“Enter the Matrix: The Wachowski Collection” auction of movie props By Contributed Content April 25, 2022 at 4:41 p.m. "Enter the Matrix: The Wachowski Collection" auction of movie props will be May 12 at...
In memory: Actor Robert Morse, dead at 90, succeeded in show business his way By Michael Phillips April 21, 2022 at 12:25 p.m. Robert Morse died at 90 recently, on April 20. Decades before introducing himself to millions...
‘The Northman’ review: Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman star in a wild beast of a Viking saga By Michael Phillips April 20, 2022 at 5:45 a.m. In 1982, "Conan the Barbarian" enticed audiences with a poster promising four phases of a...
Review: In ‘Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,’ Nicolas Cage plays himself, with feeling, finding laughs in an empty action-movie plot By Michael Phillips April 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. Now 58, with nearly 100 film credits since he was "Brad's bud" in "Fast Times...
Review: Message of Mark Wahlberg movie ‘Father Stu’ is its salvation By Katie Walsh April 14, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. "Father Stu"? He's not a regular priest, he's a cool priest. A tough priest. A...
Have you seen the pyramids in Wadsworth? Pharaohs in Lincoln Park? ‘Egyptomania’ dates back to the King Tut obsession By Christopher Borrelli April 12, 2022 at 2:07 p.m. Once you leave Chicago headed west on Interstate 88, once the suburbs melt away and...
Review: ’61st Street’ is a Chicago-set crime drama grounded by a career-best Courtney B. Vance, premiering Sunday By Michael Phillips April 10, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. For decades, series creators have been tripping over "The Wire" and its first wave of...
Who was Oscar Levant? Sean Hayes is playing him in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ — between his wit and neuroses, the talk shows kept asking for him By Michael Phillips April 6, 2022 at 7:15 p.m. Oscar Levant detested success as much as he craved it. He was a singular, sardonic...
‘Ambulance’ review: a little ‘Speed,’ some ‘Collateral’ and ‘Heat,’ with Screamin’ Jake Gyllenhaal at the wheel By Michael Phillips April 7, 2022 at 9:41 a.m. Director Michael Bay's "Ambulance" celebrates Los Angeles as a shining city build on a cloverleaf...
Review: ‘The Automat,’ a tasty slice of nostalgia to go with that pie By Michael Phillips April 2, 2022 at 5:16 p.m. True to the egalitarian allure of the restaurant chain itself, Lisa Hurwitz's documentary "The Automat"...