Movies
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'Whatever is happening in society will be represented by the comedians': Remembering Carl ReinerJun 30, 2020 1:00 am - Back in 1979, Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire participated in a news conference with Carl Reiner and Steve Martin. The event — to promote the release of the movie “Th...
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Why Libertyville's Phillipa Soo is blown away by new Hamilton movieJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - No matter how many theater credits Phillipa Soo accumulates over the course of her career, “Hamilton” — Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway blockbuster that begins streaming F...
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Widescreen: Five funny vacations you can take (on screen) with John HughesJun 26, 2020 6:00 am - Writer/director John Hughes was born in Michigan and died in New York, but his time at Glenbrook North High School inspired a career that left an indelible mark on Ameri...
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Movie theaters return, and cinema superheroes won't be the only ones with masksJun 26, 2020 5:00 am - Successfully rebooting local movie theaters sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic will depend on two make-or-break factors. First, earning the public's confidence that m...
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Will Ferrell's 'Eurovision' spoof strikes the right chords on NetflixJun 25, 2020 6:00 am - “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” Will Ferrell's goofy parody of the long-running European spectacle, is the first great comedy of 2020, and it couldn't...
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Review: Netflix's powerful 'Athlete A' chronicles abuse scandal at USA GymnasticsJun 25, 2020 6:00 am - One of the most tragic lines in the powerful documentary “Athlete A,” about sexual abuse in the USA Gymnastics, comes when the gymnast Jamie Dantzscher says Larry Nassar...
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Movie review: Jon Stewart's strained political satire not quite 'Irresistible'Jun 25, 2020 6:00 am - Director/writer Jon Stewart's second feature film "Irresistible" turns out to be a surprising bit of investigative reporting camouflaged as an irreverent, curiously edge...
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Sears Centre drive-in premieres with 'The Goonies'Jun 25, 2020 1:00 am - Moviegoers Thursday night took their DeLoreans and other vehicles back in time to 1985 - when you could watch a film like "The Goonies" somewhere other than your home. J...
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Elgin Marcus Cinema launches parking lot drive-in movies with “E.T,” Garth Brooks concertJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - Marcus Cinema in Elgin will show drive-in double features from its parking lot beginning Friday and continuing through the summer. A 48-foot screen is set up on the west...
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Constable: Suburban roots take filmmaker from '8 Mile' to 'Devil's Night'Jun 23, 2020 5:30 am - Splitting his childhood between Mount Prospect and Detroit, teenager Sam Logan Khaleghi landed a gig as an extra for one brief scene in Eminem's 2002 movie, "8 Mile." "I...