Movies
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'Aladdin' soars, but 'Booksmart' barely passes at box office
May 26, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.'s live-action remake of "Aladdin" cr...
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John Wick is the perfect folk hero for our age - and Keanu Reeves is the perfect person to play himMay 24, 2019 6:00 am - Note: Contains spoilers. John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is something out of a fairy tale. Literally: He is referred to as "baba yaga" or boogeyman. When his exploits are ...
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Widescreen: See a rare David Bowie performance on the big screenMay 24, 2019 6:00 am - A rarely seen David Bowie film from the '80s closes out a World War II film series just after Memorial Day at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. "Me...
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Movie review: Horror sci-fi tale fueled by nature vs. nurture premiseMay 23, 2019 6:00 am - “Brightburn” - ★ ★ ½ The science-fiction/horror tale/superhero fantasy “Brightburn” feels like the overextended opening act of a much more promising movie glimpsed in a ...
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Movie review: Honor Swinton Byrne makes an extraordinary debut in 'The Souvenir'May 23, 2019 6:00 am - “The Souvenir” - ★ ★ ★ It was only weeks before production was starting on “The Souvenir,” the story goes, and British director Joanna Hogg and her friend, actress Tilda...
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In the winning 'Booksmart,' a teen comedy revolutionMay 23, 2019 6:00 am - “Booksmart” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The insanely winning “Booksmart” boasts too many breakthroughs to count. There are the two leads, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, both of whom ...
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New twists give Guy Ritchie's wavering remake of 'Aladdin' its own identityMay 22, 2019 12:00 pm - “Aladdin” - ★ ★ ½ It takes 45 minutes for this turgid, unflatteringly lighted, majorly miscast, hit-and-misdirected, live-action remake of the beloved 1992 Walt Disney ...
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Geneva church to show 'Sustainable' film on America's food system May 24May 20, 2019 11:00 pm - On Friday, May 24, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., continues its monthly film series with a screening of the 2016 documentary "Sustainab...
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The world is finally ready for 'Booksmart,' a raunchy teen comedy about two straight-A girlsMay 19, 2019 7:29 am - Beanie Feldstein reaches over a table to place her hand in Kaitlyn Dever's. "A quick handhold," Feldstein playfully announces while discussing how she and her co-star bo...
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'John Wick 3' dethrones 'Avengers: Endgame' with $57 million