Movies
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'Equalizer 2' squeaks past 'Mamma Mia 2' and takes top spot
Jul 22, 2018 7:00 am - In the battle of two very different sequels at the box office this weekend, Denzel Washington's action pic "The Equalizer 2" has narrowly won out over the ABBA jukebox m...
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See 'Yellow Submarine' in Downers Grove and help support student filmsJul 21, 2018 6:00 am - The After Hours Film Society returns to Downers Grove's Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., with a 50th anniversary restoration of “Yellow Submarine,” the psychedelic, a...
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In 'Blindspotting,' simmering tensions with a beatJul 20, 2018 6:00 am - “Blindspotting” - ★ ★ ★ “Blindspotting,” the directorial debut of Carlos Lopez Estrada, stalks the streets of Oakland with a heightened, spoken-word flow, passiona...
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Bo Burnham's impressive 'Eighth Grade' gets high marks for empathyJul 19, 2018 6:00 am - “Eighth Grade” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Not even Joseph Conrad had the courage to venture into that darkest of hearts: middle school. Bo Burnham's “Eighth Grade,” however, plunge...
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'Don't Worry' offers flawed portrait of cartoonist John CallahanJul 19, 2018 6:00 am - “Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot” - ★ ★ ½ Macabre is a word often associated with the late cartoonist John Callahan. He's the man who in his widely published cart...
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Stylish 'Equalizer 2' artificially sweetens tale of vigilante violenceJul 19, 2018 6:00 am - “Equalizer 2” - ★ ★ “There are two kinds of pain,” ex-government assassin Robert McCall says to a Turkish thug he's about to thrash. “One that hurts you, and one that c...
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Frothy 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' offers low-stakes summer funJul 19, 2018 6:00 am - “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” - ★ ★ ★ “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” is a wholly ridiculous movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. It's the kind of film that feels and sounds ...
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'Unfriended: The Dark Web' spins smart, efficient online horror taleJul 18, 2018 10:00 am - "Unfriended: The Dark Web" - ★ ★ ★ The first 25 minutes of "Unfriended: The Dark Web" dutifully roll along like one of those spinning wheels of death on your computer s...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsJul 18, 2018 6:00 am - Streaming symphony The New Philharmonic previews its upcoming season with a free concert featuring guest soprano Mikaela Schneider. The concert will also be stream...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Hotel Transylvania 3' beats 'Skyscraper'