morning CallOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake ''Death Race 2000.'' But if the original ''Death Race,'' with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for ''points,'' seemed darkly prophetic when it came out back...Tags: Tyrese, Vehicles, Joan Allen, Roger Moore, Ian McShane
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'Death Race'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comParents, here's the truth. This weekend, your 14-year-old boy may claim to be seeing a Saturday matinee of " The Rocker," rated a mild PG-13, but he is assuredly planning to sneak into "Death Race," rated R. And who could blame him? Filled with weaponized...Tags: Tyrese, Joan Allen, The Rocker, Prisons, Television Industry
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For 'Death Race' remake, director Paul W.S. Anderson was driven to ramp up the mayhem
Special to The TimesOn a Monday in late August 1995 -- after "Mortal Kombat" was the top-grossing movie of the weekend -- the film's then-30-year-old director, Paul W.S. Anderson, had lunch with the king of exploitation films, Roger Corman, who asked him, "What do you want...Tags: Mel Gibson, Joan Allen, Vehicles, Economic Policy, Prisons
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'Death Race' Is Awful But Fun
ORLANDO SENTINELOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake "Death Race 2000." But if the original "Death Race," with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for "points," seemed darkly prophetic back in 1975, the new one feels...Tags: Vehicles, Joan Allen, Roger Moore, Athletics, Track and Field, Ian McShane
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'Death Race' remake all about hoods, classy chassis
Orlando SentinelOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake Death Race 2000. The original Death Race, with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for points, seemed darkly prophetic when it came out in 1975. Paul W.S....Tags: Tyrese, Vehicles, Joan Allen, Roger Moore, Ian McShane
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Movie Review: 'Death Race' - 2 stars out of 5
Sentinel Movie CriticOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake Death Race 2000. But if the original Death Race, with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for "points," seemed darkly prophetic when it came out back in 1975,...Tags: Tyrese, Vehicles, Joan Allen, Roger Moore, Athletics, Track and Field
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Movie capsules
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Death Race *** R. 1: 45. This revamp of the old Roger Corman drive-in item stars Jason Statham and his glower. Joan Allen plays the prison warden running the murderous Death Race, the most...Tags: Javier Bardem, The Longshots, Hamlet 2, The Office, Penelope Cruz
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NOW PLAYING: A guide to area art house and second-run theaters
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org •'Singin' in the...Tags: Stanley Kubrick, Roberto Rossellini, Ivan Reitman, University of Chicago, Dan Aykroyd
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NOW PLAYING
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org •'Young@Heart' *** 1/...Tags: Northwestern University, Adolf Hitler, Orson Welles, Patrick Swayze, University of Chicago
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'Attack Of The B Movies,' The Sequel
Get your lungs ready for some screaming. Or laughing. The B movies are back. Last autumn, National Amusements offered a series of Thursday night double features, "Attack of the B Movies," of cheesy creature features from the '50s and '60s. They're...Tags: Religious Festivals, Public Holidays, George A Romero, Halloween, Mental Illness
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