Movies
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Widescreen: David Byrne, Spike Lee join forces on HBOOct 16, 2020 6:00 am - Two polarizing artists come together this weekend when "David Byrne's American Utopia," a filmed performance of the Talking Heads frontman's Broadway show directed by Sp...
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Sugary love stories converge in medical tear-jerker '2 Hearts'
Oct 16, 2020 6:00 am - “2 Hearts” - ★ ½ The hospital gurney that shows up mere minutes into “2 Hearts” — carrying one of its four protagonists and trailing a wake of weepy loved ones beh...
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Garage parking spots no longer reserved for moviegoers in RosemontOct 16, 2020 5:30 am - Moviegoers in Rosemont may now have to park a bit farther within the village's massive 7-level entertainment district parking garage. Patrons of the AMC theater previous...
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Glenview man ready for his closeup as writer, director and producerOct 15, 2020 11:00 pm - John P. Tomasek is living the dream. His dream. Summoning courage not all of us have, the Glenview man acted on a desire to do something he'd thought about a long time: ...
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Brilliant performances abound in Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' on Netflix
Oct 15, 2020 6:00 am - “The Trial of the Chicago 7” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If anyone was born to make a film about the infamous federal trial surrounding the protests outside the 1968 Democratic Nati...
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'Treasure trove' of tapes helped filmmaker create John Belushi documentaryOct 14, 2020 5:30 am - Most biographical documentaries merely inform us about their subjects. Then there's R.J. Cutler's “Belushi,” a biographical doc that in 108 fleet minutes achieves someth...
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Radha Blank of 'The Forty-Year-Old Version' isn't late
Oct 11, 2020 11:00 pm - If Radha Blank had a tagline for her film, “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” it would be: “You don't age out of your passion.” Blank wrote, directed and stars in her debut f...
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Dreams collide with cruel reality for young Filipina singer in 'Yellow Rose'
Oct 09, 2020 6:00 am - “Yellow Rose” - ★ ★ ½ “I'm illegal,” says Rosario “Rose” Garcia (Eva Noblezada), a Filipina living undocumented in Texas, in Diane Paragas' “Yellow Rose.” The way she sa...
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'Time' is a terrific look at the pull of loss
Oct 09, 2020 6:00 am - “Time” - ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a scene in the documentary “Time” that captures a woman on the phone trying to speak to a judge's clerk. She's put on hold. Nothing happe...
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Adam Sandler's 'Hubie Halloween' is ... good?
Oct 09, 2020 6:00 am - “Hubie Halloween” - ★ ★ ★ The distance for Adam Sandler from last year's frantic, high-wire act “Uncut Gems” to his new Netflix comedy, “Hubie Halloween,” is great...