Movies
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‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’
Feb 27, 2024 10:07 am - Like its predecessor, “Dune: Part Two” thrums with an intoxicating big-screen expressionism of monoliths and mosquitos, fevered visions and messianic fervor — more dystopian dream, or nightmare, than a straightforward narrative.
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What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, ‘Elsbeth’ sleuths and Japan shines in ‘Shogun’
Feb 26, 2024 9:49 am - Adam Sandler playing an astronaut on a solo mission to the edge of the solar system in the sci-fi drama “Spaceman” and Disney+'s animated coming-of-age story “Iwaju” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Oppenheimer’ keeps devouring awards with top prize at Producers Guild, with Oscars up next
Feb 26, 2024 7:47 am - With two weeks to go before the Oscars, “Oppenheimer” looks unstoppable. Director and producer Christopher Nolan’s tale of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birt...
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Writers Read to highlight the ‘Golden Age of Entertainment’ March 14Feb 26, 2024 12:17 am - College of DuPage English Professor Brian Brems and WDCB’s “Those Were the Days” host Steve Darnall will present “Writers Read Visits the Golden Age of Entertainment” on...
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‘Past Lives,’ ‘American Fiction’ and ‘The Holdovers’ are big winners at Independent Spirit Awards
Feb 25, 2024 7:37 pm - Celine Song’s quiet romance “Past Lives” won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon, including best feature and best directo...
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‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Feb 25, 2024 9:23 am - “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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The SAG Awards will stream Saturday live on Netflix. Here’s how to watch and what to knowFeb 24, 2024 4:14 pm - The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards will for the first time stream live on Netflix, beginning at 7 p.m.
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Long Grove stars in three Christmas movies, thanks to small-town feel and state tax creditFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - When filmmaker and Mundelein resident John W. Bosher first read the script for “Christmas With Felicity,” the quaint, small-town setting made picking a filming location easy. “All of these sets are already right down the street in Long Grove,” he thought.
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Migrant’s 3 brutal years trying to reach Italy inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Io Capitano’
Feb 23, 2024 7:47 am - CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — Mamadou Kouassi’s searing, epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat infor...
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Sean Wang made a home movie. Now, he and his grandmothers are going to the Oscars
Feb 22, 2024 1:06 pm - Sean Wang’s two grandmothers live together. They read the newspaper together. They dance together. They sleep in the same bed and complain about each other’s farts. The o...