Movies
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Suburban trend? Big groups of women flock to 'Bad Moms Christmas'Oct 30, 2017 5:30 am - On Facebook, Arlington Heights mom Holly Connors asked women in her neighborhood if they wanted to see the movie "A Bad Moms Christmas." Within an hour, 40 people had se...
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Dann & Raymond discuss the 14 greatest movie opening scenesOct 27, 2017 1:00 pm - Join me and film historian/novelist Raymond Benson when Dann and Raymond's Movie Club counts down the top all-time greatest opening movie scenes starting with ... wait. ...
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Clooney's 'Suburbicon' disappoints as wannabe hilarious dark comedyOct 27, 2017 6:00 am - "Suburbicon" - ★ ★ It takes a while before the familiar ingredients of a Coen brothers testy black comedy percolate in George Clooney's disappointingly tepid "Suburbico...
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Widescreen nominates 'Neon Demon' as a new Halloween classicOct 27, 2017 6:00 am - Happy Halloween weekend! Last year in this space I nominated Guillermo Del Toro's gothic romance, "Crimson Peak," as a new haunted holiday classic. This year I stump for...
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'Anne Frank' movie screens at OaktonOct 26, 2017 7:00 am - George Stevens' Oscar-winning 1959 drama “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be shown at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Room 1604 at Oakton College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plai...
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'Thank You for Your Service' captures struggles of returning war vetsOct 26, 2017 6:00 am - “Thank You for Your Service” - ★ ★ ★ A veteran's assimilation into civilian life comes with high expectations — ones made even higher when the returning warrior ha...
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'Killing of a Sacred Deer' delivers nightmarish dose of psychological horrorOct 26, 2017 6:00 am - “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” - ★ ★ ★ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is, as you might expect from the reunion of actor Colin Farrell and filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos...
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'Bad Moms' stars Sarandon, Hines dish on parenting — and their R-rated comedyOct 26, 2017 6:00 am - Actors Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon came to Chicago's Peninsula Hotel recently to promote their new comedy, “A Bad Moms Christmas,” opening Nov. 1. The sequel explore...
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Marital melodrama masquerades as mystery in 'All I See Is You'Oct 26, 2017 6:00 am - "All I See is You" - ★ ½ The thriller-ish premise of "All I See Is You" sounds familiar enough: A woman, blind since a childhood accident that killed her parents, under...
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Todd Haynes' 'Wonderstruck' an earnest, beautiful children's filmOct 26, 2017 6:00 am - "Wonderstruck" - ★ ★ ★ For devoted fans of certain prestige directors, it's always a little disarming to see them make a true children's film. Expectations have to be r...