Entertainment
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Spotlight: Griffin resumes 'Solaris' in-person and 'Come From Away' returns to ChicagoFeb 18, 2022 5:00 am - American premiere Griffin Theatre Company resumes in-person performances with the North American premiere of "Solaris," a sci-fi thriller by David Greig adapted from the...
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Widescreen: A rare misstep for Criterion Collection, Coen brothersFeb 18, 2022 5:00 am - The 19-year-old DVD copy of “Miller's Crossing” on the bookshelf behind me says the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era epic about warring mobsters runs 115 minutes. The new ...
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Feder: Ronnie Ramos named BGA's first editor in chiefFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - Reinaldo "Ronnie" Ramos, former executive editor of the Indianapolis Star, has been hired as editor in chief of Chicago's Better Government Association. In the newly cr...
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Ron Onesti: My rock 'n' roll rootsFeb 17, 2022 10:00 pm - Who are your music heroes? I get that question asked of me all the time - and I have answered that question literally hundreds of times. When it comes to rock 'n' roll "...
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Channing Tatum and his dog co-star raise the woof in 'Dog'
Feb 17, 2022 1:30 pm - “Dog” - ★ ★ ½ Something would have had to go very, very wrong for “Dog” not to work on a basic level. Pairing Channing Tatum, one of our most likable leading men, with ...
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Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars
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'Cursed' an atmospheric horror tale with teethFeb 17, 2022 5:00 am - “The Cursed” - ★ ★ ★ I hesitate to label Sean Ellis' gothic thriller as a “werewolf movie,” simply because the term connotes a host of cliches and cheap, exploitative v...
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Game-based 'Uncharted' bites the dust - and cobwebs - in passionless, generic 'Raiders' knock-offFeb 17, 2022 4:00 am - “Uncharted” - ★ ½ Take Indiana Jones' first adventure, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” strip away the clever dialogue, remove the richly drawn characterizations, disregard s...
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Feder: WTTW's 'Wild Travels' wraps up season with 'Frozen Dead Guy Days'Feb 17, 2022 12:00 am - Despite delays due to COVID-19 restrictions Harvey Moshman and Will Clinger traveled to 14 states for the third season of "Wild Travels," the quirky travel series airing...
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'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' spreads her wings in Season 4 of Amazon comedyFeb 16, 2022 10:00 pm - After being fired as Shy Baldwin's warm-up act at the close of Season 3, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is thinking big in the much-anticipated fourth round of the Amazon c...