Entertainment Columns
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iPad app gets suburban seniors into online worldSep 09, 2013 10:00 am - Using her stylus to move a red 5 of diamonds onto a black 6 of clubs, 89-year-old Simone Lucas chuckles at the absurdity of playing her first game of virtual solitaire o...
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'Bounty Killer' is deliberately badSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Bounty Killer' This is one bad, bad, bad movie. Deliberately bad. Roger Corman bad. So bad, we marvel at how characters force corny dialogue ou...
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Best bets: Fly high at Wings Over WaukeganSep 03, 2013 10:30 am - Top pick Take off! See all kinds of aerobatic team demonstrations and classic military planes at the Wings Over Waukegan Air Show at Waukegan Regional Airport...
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Arlington Heights native: Movie producing 'beats working for a living'Sep 03, 2013 5:15 am - Colin Ebeling swears that he and his buddy Henry Saine disdain violence. "We're the least violent people you could ever meet," the Arlington Heights native said. "We're...
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Summer's ending, but the music plays onAug 29, 2013 6:00 am - Summer is winding down, and with it this column. But there's still lots of music coming up in the next few weeks, so pay attention. Ÿ The Love Shine festival kicks off ...
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Best bets: Smooth grooves at Chicago Jazz FestAug 27, 2013 6:00 am - Top Pick All that jazz The 35th Chicago Jazz Festival features acts like Jason Moran, The Julie Wood Trio, The Robert Glasper Trio and more at Millennium Park'...
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‘Epic’ animated tale now on DVDAug 23, 2013 1:59 pm - “Epic” — This animated box-office hit is one of the best-looking films of the year., one that the entire family can enjoy. It’s based on children’s author William Joyce’...
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JC Brooks, Kings of Class hot draws to North CoastAug 23, 2013 6:00 am - My first glance at the North Coast Music Festival lineup left me unimpressed. There were bands I recognized the names of, but only a few I really knew well enough to go ...
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'Buddies,' 'Year' take a cynical view on loveAug 22, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-reviews: • Joe Swanberg's Chicago-shot rom (minus-the-com) “Drinking Buddies” isn't big on plot or gimmicks. It simply nails the reality of late twen...
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Characters below ‘mundane’ in dopey fantasy adventureAug 20, 2013 3:38 pm - “Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” begins with a Brooklyn girl named Clary Fray who goes to a mysterious nightclub with a friend and witnesses a horrific killing commit...