Movies
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Movie review: Willem Dafoe an impassioned van Gogh in 'At Eternity's Gate'Nov 21, 2018 5:00 am - “At Eternity's Gate” - ★ ★ ★ Julian Schnabel's fascinating and at times frustrating new drama about Vincent van Gogh, “At Eternity's Gate,” exists, as its title su...
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Movie review: Friendship anything but a game in striking 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'Nov 20, 2018 2:00 pm - “Ralph Breaks the Internet” - ★ ★ ★ Six years ago, the animated feature “Wreck-It Ralph” gave us a little girl with a talent for racing cars and a giant man with a gift...
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Movie review: Who needs another new 'Robin Hood' movie? Absolutely no oneNov 20, 2018 1:45 pm - “Robin Hood” - ★ “Robin Hood” gets right to the point: “Forget what you think you know,” a narrator tells us, before diving into this awkward attempt at re-imagining th...
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Movie review: Boxing sequel fails to live up to its 'Creed'Nov 20, 2018 11:00 am - “Creed II” - ★ ★ ½ Ryan Coogler's 2015 “Creed” rebooted the “Rocky” franchise with a fresh and metaphorically punchy twist that recast Philly boxer Rocky Balboa as a su...
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Coen brothers' 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' spins dark, funny Western talesNov 20, 2018 10:00 am - “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In the Coen brothers' brilliant new film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” an existential Western told in six unrelated chapters, ...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsNov 20, 2018 5:00 am - German traditions Those who can't make it to downtown Chicago will be pleased to know that the Western Suburbs play host to a Christkindlmarket Naperville outpost. Enjoy...
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Dann and Raymond talk movie musicals at Palatine Public LibraryNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - Palatine Public Library District will host "Dann and Raymond's Movie Club: The Sound of Musicals" on Monday, Dec. 3. Set from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Daily Herald movie criti...
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'Fantastic Beasts' flies to top of weekend box office
Nov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" crawled, slithered and flew its way to the top of the weekend box office with a $62.2 million opening in the...
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What a glorious feeling: The 31 best dance scenes in moviesNov 18, 2018 6:24 am - What do dance scenes add to a movie? Unspeakable bliss, for starters. Dancing starts when dialogue fails. When lovers need to move beyond conversation, when conflicts bo...
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Illinois 200: Illinois provides the setting for cinema favoritesNov 18, 2018 6:00 am - Maybe Illinois has produced so many cool movies because it offers such a vastly diverse spectrum of locations to tell highly visual stories. Or maybe our state has pumpe...