Movies
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Movie review: Bill Nighy, Michael Ward shine in Netflix’s Homeless World Cup crowd-pleaserMar 27, 2024 10:12 am - “The Beautiful Game,” a new Netflix movie starring Bill Nighy and Michael Ward, is about a real international soccer tournament called the Homeless World Cup. Don’t go in expecting documentary realness or grit, however. This is a movie-movie, tidily constructed to leave audiences feeling inspired and uplifted.
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In ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ the Titans are the starsMar 27, 2024 10:10 am - There was no question who the stars were on “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire." It wasn’t Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens or any of the humans. As actors have...
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The irony of Steve Martin’s life isn’t lost on himMar 28, 2024 9:41 am - “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces,” premiering Friday on Apple TV+, splits Steve Martin’s story in two halves. One depicts Martin’s stand-up as it unfolded. The other captures Martin’s life as it is today — riding electric bikes with Martin Short, practicing the banjo — with reflections on the career that followed.
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Best Bets: Waukegan blues woman Ivy Ford at Aurora’s Venue, Herbie Hancock in ChicagoMar 26, 2024 5:37 pm - Chicago musicians come home: blues singer/guitarist Ivy Ford headlines Aurora’s The Venue, jazz great Herbie Hancock returns to Symphony Center and award winner Jonathan McReynolds joins fellow gospel artists at the Auditorium Theatre.
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What to stream this week: Beyoncé, Steve Martin, J-Hope, Mike Birbiglia, Bill Nighy and ‘Madu’Mar 22, 2024 4:23 pm - Beyoncé's country album and a documentary about a Nigerian boy who dreams of being a professional ballet dancer are some of the new television, movies, music and games he...
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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is No. 1 with $45.2M, Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Immaculate’ lands in fourthMar 24, 2024 12:35 pm - “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” collected $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Sony Pictures the studio’s first No. 1 film since last summer.
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In ‘Shirley,’ an underestimated Black congresswoman in an undercooked filmMar 22, 2024 9:16 am - Regina King gives a lively, convincing portrayal of pioneering U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in “Shirley,” an earnest, curiously listless biopic of a woman whose legacy suffuses modern life, even as it goes unacknowledged.
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A remake of ‘Road House’ with Jake Gyllenhaal turns into a muscular, Florida rompMar 20, 2024 3:42 pm - Elwood P. Dalton is a classy sort of bouncer. Dalton — played by a muscular and languid Jake Gyllenhaal — is a former UFC fighter with a dark past in “Road House,” a reworking of the pulpy 1989 action film starring Patrick Swayze.
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Things get scary for Sydney Sweeney in a creepy Italian convent in ‘Immaculate’Mar 20, 2024 3:57 pm - It’s not your imagination: Sydney Sweeney is everywhere. The horror film “Immaculate” is a great showcase for Sweeney’s range (she gets to go from somewhat meek to primal scream) and is full of interesting visuals. But it’s also a movie that does not seem as sure of itself.
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A no-Gozer: New ‘Ghostbusters’ sequel a frosty ghost of its 1984 originalMar 21, 2024 12:54 pm - Once again, the new, nostalgic “Ghostbusters” sequel “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” can’t match the wit, breezy fun and fresh imagination of the inspired original, co-written by Chicago’s Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd.
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