Entertainment Columns
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Even Pacino can't save 'Humbling'Jan 22, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: "The Humbling" Barry Levinson's halfhearted tragic comedy "The Humbling" hits its shrill high note early on when washed-up, aging actor Simon Axler takes a ...
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On the road: Your love is lifting me higherJan 17, 2015 5:30 am - Chicago All the right moves Have kids move their entire bodies instead of merely their texting digits by visiting an active new exhibit at the Chicago Children...
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'Boyhood,' other top films already available at homeJan 16, 2015 5:01 am - Sunday's Golden Globes winners and Thursday's announcement of the Academy Awards nominations gave us plenty of moviegoing ideas: "Selma," "Birdman," "The Imitation Game,...
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Gire: My ad-'Vice' - skip this filmJan 15, 2015 5:00 am - Mini-review: 'Vice' Ordinarily, I would pass on reviewing Bruce Willis' latest movie because its distributor sent me a press screener so visually corrupted by on-screen ...
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Constable: Suburban music venues grateful for the deadJan 13, 2015 4:30 am - As the outrageously flamboyant and immensely talented lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury probably wouldn't have been caught dead in the tidy suburb of Rosemont. But t...
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'Man Seeking Woman' in search of the right comedic toneJan 12, 2015 4:30 am - The new FXX half-hour comedy "Man Seeking Woman," premiering at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, has an impressive pedigree: Creator Simon Rich, whose collection of short stories ca...
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On the road: Honor the eagle in Quad CitiesJan 03, 2015 4:00 am - Chicago Downtown Chicago abbey Every Sunday in January, Pavilion, in The Langham Chicago, invites “Downton Abbey” aficionados to enjoy teatime inspired by the ...
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Gire: Dann & Raymond look at BondJan 02, 2015 4:45 am - Film critic's notebook Blast in the new year with Raymond Benson and me as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "The Films of Connery. Sean Connery" at 7:30 p.m. Thursd...
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On the road: Happy 80th birthday, Elvis!Dec 27, 2014 4:15 am - Chicago All shook up Celebrate what would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday with more tribute artists than you can shake a pound of bacon at. The festiva...
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Our picks for some of the year's best performancesDec 25, 2014 4:00 am - More best of 2014 Best performance by an actor: Eddie Redmayne for his transparent portrait of scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” Best perform...