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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.
Two-time Emmy winner was a St. Ignatius College Prep grad.
A troubled boy enters a dimension teeming with bizarre creatures in the animator’s elegant and beautiful adventure.
After nearly four months, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved a three-year pact with 78% voting in favor.
Smashing Pumpkins leader to appear live with his wife, Chloe Mendel, at Highland Park tea shop.
While moving at times, Apple TV+ series never backs up the conspiracy theories it hints at.
There’s no defending the half-witted, scruffy-looking TV show that aired only once, but new movie gives the bomb some affection while putting it in context.
In addition to Yakity-Yak Talking Teeth, one of his more than 800 creations, Goldfarb also dreamed up the Bubble Gun, battery-powered Stomper vehicles and KerPlunk.
The self-directed and self-produced documentary and concert film is as much a work of art as the monolithic concert production itself.
The team needs to be reunited for posterity. Legions of Siskel and Ebert fans would all give this idea a big thumbs up, writes a lifelong Chicagoan and movie fan.
Tone-deaf Christmas comedy gives us incomplete storytelling, gimmicky special effects and a partridge in a pear tree.
Upbeat documentary draws from archives and interviews to profile ambitious artist determined to show how funky and strong was his skill.
Chatter’s hardly needed when director John Woo is crafting his trademark stylish, over-the-top violence.
The Joffrey ‘Nutcracker,’ Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo, the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball, and a Pre-Kwanzaa Marketplace are among the highlights in the week ahead.
More recently, Sterhnagen had a recurring role in “Sex and the City” as Bunny MacDougal, the strong-minded mother-in-law of Charlotte (Kristin Davis), which brought her her third Emmy nomination.
Directing and doing the best acting of his career, he also showcases Carey Mulligan, passionate as the conductor’s long-suffering wife, Felicia.
Comedian plays an old-school bookmaker on fast-paced Max show.
Surgery recovery wipes out Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday episodes of the CBS talk show.
With brother Sid, the puppeteer created TV hits including ‘Land of the Lost,’ ‘Lidsville’ and ‘D.C. Follies.’
El actor mexicano da vida al ídolo inmortal de México en la serie ‘Se llamaba Pedro Infante’.
Comeback follows ‘overwhelming’ fan response after the obsessive-compulsive character returned for a PSA about COVID-19.
Pierce Brosnan has a wry sense of humor in slick and violent piece of pulp entertainment.
Convincing 1964 period piece stars Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie as unlikely new friends.
A Doja Cat tour stop, Cirque du Soleil’s holiday show and several ‘Nutcracker’ productions are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
Formerly ‘cutthroat’ castmates now perform together in ‘a gentler, kinder way,’ says group member Michael Ian Black.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan alleges the Oscar-winning actor, singer and comedian assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015. Foxx denies the charges.
A revival of ‘The Wiz,’ a Pentatonix holiday concert and the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
‘Scream’ producers kick Melissa Barrera out of the horror franchise, and talent agency lets Susan Sarandon go.
Julia Roberts a standout in impressively unnerving film with things to say about race, tech and conspiracy theories.
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