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Review: Sylvester Stallone sequel ‘Expend4bles’ verges on self-parody
The action is messy, the geography indiscernible, and a few shots seem stitched together with but a single pixel and a prayer.
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‘Young Love’ review: An Oscar-winning short becomes an animated series on Max
The sweet, unforced family comedy, from Oscar-winner Matthew A. Cherry, is set on Chicago's West Side.
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Great concert films? As we wait for the Taylor Swift movie, here are some highlights of the genre — one’s in theaters right now
From "T.A.M.I. Show" to "Woodstock" to "Stop Making Sense" to the forthcoming "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, " Michael Phillips and Christopher Borrelli of the Chicago Tribune pore over a few decades of concert movies worth a listen--and a look
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Column: In the wake of the Lauren Boebert incident, how do we behave in the theater?
Is theater etiquette on its last legs? When in doubt, don't be a Lauren Boebert at the theater.
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‘The Super Models’ review: Queens of the catwalk and magazine covers
Even if you didn’t follow fashion, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington were '90s pop culture fixtures.
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Column: The greatest Hercule Poirot of all? Mystery solved: The clues are with these 10 actors
From many, Michael Phillips chose 10 screen and stage portrayals of Agatha Christie's detective — and examines, ruthlessly, the various iterations of his legendary mustache.
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10 things to do around Chicago: Riot Fest, Mexican Independence Day Parade and Monster Jam
This weekend is the Englewood Jazz Festival, Riot Fest, Mexican Independence Day Parade and, with arts and entertainment of all kinds, monster trucks in Rosemont.
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Chicago’s Reeling fest: The second-oldest LGBTQ+ film showcase in America looks to a new era
"I worked at Blockbuster when I was 17, 18. I remember stocking the shelves, this desperately closeted kid, reading the backs of the cassette boxes, looking for anything that might potentially indicate a gay film."
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‘Dumb Money’ review: A story about a killing made on GameStop stock is fun while it lasts
This movie knows what it’s doing. It’s guided by the easy suspense and reliable thrill of betting big and winning.
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Column: Most reality TV cast and crew aren’t unionized. Will that change?
Reality TV was once an upstart genre but has matured into a major part of television. It's time it started acting like it.
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‘A Haunting in Venice’ review: Hercule Poirot edges into horror territory in latest Agatha Christie adaptation
Kenneth Branagh’s Christie adaptations feel like the work of a committed but distrusting filmmaker, so nervous about boring a modern audience that he drives his own movie to visual distraction.
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If you think the CGI on a Marvel movie isn’t up to snuff, don’t blame the VFX artists. Blame their terrible working conditions.
Maybe celebrity film directors like Taika Waititi shouldn't be laughing about subpar visual effects, but lobbying on behalf of VFX artists themselves.
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‘The Other Black Girl’ review: The devil doles out microaggressions
A satirical workplace thriller about Black women trying to maintain their dignity amid viperous office politics and limousine liberals.
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Review: ‘The Changeling’ on Apple TV+ is a wondrous parenthood saga with witches, curses and LaKeith Stanfield
"The Changeling" takes its time. It’s all about the planting; a hint is dropped and then, three or four episodes later, we get the story behind it, as Emma (Clark Backo) Apollo (LaKeith Stanfield) discover the joys and terrors of raising a child in the wilderness.
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10 things to do around Chicago: Taste of Chicago, Lit Fest and the big annual art fair in Lakeview
Some of Chicago’s big annual events may shift around a bit — we’re looking at you, Taste in September — but we treasure them anyway. This a big weekend for several, plus a new one by the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.
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‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3′ review: Get them to the Greek Islands
Writer, director and star Nia Vardalos deals with the death of her father and the dementia of her mother (Lainie Kazan). Now and then, anyway. Mostly the movie's made of lines such as: “I’m cooking! Wear your eating pants!”
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Column: Late-night host Jimmy Fallon accused of creating a toxic workplace by ‘Tonight Show’ staff
And what does this mean going forward for "Strike Force Five," the podcast he co-hosts with four other late-night talk show hosts?
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‘Sitting in Bars with Cake’ review: A wry and touching story of friendship — and a year’s supply of baked goods
"Sitting in Bars with Cake" is formula, transcended, and made warm and human by its cast led by Yara Shahidi and Odessa A'zion.
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Column: Hollywood’s worst enemy is Wall Street
Do media company CEOs even like movies and television? More than a few Hollywood writers and actors have wondered that aloud.
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‘The Killer,’ Michael Shannon’s directorial debut ‘Eric LaRue,’ other movies announced for Chicago Int’l Film Fest
The lineup also includes the top prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival, director Justine Triet’s thriller “Anatomy of a Fall."