Entertainment Columns
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African-made zombie movie rises above Romero rip-offsOct 27, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life review: 'The Dead' At least when the U.K.'s Ford brothers rip off George Romero's zombie formula - an Armageddon of cannibalistic, shuffling corpses that can ...
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Best bets: Ringling's 'Fully Charged' circus comes to townOct 26, 2011 6:00 am - Circus Maximus The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus promises a slew of exciting acts ranging from “The Human Fuse” to Asian elephants in a “symphony of dan...
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Suspense fans should go 'Psycho' for Hitchcock collectionOct 20, 2011 4:00 pm - “Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection” Alfred Hitchcock, one of the greatest film directors of all time, was known as “the master of suspense.” He built tens...
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'Snowmen' could have been something biggerOct 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: 'Snowmen' Here's a cleverly constructed, smart family movie unfortunately given the ABC "Afterschool Special" treatment by writer/director Robert...
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Best bets: 'Passion and Fire' heats up Harris Theater stageOct 19, 2011 6:00 am - Fiery jazz dance Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago promises plenty of “Passion and Fire” for its fall stint this weekend at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and...
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'The Woman' is horrifying as well as scaryOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'The Woman' It always amuses me when people go to a horror film and actually become horrified by its ideas and imagery. We've become so numbed by...
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Talk to your teens about the dangers of new 'bath salts'Oct 10, 2011 6:00 am - Q. I heard a news story about people using bath salts to get high. Can you explain how this is possible? Should my husband and I talk to our two teenagers about this...
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No worries! 'Lion King' roars on Blu-rayOct 07, 2011 6:00 am - “The Lion King” Audiences all over America have fallen in love with this animated film. It was originally released in 1994, returned to IMAX theaters in 2002 and, ...
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Chicago's Michael Shannon shines in 'Shelter'Oct 06, 2011 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Take Shelter' "Take Shelter," Jeff Nichols' art house take on the Hollywood disaster movie, features an intricately subtle, brilliantly nuan...
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Best bets: 'So You Think You Can Dance' waltzes into AllstateOct 05, 2011 5:45 am - Reality dance You've seen them move on TV, so now watch this past season's contestants, including winner Melanie Moore, Sasha Mallory, Jordan Casanova, Caitlynn Lawson ...