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Linda Hamilton, left, and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunite in "Terminator: Dark Fate." (Kerry Brown/Paramount Pictures via AP)

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ review: Linda Hamilton saves the world, and a franchise is lifted out of mediocrity

November 1, 2019 at 10:04 a.m.

"Terminator: Dark Fate" rates as a fairly entertaining sequel to James Cameron's low-budget, high-yield "The Terminator" (1984) and the hugely expensive and enjoyable "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991). It has...

Kerry Washington ‘American Son’ interview: ‘If you do a show with a black mother at its center, make sure the black woman involved brings her full voice and agency to the project’

October 30, 2019 at 11:29 a.m.

"Wrung out," as she put it, from seven seasons of managing fictional crises as Olivia Pope on "Scandal," plus two rounds of childbirth and one grueling, taxing Harvey Weinstein-produced movie...

Michael Shannon stars in the upcoming mystery film "Knives Out." He is co-founder of Chicago's A Red Orchid Theatre and a two-time Academy Award nominee.

Michael Shannon loves acting. As for Halloween, well…

October 29, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Halloween's Thursday. Although local stage veteran, A Red Orchid Theatre co-founder, two-time Academy Award nominee and occasional Chicago re-visitor Michael Shannon is traveling over the holiday, he's pleased to report...

Jennifer Aniston, left, and Steve Carell in a scene from "The Morning Show," debuting Friday as part of the first wave of series that will launch the Apple TV+ streaming service.

‘The Morning Show’ review: Apple TV+ tosses an uncertain, half-baked #MeToo drama into its streaming service

October 28, 2019 at 12:46 p.m.

Ripped with utter tonal uncertainty from a thicket of recent headlines, Twitter hashtags and predatory sex scandals, the first three hour-long episodes of the Apple TV+ web series "The Morning...

Cannes festival hit ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ takes top honors at Chicago International Film Festival

October 26, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Director Celine Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" continued its hot streak on the festival circuit Friday, when jurors awarded the tale of forbidden desire the Gold Hugo in...

‘Mrs. Fletcher’ HBO review: Kathryn Hahn offers a bracing seriocomic lesson in continuing sex-ed

October 25, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

Kathryn Hahn: goddess, or mere mortal with goddess-like qualities? For those who relish the Cleveland, Ohio-raised Winchester, Ill., native in broadly comic turns (the "Bad Moms" movies) as well as...

Joe Pesci, left, and Robert De Niro have drinks in a bar in a scene from Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman."

‘The Irishman’ review: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci revisit the tyranny of the mob … and keep getting younger and younger

November 27, 2019 at 1:27 p.m.

In "The Irishman," Martin Scorsese's grand, droll, ruminative valediction to the gangster genre he has done so much to expand since "Mean Streets" (1973), the story of Teamsters lifer and...

Wendell Pierce in a scene from "Burning Cane." The film by filmmaker Phillip Youmans won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival.

At Facets: ‘Burning Cane,’ a sweet ‘n sour Louisiana story from an auspicious teenage filmmaker

October 26, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

The slow-burn feature debut "Burning Cane" works like a supple, elliptical short story, 78 minutes front to back, set among the residents and regrets of a rural Louisiana community. It's...

‘The Current War’ review: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Thomas Edison squares up against Michael Shannon’s George Westinghouse. And now we’re stuck with the electricity bill.

November 26, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

Two years ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, a movie about Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla and, for a climax, the dazzling illumination of the 1893 Chicago World's...

‘Parasite’ review: The South Korean class warfare thriller is already a massive hit. No disagreement here.

January 10, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

It's hard to talk about why the South Korean phenomenon "Parasite" has captured the imagination of a broad international film audience without talking about "Joker," the other conspicuous class-warfare experiment...

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