Movies
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Friends of Fox River's passion on display in new filmApr 21, 2023 6:00 am - On a calendar, Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. To those who make a living of fighting back against the harm that sewage, industrial runoff and constant littering inflic...
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Arty movie 'Showing Up' about artists fails to spark
Apr 21, 2023 6:00 am - “Showing Up” - ★ Michelle Williams plays a sculptor whose hot water heater has irritatingly busted in the languid “Showing Up.” That's about it, plot-wise. Talk about n...
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Tivoli Theatre owners to be honored as 2023 Historians of the YearApr 20, 2023 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, May 2, the Downers Grove Historical Society is hosting a premiere screening of a documentary featuring Willis and Shirley Johnson, the owners of the Tivoli T...
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'Beau Is Afraid' is stuck in a one-note nightmare
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Low 'Rise': Fifth 'Evil Dead' film a disappointingly derivative drama-traumaApr 20, 2023 6:00 am - “Evil Dead Rise” - ★ ★ This review has not been written for hard-core horror fans who've been waiting with bated (and baited) breath for a modernized, gory-fied update ...
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In 'Chevalier,' an erased figure gets a lush biopic
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Streaming this week: 'Judy Blume,' Rodrigo y Gabriela, Minecraft Legends
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'Super Mario' tops the charts again at the box office
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New film 'Watershed Warriors' highlights work of Fox River advocates
Apr 16, 2023 1:00 am - When Gary Swick was a teenager in the late 1960s, the Fox River was not healthy. The river was “a really nasty, polluted place” back then, Swick, now president of Friend...
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In 'Mafia Mamma,' murder by stilettos and by cliche