Movies
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New movies to stream this week: 'Chemical Hearts,' 'Desert One' and more
Aug 23, 2020 7:23 am - The line that opens the adolescent tear-jerker romance "Chemical Hearts" - spoken in voice-over by teen protagonist Henry (Austin Abrams) - will immediately cleave the a...
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Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan play geniuses in 'Tesla'
Aug 23, 2020 7:18 am - NEW YORK - Ethan Hawke has portrayed several real people in recent years, including musician Chet Baker and abolitionist John Brown, but his new role as pioneering inven...
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Zombie-riddled 'Peninsula' derails in South Korean 'Train' sequelAug 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Train to Busan: Peninsula” - ★ ★ ½ The title “Train to Busan: Peninsula” doesn't pack much relevance here. Nobody takes a train to anywhere in this frantically und...
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Fractured filmmaking powers tiresome biopic 'Tesla'
Aug 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Tesla” - ★ ★ Before it was possible to buy “a Tesla” and probably since, Nikola Tesla has been chronically underappreciated. Wider recognition has been steadily c...
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'The 24th' offers timely, sobering look at history and race relations
Aug 20, 2020 11:00 am - “The 24th” — ★ ★ ½ On Aug. 23, 1917, four months after the U.S. had entered World War I, the all-Black 3rd battalion of the U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Regiment mutin...
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Disney's 'The One and Only Ivan' offers sweet animal-rights tale
Aug 20, 2020 6:00 am - “The One and Only Ivan” — ★ ★ ½ A sweet if sleepy adaptation of Katherine Applegate's 2012 children's book, Disney's “The One and Only Ivan” is a talking-animal fi...
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Russell Crowe snaps, crackles and pops as road-raging killer in 'Unhinged'Aug 20, 2020 6:00 am - “Unhinged” — ★ ★ How can a movie this stupid be so diabolically irresistible? More to the point: How can a movie this stupid — and assumes viewers are even stupide...
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Marcus Theatres to reopen suburban cinemas starting FridayAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Marcus Theatres will reopen its suburban cinemas starting Friday with new safety measures in place. The Marcus locations in Addison and Orland Park open Friday, Aug. 21,...
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Another thing HBO Max has that Netflix doesn't: Classic movies from yesteryearAug 19, 2020 11:00 pm - A constant complaint about Netflix has been its lack of classic movies. Finding anything older than 1970 seems darn near impossible. Hulu and Amazon aren't much better, ...
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Cinemark to reopen suburban movie theaters starting FridayAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Cinemark will reopen its suburban movie theaters in the coming days and will feature reduced ticket prices to try to tempt movie fans back inside. Opening Friday, Aug. 2...