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Voices/Douglas Swinford | Puppy-love smooches and a purple-haired troll
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (147+ words) Voices/Douglas Swinford | Puppy-love smooches and a purple-haired troll'The News-Gazette My Turn | A holiday gift Illinois firefighters need " and ou" "Chiefs are seeing new hires walk away during training or le" Jim Dey | Fair Maps fight for November election has…...
The Screening Room | Cast finds life in flawed 'Dracula"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (277+ words) Zoe Bleu, left, and Matilda de Angelis star in 'Dracula' (2026). Guillaume de Tonqu'dec, left, and Christoph Waltz star in 'Dracula' (2026). Caleb Landry Jones stars as the titular character in "Dracula" (2026). The story then plays out much like a police procedural,…...
The Screening Room | Brooks’ focus lacking in 'Ella McCay"
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (653+ words) Ella McCay" " Cast: Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrrelson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Jack Lowden, Ayo Edebiri and Albert Brooks. Directed and written by James L. Brooks; produced by Julie Ansell and Brooks. A 20th Century Studios release. Rated…...
The Screening Room | Chemistry keeps things humming in 'Deep Cover"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (516+ words) At one point in Tom Kingsley's "Deep Cover," London cop Billings (Sean Bean) says to the three amateur thespians he's using in an ever-expanding drug investigation: "I wonder how long you can keep this going." I kept asking myself that…...
Jill Pyrz | Coming Saturday: Lots of laughs
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1018+ words) Capping off this year's Ebertfest: "The Hangover' (2009), starring, from left, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. Kohn Ann Benefiel and Joe Kunkel at the UI president's house ... Capping off this year's Ebertfest: "The Hangover' (2009), starring, from left, Ed Helms,…...