Movies
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Soderbergh's 'The Laundromat' makes a mess of sordid financial farceOct 03, 2019 6:00 am - “The Laundromat” - ★ Hollywood often has a fraught time trying to depict Wall Street venality. It's understandable: Complex financial securities don't easily translate ...
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See silent horror-comedy film Oct. 8 at the ArcadaOct 02, 2019 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, continues its "Silent Film Night" series with a screening of the 1927 silent horror-comedy film "The Cat and the Cana...
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Joaquin Phoenix delivers electrifying performance in harrowing 'Joker'Oct 02, 2019 1:00 pm - "Joker" - ★ ★ ★ Todd Phillips' supervillain origin tale "Joker" makes for a thin, grim, dystopian horror story buoyed by a perfectly pitched performance from an insanel...
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Renée Zellweger is just fine, thanks: The actress reflects on her long journey to 'Judy'Sep 30, 2019 10:00 am - The first time I met Renée Zellweger, in 1996, I was covering the Sundance Film Festival for the Austin American-Statesman, my first job as a film critic. I was set to i...
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'Abominable' No.1 with $20.9M; Zellweger's 'Judy' sings out
Sep 29, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK - The DreamWorks animated adventure "Abominable" topped the box office with $20.9 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Widescreen: Criterion Collection unleashes a monstrous 'Godzilla' boxed setSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - This summer's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" introduced a new generation of moviegoers to some of the great lizard's other kaiju pals - such as Mothra, Rodan and King ...
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Suburban actors with Down syndrome featured in 'Star Wars' fan filmSep 26, 2019 9:00 am - A "Star Wars" fan film featuring actors with disabilities from Chicago's suburbs is making a name for itself at film festivals both domestically and in Europe, including...
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Animated 'Abominable' covers familiar family-friendly terrainSep 26, 2019 6:00 am - “Abominable” - ★ ★ ½ In the colorful, animated action-comedy “Abominable,” co-directors Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman bypass the Pixar template of appealing to bot...
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'Where's My Roy Cohn?' focuses on infamous fixer — and his most famous pupilSep 26, 2019 6:00 am - “Where's My Roy Cohn?” - ★ ★ ★ As filmmakers seek to decipher and interpret the current political moment, it's natural — and useful — to go back to where it might ...
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Renee Zellweger shines as talented, tormented 'Judy' in Garland biopicSep 26, 2019 1:00 am - “Judy” - ★ ★ ★ There are movies that are great as cinema: examples of visual storytelling at its purest, most inventive and emotionally expressive. Then there are movie...