Movies
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Q&A: Jonah Hill on toxic masculinity and skateboardingOct 26, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Jonah Hill has always wanted to direct. He worships filmmakers and has treated what he describes as an “accidental” but “wonderful” 15-year acting career a...
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Widescreen tidbits: 'The Fog,' Rockford skaters and hidden horror gemsOct 26, 2018 6:00 am - Everyone has John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis on the brain this year thanks to the “Halloween” revival, including the Music Box Theatre — but they're shunning Michael...
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Robert Forster talks acting on his first Chicago film in 50 yearsOct 26, 2018 5:33 am - Fifty years ago, Robert Forster wrote a page of Chicago's cinematic history as a journalist in Haskell Wexler's classic 1968 Democratic National Convention drama "Medium...
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Suburban grandparents' battle with Alzheimer's inspires filmmaker's 'What They Had'Oct 26, 2018 5:00 am - While continually revising the screenplay to her first feature film “What They Had,” former Hinsdale resident Elizabeth Chomko kept hearing the words of a college profes...
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Movie review: Rupert Everett embodies Oscar Wilde in decline for 'The Happy Prince'Oct 25, 2018 8:00 am - “The Happy Prince” - ★ ★ ½ Watching “The Happy Prince,” writer-director-star Rupert Everett's account of the older Oscar Wilde, ungenerous viewers may think of someone w...
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Movie review: Story gets muddled in well-acted 'What They Had'Oct 25, 2018 6:00 am - “What They Had” - ★ ★ ½ “What They Had” begins, appropriately, in a state of confusion. Ruth (Blythe Danner) has wandered from her Chicago apartment into the snowy ...
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Movie review: 'Hunter Killer' blasts through over-the-top action, cliched plotOct 25, 2018 6:00 am - “Hunter Killer” - ★ ★ There are so many good movies in theaters right now - thoughtful, artistic, well-acted films that studios save for this time of year with the dista...
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Movie review: Slapstick bests the bad guys in 'Johnny English Strikes Again'Oct 25, 2018 6:00 am - “Johnny English Strikes Again” - ★ ★ ½ Johnny English, the secret agent of last resort, need not mean the movie of last resort. In “Johnny English Strikes Again,” the ch...
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Movie review: Melissa McCarthy shines as bitter writer in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'Oct 25, 2018 6:00 am - “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The early 1990s New York of Marielle Heller's “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” isn't so long ago but it already feels staggeringly distant...
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Movie review: Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s' a nostalgic, authentic coming-of-age dramaOct 24, 2018 12:45 pm - “Mid90s” - ★ ★ ★ Jonah Hill's directorial debut “Mid90s” presents a nostalgic, coming-of-age drama about five L.A. skateboarding punks searching for a plot. They never f...