Movies
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Glenn Close, Christian Slater, stars of 'The Wife,' talk why someone would choose to be invisibleAug 25, 2018 7:27 am - Early in "The Wife," celebrated author Joe Castleman gets the call telling him he's won the Nobel Prize in literature and he begins jumping on the bed. "I won the Nobel!...
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Costumes, caricatures and bookmarks: Comic Con in Rosemont a 'creative stage' for pop culture funAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - There is a "creative stage" at Wizard World Comic Con in Rosemont, but it's a misnomer. Really the entire four-day-long convention of artists, actors, gamers, writers, e...
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'Perfect Bid' is a perfectly entertaining documentary about 'The Price is Right'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - In 2008, a contestant on CBS' “The Price is Right” blurted out a very strange, very precise bid for his grand-prize Showcase haul that included a trailer: $23,743. In th...
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Glenn Close gives Oscar-worthy performance in well-wrought 'The Wife'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - “The Wife” - ★ ★ ★ ½ I am grateful to have seen Bjorn Runge's “The Wife” through the eyes of a longtime marriage veteran (43 years) rather than through those of a curio...
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Love triangle comes down to rom-com connections in 'Juliet'Aug 23, 2018 6:00 am - “Juliet, Naked” - ★ ★ ★ At a time when every other movie, even the rom-coms, seems to contain political subtext — or, as in the case of “BlacKkKlansman,” overtly p...
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Puppets run amok in Brian Henson's sleazy, sloppy 'Happytime Murders'Aug 23, 2018 6:00 am - “The Happytime Murders” - ★ It's almost reassuring that in today's often sanitized, assembly-line mainstream moviemaking that a film can be as crude, as off-brand ...
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'Arizona' finds itself in a state of squandered comic horrorAug 23, 2018 6:00 am - "Arizona" - ★ ★ When it comes to something worthwhile to say, the bleakly black and blood-red comedy "Arizona" turns out to be as barren and deserted as its desolate s...
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Film society to show 'Hitler's Hollywood' documentary Aug. 27 at the TivoliAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - The After Hours Film Society presents the documentary "Hitler's Hollywood: German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda: 1933-45" at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at Classic Cinemas...
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Fact-based 'Papillon' loaded with violence, short on emotional resonanceAug 22, 2018 11:00 am - “Papillon” - ★ ★ ½ “Papillon” packs all the basic elements you'd expect to find in a harsh foreign prison drama: a strong and resourceful hero, a sympathetic sidekick, b...
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Box office Top 20: 'Crazy Rich Asians' gets even richer
Aug 20, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Propelled by an extra strong Sunday, the opening weekend grosses for "Crazy Rich Asians" were even higher than expected. The Warner Bros. romantic com...