Movies
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'Mulan' dazzles as live-action remake, but story loses some of its magicSep 03, 2020 1:00 pm - “Mulan” - ★ ★ ½ Out of all of Disney's animated films, “Mulan” was the one that made the most sense as a live-action remake. Not that there haven't been good and c...
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An ethereal wind blows through Kaufman's 'Ending Things'
Sep 03, 2020 6:00 am - “I'm Thinking of Ending Things” - ★ ★ ★ “I try to imbue my work with a sort of interiority,” says Lucy (Jessie Buckley), the artists-physics student-girlfriend of ...
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Behind the Curtain: September Newspaper Movie of the MonthSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - Meet John Doe This 1941 Frank Capra classic is as much a movie about politics as it is about newspapers. Golden Age stars Barbara Stanwyck, playing a reporter who makes ...
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Northbrook JCC to show 'Sing' at drive-in movie event SundaySep 03, 2020 1:00 am - Catch the animated film "Sing" on the big screen this weekend at Bernard Weinger JCC in Northbrook. Have good old-fashioned family fun over the Labor Day Weekend - while...
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Does Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' live up to the hype?Sep 02, 2020 2:00 pm - “Tenet” - ★ ★ ★ Unlike time travel, time inversion merely rolls back the chronological order of things, something like an “instant playback in reverse” created by a piec...
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Best Bets: Kentucky Derby Day races into Arlington International RacecourseSep 02, 2020 6:00 am - Race return Mark this year's rescheduled Kentucky Derby Day by watching live races on the racetrack and the actual race on nearby TV screens Saturday at Arlington Intern...
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16 sports dramas to stream if your interests lean more drama than sports
Aug 30, 2020 7:31 am - While we would never in good faith recommend The CW series "Riverdale" beyond its first season, there is a line in the third so brilliantly absurd that it deserves recog...
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Moana's voice, Auli'i Cravalho takes the next step
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Widescreen: New movies are back, but don't discount 'Invisible Man' at Oscar timeAug 28, 2020 6:00 am - New movies are creeping back into theaters now, and while I don't think this week's "Bill and Ted Face the Music" or last week's box office champ "Unhinged" will be in t...
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'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43Aug 28, 2020 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the...