Movies
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'Serenity' got panned, but it's exactly the kind of movie we need right now
Feb 11, 2019 6:00 AM - Steven Knight's latest film, "Serenity," has been treated as a punch line thanks to the audaciousness of its mid-movie twist. But "Serenity" is merely the logical continuation of Knight's work as a filmmaker concerned with the foundations of our morality. -
'The Lego Movie 2' opens No. 1 but everything is not awesome
Feb 11, 2019 6:16 AM - The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" is easily the weekend's top ticket-seller in theaters over the weekend, but its $35 million haul is well shy of expectations.
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Elmhurst rolls out red carpet for Environmental Film Fest March 3
Feb 8, 2019 9:32 PM - On Sunday, March 3, Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition and Elmhurst College will host a screening of the documentary "Paris to Pittsburgh" as part of the 2019 One Earth Film Festival. -
Movie review: A lively Taraji P. Henson can't save 'What Men Want' from itself
Feb 7, 2019 10:32 AM - In "What Men Want," Taraji P. Henson plays a sports agent who gains the ability to hear men's thoughts after she accidentally drinks drug-laced tea. Her lively spirit carries the film, an otherwise so-so gender-flipped remake of the 2000 rom-com. -
Movie review: Liam Neeson goes super vigilante -- again -- in blackly comic 'Cold Pursuit'
Feb 7, 2019 7:21 AM - In the blackly comic crime thriller "Cold Pursuit," Liam Neeson, 66, clearly intends to usurp AARP's Oldest Movie Vigilante title from Charles Bronson, who made his last "Death Wish" sequel in 1999 at the age of 73.
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Movie review: 'Arctic' is a solid, and solitary, survival tale
Feb 7, 2019 6:31 AM - The premise for "Arctic " is so simple it's almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. And yet with barely any dialogue, traditional storytelling methods or even a cute pet or inanimate object to help, director Joe Penna and star Mads Mikkelsen have made a riveting and precisely plotted film. -
Movie review: 'The Prodigy' is another horror movie involving a creepy kid, and it's actually really good
Feb 7, 2019 6:23 AM - Creepy children are a mainstay of the horror genre. The chilling new horror film "The Prodigy" continues that fine tradition, with one intriguing complication: in the hands of director Nicholas McCarthy and screenwriter Jeff Buhler, the young villain is a metaphor for parental failure. -
College of DuPage kicks off Black History Month celebration
Feb 7, 2019 9:09 PM - College of DuPage students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the community, danced to the sounds of the Afrikan Dance & Music Institute during the college's Black History Month opening celebration. -
'The Q&As get pretty rowdy': See John Cusack at 'High Fidelity' screening Sunday
Feb 7, 2019 11:50 AM - John Cusack says he's not one to look back, but at 6 p.m. Sunday he will talk about adapting and starring in the 2000 film "High Fidelity" after a screening at Waukegan's Genesee. -
Movie review: Everything is pretty good in 'The LEGO Movie 2'
Feb 6, 2019 2:02 PM - "The LEGO Movie" is a hard act to follow. The big test was always going to be the sequel. I'm pleased to report that "The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part" is pretty good, even if it doesn't quite live up to the exciting newness of the first.
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