Movies
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'Finding Your Feet' a predictable but well-cast dramedyApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - “Finding Your Feet” — ★ ★ ½ Starring: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall Directed by: Richard Loncraine Other: A Roadside Attractions release....
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'Blockers' mixes gross-out humor with bursts of inspired lunacyApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Blockers” - ★ ★ ½ In “Blockers,” Leslie Mann plays Lisa, the single mom of high school senior Julie (Kathryn Newton), a vivacious teenager who, as the movie opens...
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'Itzhak' documentary reveals vibrant spirit of violin virtuoso PerlmanApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Itzhak” - ★ ★ ★ “When I hear that playing, it's like breathing. It's like being alive.” That's Toby Perlman, the wife of Itzhak Perlman, describing the music of h...
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'Chappaquiddick' takes fair, compelling approach to Kennedy scandalApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Chappaquiddick” - ★ ★ ★ Years before Watergate, the name Chappaquiddick became shorthand for political scandal. While the world was celebrating the 1969 moon landing -...
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'The Miracle Season' sports drama wins with messages of hope and faithApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - "The Miracle Season" - ★ ★ ½ Evangelical Christian filmmakers could take a lesson or two from Sean McNamara's fact-based sports drama "The Miracle Season." Many "faith-...
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ECC to host Latino Film Festival April 13-15Apr 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will host the 2018 Latino Film Festival Elgin from Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15. This is the sixth year the college will host the f...
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John Krasinski cranks the tension in haunting 'A Quiet Place'Apr 04, 2018 12:00 pm - “The Quiet Place” - ★ ★ ★ ½ We don't know where the monsters come from. We don't know why they track and kill anything that makes the slightest noise. We don't know what...
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Suburban filmmaker bringing movie to Durty Nellie'sApr 03, 2018 11:00 pm - Elmhurst's Giancarlo Iannotta will bring his award-winning film "My Country" to Durty Nellie's in downtown Palatine for special screening Thursday, May 3. The film, shot...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsApr 03, 2018 6:00 am - Linus and Lucy The Elmhurst History Museum invites fans of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and other Charles M. Schulz characters to a free screening of “The Peanuts Movie.” Ther...
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Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M
Apr 02, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Game on for "Ready Player One." Steven Spielberg's virtual reality adventure launched slightly above expectations with $53.7 million over the four-day Ea...