Movies
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Movie review: Wronged lover chooses self-sacrifice over revenge in 'Ash Is Purest White'Apr 05, 2019 6:00 am - “Ash Is Purest White” - ★ ★ ★ In “Ash Is Purest White,” Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke tells a gangster story that seems, at first, to hold out the promise of ...
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Expect big 'Star Wars' news this weekend when Chicago hosts official conventionApr 05, 2019 6:00 am - McCormick Place will look more like Coruscant this weekend when Star Wars Celebration, the official “Star Wars” convention featuring many of the franchise's creators and...
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Movie review: 'Pet Sematary' remake resurrects Stephen King horror taleApr 04, 2019 3:00 pm - “Pet Sematary” - ★ ★ Hollywood, in its infinite irony, has resurrected a tale about the unholy perils of resurrection. The mean roads and mangy cats of Stephen King's “P...
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Movie review: 'The Best of Enemies' offers all-too-familiar take on the civil rights dramaApr 04, 2019 12:00 pm - “The Best of Enemies” - ★ ★ ½ In a time and place where blacks and whites rarely cooperate, a Ku Klux Klan leader agrees to help lead public meetings on the subjec...
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Movie review: Overstuffed 'The Public' takes heavy hand with moralistic messageApr 04, 2019 6:00 am - “The Public” - ★ ½ In “The Public,” a moralistic new melodrama that pits a group of cuddly homeless men against a soulless, uncaring bureaucracy, a character remarks on...
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Movie review: Australian family film 'Storm Boy' a stirring tale of love and lossApr 04, 2019 6:00 am - "Storm Boy" - ★ ★ ★ We learn early on in "Storm Boy" that whenever someone kills a pelican, a storm follows. A lot of storms happen in this movie. "Storm Boy" hits us h...
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Fun, funny 'Shazam!' rescues the superhero genre from gloom and doomApr 03, 2019 6:00 am - “Shazam!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Holy superhero fatigue, Batman, “Shazam!” is actually good. OK, so it's basically “Big” with superheroes and villains instead of businesspeople and ...
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MCC alumni to premiere film at Raue CenterApr 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Twins brothers Adrian and Andrew Nuño got their start in filmmaking at McHenry County College when they were students in 2016. Now they're returning to their hometown of...
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'Jurassic World Live Tour' coming to Allstate Arena in NovemberApr 02, 2019 1:00 am - The massive dinosaurs of "Jurassic World" will descend on Rosemont's Allstate Arena in November in the world premiere of a live show that mixes animatronics, performers ...
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Elgin Latino film fest spotlights autism awarenessApr 01, 2019 1:00 am - This year's Latino Film Festival Elgin will promote autism awareness and got endorsements from Hollywood actress Mindy Sterling and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Richard...