How it felt to see the Cubs eliminate the Cardinals
Maybe I was a little cold up in section 515. Maybe it's because I held off going to the bathroom for four hours for fear of missing even a second...
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The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins on ‘living the dream for as long as you can’
Name a more fun rock song from this millennium than the Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love." I just don't think you can do it, and the song's...
What to see and skip at the Chicago International Film Festival
You could try to see every movie at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival (Oct. 15-29 at the AMC River East, 322 E. Illinois St.), but there really aren't enough...
Chicago R&B singer Sir the Baptist to hold public, anti-violence demonstration Thursday
That Chicago has an enormous problem with violence is an indisputable fact. Although much has been said and done about it, still even more needs to be said and done....
Midnight movies announced at Landmark theatre in Lakeview
There are 20 million movies opening between now and the end of the year (approximately), but sometimes you just want to watch something you know and love. If those times...
‘He Named Me Malala’ seeks inspiration, not thought
A filmmaker needs unbelievable tunnel vision to make a movie about problems in the education system of the planet's most powerful country and then make another movie touting the theoretical...
‘Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead’ lets down the National Lampoon
Funny like its subject but not nearly as daring, "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon" certainly showcases the dark sense of humor that originated as a...
‘In My Father’s House’ needs to try harder
"In My Father's House" couldn't have a better hook for a documentary: Man (who happens to be former major label rapper Rhymefest, born Che Smith) buys house where his dad...
Peter’s legacy gets fried in ‘Pan’
This review could just be a picture of my facial expression when 12-year-old orphan Peter (Levi Miller) arrives in Neverland and finds Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman, ending almost every sentence with...
‘Knock Knock’ needs to reconsider its porny plan
Not since Nicolas Cage screamed, "Not the bees!!!! Aaaaah!! Oh, they're in my eyes! My eyes!" in "The Wicker Man" has a thriller had a comically exaggerated scene like the...