Movies
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See animated film 'Rocks in My Pockets' March 22 at Geneva churchMar 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., continues its monthly film series with the 2014 animated gem "Rocks in My Pockets" at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2...
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'Captain Marvel' soars even higher with stellar 2nd weekend
Mar 17, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Captain Marvel" has continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend in theaters, leaving newcomers in the dust. Walt Disney Studios esti...
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2+2 reasons to visit C2E2: Annual Chicago convention is worth the trip from the suburbsMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2, returns Friday, March 22, to Sunday, March 24, to McCormick Place's South Building, 2301 S. Martin Luther K...
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Movie review: Idris Elba's directing debut, 'Yardie,' is actually pretty goodMar 15, 2019 6:00 am - “Yardie” - ★ ★ ½ “Yardie” opens in 1973, during a running gunbattle between rival gangs in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. In the crossfire, a little girl is kil...
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Owner of West Chicago's Cascade Drive-In says it must closeMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - One of the region's last drive-in movie theaters, the Cascade in West Chicago, will not open for the "2019 season and beyond," owner Jeff Kohlberg said Friday in a socia...
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Movie review: Cystic fibrosis patients share a potentially fatal attraction in 'Five Feet Apart'Mar 14, 2019 8:00 am - "Five Feet Apart" - ★ ★ ½ In the dying teen drama "Five Feet Apart," a charismatic adolescent couple suffering from cystic fibrosis not only must avoid personal contact,...
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Movie review: 'Transit' an effective, if confusing, Holocaust movie set in more modern timesMar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Transit” — ★ ★ ★ The movie “Transit” opens at a cafe in Paris as a police siren wails outside. The conversation — between two men at a bar making arrangements for ...
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Movie review: Wonder-free 'Wonder Park' no animated thrill rideMar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Wonder Park” — ★ It's safe to assume that any animated movie made for children will probably not entirely cleave to reality. When a tale pretty much starts off wit...
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Movie review: Julianne Moore shines as title character in 'Gloria Bell'Mar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Gloria Bell” — ★ ★ ½ Everyone is vanishing around Julianne Moore's title character in Sebastian Lelio's “Gloria Bell.” The disappearances don't come with bloodcurd...
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Widescreen: Cirque du Soleil at home, 'Close Encounters' on the big screenMar 13, 2019 11:40 am - Normally, you have to wait for the big tent to go up outside United Center or fly to Las Vegas to see the artistic acrobats of Cirque du Soleil, but you can watch a one-...