Movies
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Critic Dann Gire & Raymond come down with dystopiaOct 12, 2017 2:00 pm - Join me and film historian/novelist Raymond Benson when Dann and Raymond's Movie Club presents “Bleak Peek: The Great Dystopian Movies” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, a...
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Tivoli Theatre features student film winners, 'MacBeth'Oct 12, 2017 2:00 pm - Winning entries in the After Hours Film Society's 15th annual Student Film Festival will be screened at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland A...
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Chicago International Film Fest rolls out red carpet 53rd timeOct 12, 2017 11:00 am - The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival opens Thursday, Oct. 12, with the Midwest premiere of Reginald Hudlin's "Marshall," chronicling future U.S. Supreme Court Ju...
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Wonder Woman's racy origins explored in smart 'Professor Marston'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” - ★ ★ ★ ½ That Wonder Woman got her start in comic books accused of peddling sexual perversity shouldn't come as a complete surp...
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'Death' director John D. Hancock scared himself writing movieOct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Let's Scare Jessica to Death,” cited as one of the 100 all-time scariest movies by the Chicago Film Critics Association, will be shown as part of “The Massacre,” 24 hou...
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College student relives her own murder in horror film 'Happy Death Day'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Happy Death Day” — ★ ★ Here's a simple — and potentially chilling — concept: What if someone remade “Groundhog Day,” in which a TV weather forecaster relives the ...
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Great cast, characters prop up formless 'Meyerowitz Stories'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” — ★ ★ ½ The latest film by Noah Baumbach, which is being released simultaneously on Netflix streaming and in select the...
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Van Gogh paintings spring to life in eye-popping 'Loving Vincent'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - “Loving Vincent” - ★ ★ ★ “Loving Vincent” is, indisputably, a technical achievement. Each one of the ambitious animated film's 65,000 frames is an oil painting, created...
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Vince Vaughn delivers violence, vengeance in 'Brawl in Cell Block 99'Oct 12, 2017 6:00 am - "Brawl in Cell Block 99" - ★ ★ ½ Although it features bone-cracking violence, "Brawl in Cell Block 99" is not exactly a scuffle. This pulpy mash-up of two genres - corr...
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Final chance for meal at Boloney's Sandwich Shop in BarringtonOct 12, 2017 1:00 am - Fans of Boloney's Sandwich Shop - a beloved eatery next to downtown Barrington's Catlow Theater - will get their last chance for a meal there Saturday. Tim O'Connor, who...