Movies
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The 'Downton Abbey' cast wants to take you back to a more innocent time - 2012Sep 21, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ah, Downton Abbey. We missed you so. Has it really been just four years since you left? Feels like ages. A lot has happened since then. Britain wasn't bicke...
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'Ad Astra' star Brad Pitt still has a lot of questions about spaceSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - When Brad Pitt is on a panel with NASA officials, he's the one with the questions. "If we were going to make a trip to Mars, we would have to take off from the moon, bec...
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Need a 'Downton Abbey' refresher? Here's where all of the major characters left offSep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - The television gods heard "Community" fans' desperate pleas to extend the single-camera comedy into six seasons and a movie and said, hey, wouldn't it be hilarious if we...
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Brad Pitt's performance in 'Ad Astra' is simply stellarSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Ad Astra” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In English, “Ad Astra” means “to the stars,” but it's precisely the film's earthbound emotional truths that give it heft, meaning and grandeur. Afte...
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'Monos': Tale of teen guerrillas is captivating - and at times maddeningSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Monos” - ★ ★ ★ The violent, beautiful and powerfully watchable movie “Monos” - Spanish for monkeys - takes its title from the code name used by a group of teenage guerr...
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Dark comedy 'Villains' isn't much of a gasSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Villains” — ★ ★ “Villains” opens with a robbery at a gas station convenience store, quickly followed by a scene in which the perpetrators — wait for it — run out o...
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'Downton Abbey' visually ratchets up the drama in winning, uplifting filmSep 19, 2019 6:00 am - “Downton Abbey” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If Jane Austen had written this movie, she would have titled it “Pride and Purpose.” The last thing you might expect this big-screen version of...
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'Get Out' composer will lead a musical 'high-wire act' at Chicago's Auditorium TheatreSep 18, 2019 9:00 am - Even the biggest fans of writer-director Jordan Peele's horror sensation “Get Out” haven't seen it as many times as film composer Michael Abels. “You have no idea how ma...
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Engines rev in Rosemont entertainment districtSep 17, 2019 11:00 pm - The growing Rosemont entertainment district continues to rev its engines, figuratively and literally. The formal grand opening of a two-story, 20,000-square-foot Harley-...
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ECC discussion series on racism aims to move beyond awarenessSep 15, 2019 11:00 pm - What can you do now that you understand the issues surrounding social justice in America? This is the question at the center of the discussion series "Beyond Awareness,"...