Movies
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Star Wars Celebration: Naperville fan's home-built droid, plus Disney magicApr 13, 2019 1:00 am - "Excuse me, may I plug in my Artoo?" That's the kind of question that doesn't feel out of place at Star Wars Celebration, a five-day convention that will entertain thous...
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Where's Jake's cell? Old Joliet Prison finally unlocks the gates.
Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - At the start of "The Blues Brothers," the 1980 comedy classic, "Joliet Jake" Blues walks out the front gate of Joliet Correctional Center, a looming, limestone fortress ...
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Star Wars Celebration: Tears, cheers and awe for 'Episode IX'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - For a lifelong, 40-year-old fan of "Star Wars," Friday's event presenting the first footage of "Episode IX" - now known as "The Rise of Skywalker" - felt like the beginn...
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Movie review: 'Diane' is rooted in realism right down to its sturdy, stoic heroineApr 11, 2019 6:00 am - “Diane” - ★ ★ ★ Kent Jones is a respected, even revered, figure in film circles, as a programmer for the New York Film Festival and as the writer-director of such ...
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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...