Movies
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'Official Secrets' explores enormous emotional toll of whistle-blowingSep 05, 2019 6:00 am - “Official Secrets” - ★ ★ ★ Keira Knightley spends a lot of time looking tense and nauseated in “Official Secrets,” wherein she plays real-life whistle-blower Katha...
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He's back! Pennywise returns in creepy but overcrowded 'It: Chapter Two'Sep 04, 2019 4:00 pm - “It: Chapter Two” - ★ ★ ½ It can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King's “It” is not one of those books. A...
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Actor and Schaumburg native Michael Roark still a 'classic' suburban guySep 04, 2019 5:30 am - Actor. Producer. Attorney. Classic Suburban Guy. Michael Roark doesn't get paid for that last job. But that's how he described himself in a Daily Herald interview back i...
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Hollywood's summer ends 2% down despite Disney dominance
Sep 01, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Never before has one studio so dominated summer at the movies. The Walt Disney Co. accounted for about half of all ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters on...
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'Love, Antosha' documentary honors life of 'Star Trek' actor Anton YelchinAug 31, 2019 7:00 am - “Love, Antosha” - ★ ★ ★ Anton Yelchin, the prolific actor best known for playing Pavel Chekov in the rebooted “Star Trek” movies, died in 2016 when, in a freak acc...
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'Dark Crystal' prequel debuts Friday on NetflixAug 30, 2019 6:00 am - Jim Henson made two creepy fantasy flicks in the 1980s, two movies aimed at an audience that was perhaps growing out of “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show.” I was defi...
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Documentary 'Aquarela' sends chilling message about climate changeAug 30, 2019 6:00 am - “Aquarela” - ★ ★ ½ The documentary “Aquarela” opens with overhead shots of what appears to be an iced-over lake, accompanied by a score of headbanging power chords...
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John Travolta flips out as celebrity-obsessed stalker in 'The Fanatic'Aug 30, 2019 6:00 am - “The Fanatic” - ★ ½ I'll say one thing for John Travolta's performance in “The Fanatic,” a movie about a rabidly movie-obsessed loser who goes off the deep end whe...
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Jillian Bell goes the distance in 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' breakout roleAug 29, 2019 6:00 am - “Brittany Runs a Marathon” - ★ ★ ★ Getting in shape and putting your life together usually, at the movies, passes in a montage. But for many, the non-Rocky legions...
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Thriller 'Don't Let Go' proves emotionally gripping, but strains logicAug 29, 2019 6:00 am - “Don't Let Go” - ★ ★ Letting go of the past and moving on is healthy but hard. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,” the old prayer goe...