Movies
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LaBeouf thought he was finished, then he wrote 'Honey Boy'Nov 09, 2019 6:27 am - NEW YORK - While in court-mandated rehab following his viral-videoed, racist-ranting 2017 arrest for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Shia LaBeouf put his chil...
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Des Plaines safari photographer to show documentaryNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Safari photographer Todd Gustafson of Des Plaines will discuss and present a PBS documentary that showcases his work Sunday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church. Gustafs...
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'Last Christmas' unwraps plot twist, but still takes predictable rom-com route
Nov 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Last Christmas” - ★ ★ “Last Christmas” has a twist. If that is news to you, congratulations on evading the speculative realm of Twitter and Reddit since August, when th...
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'Midway' crashes under cartoony, cliched World War II battle scriptNov 07, 2019 5:00 am - “Midway” - ★ The first thing director Roland Emmerich should do after his latest movie “Midway” hits theaters is apologize. Apologize to the visual effects crew, the stu...
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Timing is really off for 'Playing With Fire'
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'Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' can't live up to Kubrick's originalNov 07, 2019 5:00 am - "Doctor Sleep" - ★ ★ ½ The first half of Mike Flanagan's sluggish, 152-minute follow-up to Stanley Kubrick's polarizing 1980 horror tale "The Shining" can best be descri...
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De Niro delivers seductive look into banality of evil in Scorsese's 'The Irishman'Nov 07, 2019 4:00 am - “The Irishman” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Yes, this movie runs 209 minutes (yikes!), but Martin Scorsese, for the most part, holds each one accountable for our time and interest. The fam...
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Want to stream quality movies and shows for free? There's an app (or three) for thatNov 06, 2019 10:00 pm - TV junkies' bank accounts are about to be minus a few more dollars with last week's launch of Apple TV+ ($4.99 per month) and next Tuesday's arrival of the monolithic Di...
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Cynthia Erivo on becoming Harriet Tubman in 'Harriet'Nov 03, 2019 10:00 pm - TORONTO - British actress Cynthia Erivo is relatively small in stature. In person, she is earnest and genial. In performance, the 32-year-old can appear achingly vulnera...
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Ho ho ho: Suburban stars shine in holiday TV moviesNov 03, 2019 7:31 am - Hallmark dropped its first new Christmas movie of 2019 before Halloween, which - oddly enough - ushered in the kind of snow you normally only see on TV this time of year...