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Compelling performance underscores disturbing 'You Were Never Really There'
By Ann Hornaday
Apr 12, 2018 6:00 AM - Joaquin Phoenix stars as a taciturn, angst-ridden hit man in Lynne Ramsey's well-made but ultimately hard-to-like urban thriller about exploitation, redemption and revenge.
'Beirut' a smart, stylish thriller set in chaos of Lebanon civil war
By Ann Hornaday
Apr 12, 2018 6:00 AM - "Beirut," a tense political thriller set in 1982 amid the chaos of Lebanon's civil war, stars Jon Hamm as a former U.S. diplomat who is called back to negotiate for the release of a CIA operative who has been taken hostage.
See fashion and flapper icon Louise Brooks at Arcada silent film series
Submitted by Arcada Theatre
Apr 12, 2018 4:53 PM - On Tuesday, April 17, the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles continues its "Silent Film Night" series with "Pandora's Box," featuring Louise Brooks who made the bobbed haircut popular.
'Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero' revisits sweet tale of canine courage
By Pat Padua
Apr 12, 2018 6:00 AM - The animated "Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero" offers up the fact-based tale of a stray dog who became a hero during World War I. Next to the protagonist pooch, however, the human characters appear a bit bland.
Suburbs stand in for gangster Looney's turf in 'Road to Perdition'
Daily Herald report
Apr 11, 2018 3:51 PM - Gangster John Looney got a new name and a new look -- Paul Newman's John Rooney was based on him -- in the 2002 film "Road to Perdition," which was filmed at sites across the suburbs.
'Rampage' a lighthearted throwback to old-fashioned creature features
By Dann Gire
Apr 13, 2018 8:46 AM - Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris and Malin Akerman star in "Rampage," a game-based film demonstrating that Chicago has worse things to worry about than corrupt politicians.
'Truth or Dare' scares with tale of deadly curse and desperation
By Dann Gire
Apr 13, 2018 2:20 PM - Lucy Hale and Violett Beane star in "Truth or Dare," an effective horror tale emulating "It Follows" with a story about desperate young adults who must quickly pass on a deadly curse to other people to stay alive.
Box office Top 20: 'A Quiet Place' makes noise with $50.2M
The Associated Press
Apr 9, 2018 5:11 PM - Box office Top 20: 'A Quiet Place' makes noise with $52.2 million debut, 'Ready Player One' holds well
Emily Blunt opens up about stuttering, which afflicted actors from Marilyn Monroe to Bruce Willis
By Travis M. Andrews
Apr 9, 2018 6:00 AM - Emily Blunt's new movie "The Quiet Place" is about a family who tries to live silently, lest terrible things befall them. She won't be speaking much -- which is a tad unusual for the British actress. It's difficult to believe that Blunt spent her childhood bullied for a nearly debilitating stutter.
Phoenix, Ramsay improvise a blistering and brutal thriller
By Jake Coyle
Apr 9, 2018 6:00 AM - For a moment while sitting next to the Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix slips into a low, Liam Neeson register. He's describing how his tormented vigilante -- a broken, brooding soul of fragility and brutality -- in Ramsay's "You Were Never Really Here" bears few of the traditional thriller protagonist qualities.

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