Movies
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Just as Spielberg's life story 'Fabelmans' finally starts rolling, it endsNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - “The Fabelmans” - ★ ★ ½ This should have been a real-life superhero origin movie with youthful stand-ins serving as early versions of Steven Spielberg before he evolved...
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Fine young cannibals in the tender 'Bones and All'
Nov 22, 2022 5:00 am - “Bones and All” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Zombies had a good run. Vampires had their day in the sun. Now, it seems to be cannibals' turn for their bite at the apple. Luca Guadagnino's ...
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'Devotion' a handsomely produced, anti-white savior dramaNov 22, 2022 5:00 am - “Devotion” - ★ ★ ★ Ever since I began writing about Hollywood's white savior syndrome in 1986, I have seen only one movie that rejected the genre's implicit white suprem...
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'Wakanda Forever' extends reign, 'She Said' struggles
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Q&A: Tony Kushner on playing therapist to Steven Spielberg
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'Slumberland' aims for enchantment, but gets lost
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On 'The Menu,' black comedy, conformity and death blend in a sumptuous cinematic stewNov 17, 2022 5:00 am - “The Menu” - ★ ★ ★ ★ By now, we can assume that the majority of America's film critics have exhausted all the truly clever, extremely good and moderately mediocre food ...
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Alejandro Inarritu crafts a freewheeling fantasia in 'Bardo'
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Landmark brings the movie theater back to GlenviewNov 17, 2022 12:00 am - A sequel that surpasses the original. It's what the principals hope will happen starting Nov. 18 when Landmark Theatres opens its renovated, 10-screen theater in the for...
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'She Said' a fact-based journalism drama with a distinctive, strong feminine voiceNov 16, 2022 10:00 pm - “She Said” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Maria Schrader's “She Said” belongs among the top three fact-based journalism movies showcasing investigative reporters, but with a significant dif...