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'Shrill' and 'Turn Up Charlie' are passably cool TV shows that try too hard to be passably cool TV shows
Mar 17, 2019 7:25 AM - As streaming networks race to overwhelm us with content, viewers wind up watching a lot of shows these days that are passably cool, possibly intriguing and still not quite ready for occupancy. Hulu's "Shrill" and Netflix's "Turn Up Charlie" are the latest examples. -
2+2 reasons to visit C2E2: Annual Chicago convention is worth the trip from the suburbs
Mar 17, 2019 7:00 AM - C2E2 returns next weekend to Chicago, and the annual pop-culture convention has plenty of celebrity guests and colorful cosplayers making your trip into the city worthwhile.
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Rewatching 'Game of Thrones' before the final season? Here are 5 episodes you need to revisit
Mar 16, 2019 7:31 AM - It's "Game of Thrones" re-watch season for the last time, as we gear up for the HBO show's final episodes. Here are five episodes you should watch again (or for the first time). -
Widescreen: Cirque du Soleil at home, 'Close Encounters' on the big screen
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The best audiobooks to get you to winter's end
Mar 10, 2019 7:24 AM - Are you tired of this endless winter? Then try one of these audiobooks to help you get through the doldrums. Lauren Wilkinson's debut, "American Spy," is a moving family story and a first-class thriller set in the context of lethal American meddling in the politics of another nation. Marie Mitchell, whose father is a cop from Queens and whose mother hails from Martinique, joined the FBI out of college in the 1980s. A black woman amid a throng of white men, she is going nowhere until she is sent by the CIA for an undercover assignment to Burkina Faso. What happens there doesn't stay there, and a few years later Marie, now the mother of twin four-year-old boys, finds a man with a gun in her bedroom. His mistake. Her attacker dispatched, Marie and sons vamoose to Martinique, where she writes a long, explanatory letter -- this novel -- to her boys. Bahni Turpin delivers the general narrative in a warm confident voice and is, in dialogue, a virtuoso of accents and manner. Both novel and performance are outstanding. (Random House Audio, Unabridged, 10-3/4 hours) -
Fate of Kate's pregnancy is center stage on 'This Is Us'
Mar 10, 2019 7:00 AM - "This Is Us" routinely brings viewers to tears. Next week, it's taking them to the theater. The hit NBC series will air an episode modeled on a one-act play and confined almost entirely to a hospital waiting room and to a single day, a sharp detour from its usual flashback storytelling. -
Video game review: 'Devil May Cry 5' is potent screen candy
Mar 10, 2019 7:25 AM - "Devil May Cry 5" is, for better or worse, potent screen candy. It's not very nourishing, but it may satisfy a special craving. -
With Luke Perry's death, the wayward 'Riverdale' loses its moral compass
Mar 9, 2019 7:29 AM - While the youths of today probably don't know Luke Perry, who died Monday, as Dylan McKay from "Beverly Hills, 90210," they are still acquainted with Perry's heartwarming presence as Fred Andrews, the single father of "Riverdale's" rebellious heartthrob, Archie. "Luke was everything you would hope he would be: an incredibly caring, consummate professional with a giant heart, and a true friend to all," said "Riverdale's" executive producers. -
'Game of Thrones' trailer has fans asking questions -- and seeking answers
Mar 9, 2019 7:30 AM - HBO's "Game of Thrones" returns on April 14. But a full-length trailer dropped this week, leaving fans with questions -- and looking for answers. -
Woah! 'The Matrix' is 20 years old, and it's on Elk Grove's big screen
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