Movies
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'Come True' a moody, unsettling slow-burn drama about dreams
Mar 12, 2021 5:00 am - “Come True” - ★ ★ ½ The murky and illogical territory of dreams and nightmares has always provided fertile ground for filmmakers. Not only can your imagination run wild ...
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Explore the universe with graphic novelist/astrophysicist at Fermilab lecture March 26Mar 11, 2021 10:00 pm - Fermilab Art & Lecture At Home series, "When Art & Science Collide" continues with a "Graphic Talk About the Universe" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 (CST), with Dr. Clif...
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Glen Ellyn native Amy Carlson stellar in derivative, demonic horror taleMar 11, 2021 5:00 am - “Know Fear” - ★ ½ We all know the devil is in the details, right? In the horror tale “Know Fear,” apparently a demon is. And he likes to mess them up. “Know Fear” ...
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Widescreen: 'Monster Hunter' is no 'Magnolia,' but it sure is funMar 11, 2021 5:00 am - Paul Thomas Anderson is the most acclaimed filmmaker of his generation, a purveyor of puzzling, powerful films like "There Will Be Blood" and "Magnolia." I see everythin...
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'Cherry' on Apple TV+ a gimmick-filled tale of war, crime and addiction
Mar 11, 2021 5:00 am - “Cherry” - ★ ½ Tom Holland has bravely stripped off his Spider-Man costume to play a gritty, heroin-addicted veteran in the new movie “Cherry,” looking in no way l...
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Kids get their way for 24 hours in Netflix's contrived comedy 'Yes Day'
Mar 11, 2021 5:00 am - “Yes Day” - ★ ★ Like an innocuous kid version of “The Purge,” Miguel Arteta's “Yes Day” imagines an annual 24-hour holiday of lawlessness. The concept comes from A...
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New to streaming this week: 'Cherry,' 'Bloodlands' & Kids' Choice Awards
Mar 09, 2021 5:00 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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Will nonprofit status help save historic Catlow in Barrington?Mar 09, 2021 4:30 am - The owner of the Catlow Theater in Barrington said he's in the final stages of turning the historic venue into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the goal of doing a complete re...
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Audiences hold back, even as more movie theaters open
Mar 07, 2021 6:00 am - Theaters reopening in New York City this weekend did not set the box office on fire. North American theatrical grosses stayed relatively muted, despite some major new re...
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33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda
Mar 06, 2021 6:30 am - NEW YORK - When Eddie Murphy made the original "Coming to America," he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America. Murphy was at the very height of his fame, ...