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Wondering what to watch? Don’t miss our coverage of the latest movies and shows playing in theaters or streaming in your living room, including the latest reviews from noted critic Richard Roeper.
Oscar winner delivers as usual, but she’s stuck in a plot that goes right off the tracks.
Bloody thriller, filmed in Chicago, makes some points about women in culture between the laughs and the shocks.
Heartbroken former players and their con-man coach reveal how Bishop Sycamore, a team attached to no actual school, lined up games against prep powerhouses.
The beloved theater in Rogers Park announced its closure on social media Friday.
Based on a real-life wrongful conviction case, the made-in-Chicago movie is turning 75 and will play at the Music Box Theatre’s Noir City festival.
Aunque es genial ver a un latino ser el centro del escenario, esta es una historia de origen con efectos visuales decepcionantes.
The local TV dance show became a cultural phenomenon that took the world by storm.
‘I’m in love with the city and always have been,’ says the Markham native, co-anchor for Fox 32 Chicago’s 5 and 9 p.m. newscasts
Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx have us howling as the chatty canines, but the joke wears thin and the tone turns dark.
While it’s great to see a Latino get center stage, this is a mostly by-the-numbers origin story with underwhelming VFX and a disappointingly cartoonish villain.
Michael Cera delivers subtle greatness as an eccentric man visiting his sisters after years away.
Slapdash Netflix show offers very little in the way of analysis about the defamation case, provides platform for commenters spewing vitriol.
The chef/owner of Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse serves up her unique style of barbecue while competing on the cable channel series.
Repetitive story doesn’t live up to the film’s intriguingly bleak vision of occupied Earth.
“It’s hard to find people with the same hobbies,” said one one woman who was dressed as a comic book character and had a moment Friday that amounted to: “Yes! My people!”
Footage shows the rowdy offices where misfits would work the phones, soliciting donations for bogus charities.
Formulaic but well-filmed thriller sets up the ‘Wonder Woman’ star for a new high-impact franchise.
British ‘Spare Heir’ and U.S. president’s son feud, then fall in love.
La cantautora mexicana dio el visto bueno y participa en la serie producida, dirigida y escrita por Carla Estrada.
True story of a videogame champ Jann Mardenborough moving to the real track sometimes seems more like a corporate promo.
Constant clouds from cigarettes further obscure the film’s simplistic portrayal.
Amtrak’s popular children’s holiday ride returns in December. Actors will re-create the classic children’s tale, Santa will hand out gifts and carols will be sung.
Race against the clock slowed by ludicrous dialogue, obvious plot turns.
SAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 13, when leaders voted to join screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America in the first joint strike in over six decades.
Netflix limited series recounts Purdue Pharma’s work on the addictive drug from the perspective of its leader, some sellers, an investigator and a victim.
Sixto Rodriguez released two albums that didn’t do well in the United States. He then worked construction and raised a family, not realizing that his songs were inspiring the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.
Axelrod’s back and Prince eyes the White House as Showtime’s swiftly paced series nears a big finish
The Chicago-based designer revealed her new home/office dwelling during the finale of a three-part HGTV series.
Expanded ensemble on the Hulu mystery series keeps the inspired humor and nifty plot twists coming.
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