Movies
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'Men in Black: International' travels all-too-familiar groundJun 13, 2019 6:00 am - “Men in Black: International” - ★ ★ ½ Kumail Nanjiani is the best thing about “Men in Black: International.” That's saying something, considering that the actor ne...
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Outdated conventions mar inventive comic twist on 'Shaft'Jun 13, 2019 6:00 am - "Shaft" - ★ ★ ½ Tim Story's "Shaft" promises to be an inventive comic twist on the iconic private detective, but the movie's arresting premise turns out to be far bette...
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'Secret Life of Pets 2' bests 'Dark Phoenix' at the box office
Jun 09, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - After nearly 20 years and a dozen films, the current manifestation of X-Men movies is going out with a whimper. Scorched by poor reviews, the $200 million ...
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Constable: After her film about Venezuela, woman seeks asylum in BartlettJun 08, 2019 1:00 am - Venezuelan filmmaker Stephanie Rodrigues couldn't be happier - or more heartbroken - about her temporary home in Bartlett. "The day I applied for asylum, I cried," the 2...
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Special suburban movie screenings: 'Ghostbusters,' 'Superman' and an Icelandic gemJun 07, 2019 6:00 am - Two beloved blockbusters come back to big screens in the suburbs, and the After Hours Film Society presents a film from Iceland that won acclaim at last year's Cannes Fi...
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'The Fall of the American Empire' an uneven mix of comedy and deep thoughtJun 07, 2019 6:00 am - “The Fall of the American Empire” - ★ ★ In 1986 the Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand made “The Decline of the American Empire,” a talky ensemble comedy preoccupied wi...
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The reign of Marvel Studios makes Fox's 'Dark Phoenix' irrelevant, whether it's good or notJun 06, 2019 11:00 pm - To ponder the live-action cinematic fate of the X-Men movie universe is to be one who can see into the future. After almost 20 years of convincing us that it was OK for ...
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Cute, comic 'Secret Life of Pets 2' piles on pooch-related subplotsJun 06, 2019 6:00 am - “The Secret Life of Pets 2” - ★ ★ ½ “The Secret Life of Pets 2” rectifies the serious moral deficiencies of its 2016 original animated hit comedy, one that inadvertently...
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'Dark Phoenix' closes X-Men saga with somber, even sluggish final chapterJun 06, 2019 6:00 am - “Dark Phoenix” - ★ ★ “Dark Phoenix” isn't kidding about the “dark” part. The latest, and probably final, chapter in the X-Men superhero saga is a somber, even funereal a...
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The French girl whose dress saluted American soldiers, as told by Wheaton filmmakerJun 06, 2019 5:22 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Cantigny Park is in Wheaton. The life-or-death importance of battles fought during wars can grow murky wi...