Movies
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Streaming this week: 'Maleficent,' 'Teen Spirit' and 'The General'
May 14, 2020 11:00 pm - This week comes an encouragement to go way back to watch a great movie - all the way to 1926. Buster Keaton's "The General" is considered ahead-of-its-time and it counts...
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'Capone' takes grotesque, violent look at Chicago gangster's last year
May 14, 2020 6:00 am - Al Capone lived out his final years on a grand estate in Palm Island, Florida, with his wife, Mae, by his side and grandchildren running around the property. It sounds l...
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'Last Dance' is ending, but Amazon Prime has plenty for Bulls fans to watchMay 14, 2020 6:00 am - "The Last Dance" has been the television event of the year for those of us who grew up watching Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win six championships in the '90s, a...
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Disney+ makes filmed version of 'Hamilton' streamable in JulyMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - This July Fourth holiday, you'll be able to see the original Broadway cast of "Hamilton" perform the musical smash about a Founding Father from the comfort of...
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Test your knowledge of pop-culture moms played by stars from the suburbsMay 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Thanks to the stay-at-home order, we've probably spent tons of time with TV and movie moms as we've streamed our way through the past few weeks. Today, all that binge-w...
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A ranking of Netflix romantic comedies - from worst to best
May 09, 2020 7:29 am - Netflix has become a bit of a rom-com factory in recent years, producing movies that entertain either because of their innovative writing or, in most cases, their enjoya...
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'Spaceship Earth' affectionately documents Biosphere II, an out-of-this-world experiment
May 08, 2020 6:00 am - During lockdown, have you taken a moment to appreciate that at least you're not quarantined with eight freethinking adventurers in a terrarium of depleting oxygen levels...
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Widescreen: Andrew Lloyd Webber's free videos became my pandemic soundtrackMay 08, 2020 6:00 am - "Night time sharpens / Heightens each sensation" - "The Music of the Night," from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" • • • "School days, school days / Dear...
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Their St. Charles home held the history of lesbian couple featured in Netflix docMay 08, 2020 5:00 am - The night her family moved into their historic St. Charles home last summer, Elizabeth Suwanski sauntered into the dining room to admire a display case of memorabilia fr...
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Night out at the movies! McHenry drive-in delivers double bill with pandemic precautionsMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - To the delight of socially distanced, movie-loving suburbanites eager for a night out after more than six weeks in, the McHenry Outdoor Theater reopened Friday. The "pr...