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Man Fatally Struck by Red Line Train at Belmont, Trump Tweets About Blagojevich – TODAY 12-17-18
Man Fatally Struck by Red Line Train at Belmont A man was killed Monday morning after being struck by a CTA Red Line train at the Belmont Avenue station in Lakeview. Officials […]
The Old Woman Broods at Trap Door Theatre Is an Absurdist, Prescient Satire—or Is It?
In case you think brooding suggests gloom and doom, think otherwise. Trap Door Theatre’s The Old Woman Broods is chaotic, cacophonous and more than a little cuckoo. The 1969 play by Polish playwright Tadeusz […]
Album Review: Dumbfoundead Makes a Feel Good Comeback
Last month, K-Town LA’s beloved resident rapper Dumbfoundead released his latest EP, Cafe Bleu, a follow up to last year’s Rocket Man and Foreigner EPs. Cafe Bleu EP is the rapper’s third […]
Wicker Park Farmers Market Brings the Taste of Summer Indoors
Indoor markets are helping us remember those good old days of summer. I long for fresh-baked pastries, fruits of the season, herbs and veggies. Fortunately for us city dwellers, the Wicker Park […]
Preview: Red Velvet Brings Redmare to the US
When Red Velvet visited Chicago back in April for their first US fanmeet, they asked their fans if they would be willing to come to their concert if they were to have […]
Review: Mortal Engines Is A Long Way from Launching the Next Great Franchise
There’s no telling why the screenwriters of The Lord of the Rings trilogy—Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson—thought that the Mortal Engines four-book series (written by Philip Reeve) was a strong […]
Review: The Kids Aren’t Alright (But Will Be) in Second City’s Algorithm Nation, or the Static Quo
Algorithm Nation, or the Static Quo, directed by Matt Hovde, is the Second City’s 107th Mainstage Revue. Let that number sink in for a while. 107 shows would be impressive no matter the […]
Review: Kore-eda’s Shoplifters Is a Masterful, Elegant Story of the Families We Choose
From one of the current masters of Japanese cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows; Like Father, Like Son; Our Little Sister; After the Storm), Shoplifters tells the story of a group of petty criminals who bring […]
Review: Clint Eastwood’s The Mule May Not Be PC; It’s Also Not Half Bad
If Clint Eastwood’s own recent personal history wasn’t so steeped in botched political messages, I don’t think his films (with the obvious exception of American Sniper) would be so overly scrutinized as […]
Review: Once Upon a Deadpool Tones Down The Snark and Violence…A Little
I’m sure many of you rolled your eyes so far back in your head they almost got stuck there the first time you heard that the makers of Deadpool 2 were making […]
Review: Two Strong Performances Carry a Shaky Mary Queen of Scots
There is little doubt in this most recently telling of the life and death of Mary Stuart (here portrayed by Saoirse Ronan), the ambitious Queen of Scotland, eager to build bonds with […]
Review: Comic Book Worlds Collide in Creative, Ambitious and Totally Wonderful Into the Spider-Verse
This animated take on the adventures of Spider-Man is so visually and creatively daring, one can’t help but wish that all superhero movies took an equally ambitious path to the big screen. […]
