Movies
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Last screen standing: McHenry drive-in hangs on as competitor closesMar 19, 2019 5:30 am - McHenry Outdoor Theater hangs on as competitor closes
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See animated film 'Rocks in My Pockets' March 22 at Geneva churchMar 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., continues its monthly film series with the 2014 animated gem "Rocks in My Pockets" at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2...
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'Captain Marvel' soars even higher with stellar 2nd weekend
Mar 17, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Captain Marvel" has continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend in theaters, leaving newcomers in the dust. Walt Disney Studios esti...
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2+2 reasons to visit C2E2: Annual Chicago convention is worth the trip from the suburbsMar 17, 2019 7:00 am - The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, better known as C2E2, returns Friday, March 22, to Sunday, March 24, to McCormick Place's South Building, 2301 S. Martin Luther K...
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Movie review: Idris Elba's directing debut, 'Yardie,' is actually pretty goodMar 15, 2019 6:00 am - “Yardie” - ★ ★ ½ “Yardie” opens in 1973, during a running gunbattle between rival gangs in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. In the crossfire, a little girl is kil...
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Owner of West Chicago's Cascade Drive-In says it must closeMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - One of the region's last drive-in movie theaters, the Cascade in West Chicago, will not open for the "2019 season and beyond," owner Jeff Kohlberg said Friday in a socia...
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Movie review: Cystic fibrosis patients share a potentially fatal attraction in 'Five Feet Apart'Mar 14, 2019 8:00 am - "Five Feet Apart" - ★ ★ ½ In the dying teen drama "Five Feet Apart," a charismatic adolescent couple suffering from cystic fibrosis not only must avoid personal contact,...
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Movie review: 'Transit' an effective, if confusing, Holocaust movie set in more modern timesMar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Transit” — ★ ★ ★ The movie “Transit” opens at a cafe in Paris as a police siren wails outside. The conversation — between two men at a bar making arrangements for ...
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Movie review: Wonder-free 'Wonder Park' no animated thrill rideMar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Wonder Park” — ★ It's safe to assume that any animated movie made for children will probably not entirely cleave to reality. When a tale pretty much starts off wit...
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Movie review: Julianne Moore shines as title character in 'Gloria Bell'Mar 14, 2019 6:00 am - “Gloria Bell” — ★ ★ ½ Everyone is vanishing around Julianne Moore's title character in Sebastian Lelio's “Gloria Bell.” The disappearances don't come with bloodcurd...