Movies
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All the best of pop culture at Pheasant Run show this weekendNov 30, 2019 12:00 am - Aisles of pop culture were on display Saturday as the Chicago Pop Culture Con kicked off at The Pheasant Run Resort mega Center in St. Charles. The multigenre event, whi...
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Taylor Kitsch plays a bad guy with nuance and special skillsNov 29, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Actor Taylor Kitsch bristles at the notion that the criminal he plays in the new police drama "21 Bridges," is a coldblooded killer. He says he worked to find...
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Hope you like 'Elf'! You can't escape Christmas on your televisionNov 29, 2019 5:00 am - Thanksgiving is behind us, so you know what that means. To quote The Tim Tracker (who in turn was quoting that song from Phineas and Ferb), “Christmas is starting now!” ...
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O'Donnell: Could 'The Irishman' help make Netflix a platform player with the NFL?Nov 29, 2019 12:00 am - FORGET ABOUT A HOLIDAY with the Bears, Lions, Cowboys, Bills, Saints and Falcons. If purely unscientific monitoring this Thanksgiving week has been any indicator, a prim...
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Movie review: 'Dark Waters' takes on environmental tale with facts over flash
Nov 28, 2019 5:00 am - “Dark Waters” — ★ ★ ½ There are a few notable disappearing acts being performed in “Dark Waters,” a fact-based — and decidedly unflashy — drama about the corporate...
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Star-studded 'Knives Out' cuts sharp, comic whodunit taleNov 27, 2019 5:00 am - “Knives Out” - ★ ★ ★ ½ To call “Knives Out” Ian Fleming meets Agatha Christie might be tempting, but it would be highly inaccurate. That's because Daniel Craig breaks hi...
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Movie review: 'Queen & Slim' offers a romantic, urgent and beautiful rideNov 27, 2019 5:00 am - “Queen & Slim” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Rarely has a Tinder date ended so poorly than the one shown in “Queen & Slim.” Even more rarely has a bad Tinder date produced such a great...
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How comic Sebastian Maniscalco went from Arlington Heights kid to 'The Irishman'
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Already a star in China, U.S. fame comes to 'Farewell' actressNov 24, 2019 6:24 am - LOS ANGELES - To American audiences, the woman who plays the grandmother in the film "The Farewell" might as well be an unknown. But the 75-year-old Chinese actress is a...
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'˜Frozen 2' heats up box office with $127M opening weekend
Nov 24, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Six years after "Frozen" kicked up a pop-culture blizzard, the sequel to Elsa, Anna and Olaf's adventures snowed-in the box office with an estimated $127 mill...