Movies
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Naperville's Bob Odenkirk wasted in repugnant, ultra-violent 'Nobody'Mar 25, 2021 6:00 am - “Nobody” - ★ ½ Only time will determine if Ilya Naishuller's middle-aged, white male rage fantasy “Nobody” does for Bob Odenkirk what “Die Hard” did for a pudgy, l...
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'Six Minutes to Midnight' a too-rushed pre-WWII thriller
Mar 25, 2021 6:00 am - “Six Minutes to Midnight” - ★ ★ ½ In the years before World War II, the Augusta-Victoria College, a girls' boarding school in Bexhill-on-Sea, catered to a very spe...
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Widescreen: Her sequel wasn't great, but Wonder Woman and her 'Justice League' pals are must-see TVMar 25, 2021 6:00 am - If you missed "Wonder Woman 1984" on HBO Max over the holidays, Gal Gadot's retro sequel lassoes its way to Blu-ray, DVD and digital rental outlets on Tuesday, March 30....
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Will the Cascade Drive-in theater reopen? Stay tunedMar 24, 2021 5:10 am - While the McHenry Outdoor Theater prepares to open its new season with a little picture from the summer of 1975, the marquee at another beloved drive-in is still blank. ...
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New to streaming this week: 'Tina,' 'The Father,' 'City on a Hill' and more
Mar 23, 2021 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • ...
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With new screen, fewer restrictions, McHenry drive-in plans for summer season
Mar 23, 2021 1:00 am - Last year, people from McHenry County and beyond flocked to the McHenry Outdoor Theater as a safe, fun way to reconnect with pre-pandemic life while outbreaks and capaci...
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Plans solidify for 93rd Oscars: No Zoom, no sweatshirts
Mar 21, 2021 11:00 pm - With nominations set and just over a month until showtime, details are trickling out about the 93rd Oscars and neither sweatshirts nor Zoom made the cut. "Our plan is th...
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'Borat,' 'Promising Young Woman' win at Writers Guild Awards
Mar 21, 2021 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Wri...
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'Operation Varsity Blues' re-enacts and reorients a scandal
Mar 21, 2021 7:30 am - NEW YORK - Chris Smith didn't initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing "Fyre," the hit Netflix documentary ab...
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Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar
Mar 18, 2021 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Half a year after his death, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award on Monday for his final performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom...