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Film, Movie Review Mar 22, 2017
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The movie that made heroin fun gets a sequel for a less heroin-friendly time

T2: Trainspotting reunites the Edinburgh junkies from the beloved British black comedy.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, T2: Trainspotting, Danny Boyle, Trainspotting, Iggy Pop, Lust for Life, Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova, Kelly Macdonald, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, heroin addiction, opioid crisis, Recommended

Film, Fall Preview Sep 7, 2016
Ten best bets for fall movies

Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth's story, plus other highlights.
- Tags: Fall Preview, Fall Preview 2016, Fall Arts 2016, best bets, best bets movies, best bets films, Snowden movie, Oliver Stone, Edward Snowden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Queen of Katwe, Phiona Mutesi, Lupita Nyong'o, Mira Nair, Madina Nalwanga, The Birth of a Nation, Nat Turner, Nate Parker, Block Museum of Art, Fred Williamson, Bucktown movie, Three the Hard Way, Philip Roth, American Pastoral, Ewan McGregor, John Romano, Kelly Reichardt, Maile Meloy, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Steppenwolf Theatre, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Barry Jenkins, Moonlight movie, Paul Verhoeven, Isabelle Huppert, Elle movie, Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals, Seamus McGarvey, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Linney, Michael Shannon, Bad Santa 2, Billy Bob Thornton

Film, Movie Critic's Choice Jan 8, 2014
Recommended Video
The home fires burn in August: Osage County

Meryl Streep is the cruel matriarch in this adaptation of the Tracy Letts play.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Critic's Choice, August: Osage County, John WellsJulia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, William Friedkin, Bug, The Company Men, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Juliette Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Oklahoma, Pulitzer Prize, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2012
Video
Quentin Tarantino's thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Columbia Pictures, Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard, Prophet movie, Jean Gentil, Barrymore movie, Christopher Plummer, Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, The Impossible movie, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Jack Reacher, Tom Cruise, Lee Childs, Les Miserables, Scrooge and Marley, A Christmas Carol, This Is 40, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Funny People, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Antonio Gaudi, Gene Siskel Film Center, James Whale, Frankenstein, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Music Box, Stanley Donen, Royal Wedding, Northbrook Public Library, Chicago movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2012
Now on DVD: another end of the world

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: On Video, Film, Perfect Sense, David Mackenzie, Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Young Adam, Asylum, Giles Nuttgens, digital video, apocalypse, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Melancholia, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, The Turin Horse, Jean-Luc Godard

Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2010
Video
This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, I Love You Phillip Morris, Bad Santa, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Benazir Bhutto, Close to Home Great Short Films of 2010, Chicago Filmmakers, Heartless movie, Jim Sturgess, Johnny Mad Dog, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Tibet in Song, Ngawang Choepel, Tiny Furniture, Annie Hall, Woody Allen, Music Box, Coup de Torchon, Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier, Museum of Contemporary Art, George Cukor, Holiday movie, Northbrook Public Library, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Dec 9, 2010
Video
Hey, His Brain's Up Here

For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, I Love You Phillip Morris, Bad Santa, Steven Jay Russell, Steve McVicker, Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Landmark's Century Centre, Renaissance Place, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2010
Video
This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Andrea Gronvall, North Face, Nordwande, Music Box, Peace on Earth Film Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, Kevin Smith, Cop Out, Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, District 13: Ultimatum, Luc Besson, Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer, Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, House Nobuhiko Obayashi, Unmade Beds, Visit Ingrid Bergman, The Wedding Song, Fritz Lang, Clash by Night, David Cronenberg, eXistenZ, Doc Films, John Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Louis Malle, Vanya on 42nd Street, Fred Camper, Christopher Maclaine, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Material and Code, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2009
Video
Stare at goats a day early

Gen Art presents a preview screening and after-party for "The Men Who Stare at Goats," the psychic military comedy featuring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, Wednesday 11/4.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson, psychic, Gen Art, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Grant Heslov, Good Night and Good Luck, Kevin Spacey, Cuvee, River East, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2009
Video
Queer cinema 101

The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with "The Celluloid Closet"
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Christian Bale, Windy City Times, Blake Edwards, Center on Halsted, Celluloid Closet, Queer Cinema, Steve Buscemi, Julie Andrews, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Parting Glances, The Killing of Sister George, Victor/Victoria, Robert Aldrich, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Richard Knight Jr., Video

Film, Movie Review Feb 12, 2004
True Lies
- By Julien Lapointe
- Tags: Movie Review, Tim Burton, Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney

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The movie that made heroin fun gets a sequel for a less heroin-friendly time

T2: Trainspotting reunites the Edinburgh junkies from the beloved British black comedy.

Ten best bets for fall movies

Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth's story, plus other highlights.

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The home fires burn in August: Osage County

Meryl Streep is the cruel matriarch in this adaptation of the Tracy Letts play.

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Quentin Tarantino's thousand-bullet clip, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Now on DVD: another end of the world

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This Week's Movie Action

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Hey, His Brain's Up Here

For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.

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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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Stare at goats a day early

Gen Art presents a preview screening and after-party for "The Men Who Stare at Goats," the psychic military comedy featuring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, Wednesday 11/4.

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T2: Trainspotting reunites the Edinburgh junkies from the beloved British black comedy.

Oliver Stone tells the Snowden story, Nate Parker tells the Nat Turner story, and Ewan McGregor tries to tell Philip Roth's story, plus other highlights.

Meryl Streep is the cruel matriarch in this adaptation of the Tracy Letts play.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

A review of Perfect Sense, a Scottish sci-fi romance new on DVD

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

For their directorial debut, I Love You Phillip Morris, the writers of Bad Santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Gen Art presents a preview screening and after-party for "The Men Who Stare at Goats," the psychic military comedy featuring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey, Wednesday 11/4.

The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with "The Celluloid Closet"

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