Movies
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Widescreen: Excellent! 'Bill & Ted' are coming backMay 11, 2018 6:00 am - News broke two weeks ago that long-dormant Swedish pop titans ABBA would be releasing two new songs at year's end. On Facebook, I likened this to Wyld Stallyns saving th...
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Melissa McCarthy gives 'Life of the Party' a comic college tryMay 10, 2018 9:00 am - "Life of the Party" - ★ ★ ½ In the coming-of-middle-age comedy "Life of the Party," Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy celebrates the courage and the positive self-imag...
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'Terminal' an interminably dull neo-noir crime non-thrillerMay 10, 2018 6:00 am - "Terminal" - ★ ½ More like "Interminable." The cold, calculating, confounding neo-noir thriller "Terminal" lavishes more attention on its visually enticing, retro produ...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsMay 08, 2018 6:00 am - Artsy students Manifest returns as Chicago's largest student-run festival. There are more than 100 events including poetry readings, dance performances, gallery strolls...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Infinity War' adds $114.8 million
May 07, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Avengers: Infinity War" did even better than expected in its second weekend in theaters, grossing an additional $114.8 million and bringing its domes...
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Defenders to host screening of 'Tidewater' May 14May 06, 2018 11:00 pm - The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County announces the showing of "Tidewater," a film by Roger Sorkin that explores rising sea levels, climate change and the effect...
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Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone make comedy a family businessMay 06, 2018 7:15 am - Melissa McCarthy hasn't had a movie in theaters since “Ghostbusters” two years ago, but it's not like she's been taking a break. The Plainfield native has been hard at w...
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'Avengers: Infinity War' scores second best weekend 2 ever
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Q&A: Theron, Davis on kinship, Netflix and supportive actorsMay 05, 2018 7:27 am - LOS ANGELES - Charlize Theron had wanted to work again with screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman since the movie "Young Adult," in which Theron got to pla...
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The new film 'RBG' reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme - and why that's so surprisingMay 05, 2018 7:24 am - At one point in the new documentary "RBG," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her granddaughter Clara Spera are looking over a scrapbook Ginsburg's late husband, Marty, put...