Movies
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Movie review: Tension between two stars the real draw in 'Chaperone'Apr 11, 2019 6:00 am - “The Chaperone” - ★ ★ Based on Laura Moriarty's best-selling 2012 novel, “The Chaperone” fictionalizes an episode in the life of silent movie star Louise Brooks. Y...
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Review: Heavenly Aretha Franklin documentary 'Amazing Grace' proves worth the waitApr 11, 2019 6:00 am - “Amazing Grace” - ★ ★ ★ ½ After many dangers, toils and snares, the long-lost Aretha Franklin concert film “Amazing Grace” has finally seen the light, and good Lor...
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Movie review: 'High Life' explores dark human terrain in outer space dramaApr 11, 2019 6:00 am - “High Life” - ★ ★ ★ French filmmaker Claire Denis has not lost her edge as she's coasted into her 70s. Her latest film, “High Life,” is as stimulating and challeng...
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Movie review: 'Hellboy' reboot ups the violence, but proves no match for the originalApr 10, 2019 5:00 pm - “Hellboy” - ★ ½ Sometimes “more adult” does not mean “more mature.” That's the central problem facing “Hellboy,” the reboot of the comic book character popularized in f...
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Movie review: Smart, visually stunning 'Missing Link' misses out on emotionsApr 10, 2019 5:00 pm - “Missing Link” - ★ ★ ½ Men, women and not-so-mythical beasts have world-spanning adventures in Laika Entertainment's ingeniously wrought and intermittently enthral...
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Movie review: Marsai Martin elevates shrieky, conventional body-switch comedy 'Little'Apr 10, 2019 11:00 am - “Little” - ★ ★ In the conventional body-switch comedy “Little,” plucky teen actress Marsai Martin (of TV's “black-ish” sitcom) establishes herself as a comic force of n...
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'The power of true stories': Documentary filmmaker teaches teens at Arlington Heights libraryApr 09, 2019 6:00 am - Cesar Toscano, 17, of Mount Prospect loves science fiction and action movies - think "Aliens" and "Godzilla" - and he would love to one day be involved in the industry, ...
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Cersei Lannister vs. Jon Snow: Who will win the 'Game of Thrones'?Apr 09, 2019 6:00 am - At last. The final six episodes of “Game of Thrones” begin at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 14, on HBO, and this rabid fan sees two main candidates to be atop the titular seat wh...
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'Shazam!' debuts with $53.5M, handing DC Comics another win
Apr 07, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Seven films in, the DC Extended Universe is finally flying with some wind behind its back. The well-reviewed, relatively modestly budgeted "Shazam!" debuted w...
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Nodding to 'Big,' 'Shazam!' brings the superhero down a sizeApr 06, 2019 7:27 am - NEW YORK - "Shazam!" is one of those movies with a perfect elevator pitch. Everywhere along its path to production, the same phrase guided its makers: "'Big' meets 'Supe...