Movies
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Woody Harrelson leads fine cast in Rob Reiner's stunted 'LBJ'Nov 02, 2017 6:00 am - “LBJ” — ★ ★ ½ Lyndon Baines Johnson has been a hot commodity of late, at least in the entertainment world. Liev Schreiber took at stab at portraying the 36th presid...
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Film bites: Coen brothers get Danned & RaymondedNov 02, 2017 6:00 am - Coen brothers get Danned & Raymonded Join me and novelist/film historian Raymond Benson as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club examines the phenomenal Coen brothers and the...
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Three tells for predicting the 'who' in a movie whodunitNov 02, 2017 6:00 am - Kenneth Branagh's "Murder on the Orient Express," based on Agatha Christie's classic 1934 mystery novel, opens Nov. 10. If the killer isn't the same as the 1974 Oscar-wi...
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A young nun embarks on a journey of self-discovery in 'Novitiate'Nov 01, 2017 11:00 pm - "Novitiate" - ★ ★ ½ Set against a backdrop of the Second Vatican Council - the early-1960s reassessment of Catholic doctrine and practice that ushered in an era of relax...
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'Thor: Ragnarok' blends best of genre with meaty action, cheeky humorNov 01, 2017 6:00 am - “Thor: Ragnarok” - ★ ★ ★ ★ When Cate Blanchett, as Hela the Goddess of Death, strides through the treasure storehouse of her father, Odin, in “Thor: Ragnarok,” she casts...
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'Bad Moms Christmas' regifts laughs with holiday sequelOct 31, 2017 11:00 pm - “A Bad Moms Christmas” - ★ ★ A little more than a year after “Bad Moms” became the surprise hit of summer 2016, the inspirationally lax trio of mothers is back for anoth...
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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...