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- City Life, Shop Local Jan 7, 2020
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A trippy trip back in time
Death by Toys specializes in repurposed action figures, 80s nostalgia, and a bestselling empty box you have to see to believe.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 19, 2019
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Skywalker rises above slippery story slopes
The script is sometimes wanting, but Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a fun conclusion to the movie saga.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jan 31, 2019
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All Childish Things is what happens when Star Wars meets Ocean's 11
Joe Zettelmaier's heist comedy unfolds with the grace of a well-maintained droid.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2018
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Five big-screen movies obsessed with the small screen
Five movies remind us that filmmakers have always been fascinated with the box in the living room
- Film, Movie Review May 23, 2018
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MINI-REVIEW: Solo: A Star Wars Story
After Rogue One (2016), this is the second installment in Disney's "Star Wars Anthology" franchise filling in the nooks and crannies of George Lucas's original.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2018
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May the fourth be with you, even if the Reader's critics rarely become one with the force
The Star Wars films amused few of our film critics.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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By villainizing nerdy fanboys, Black Mirror's Star Trek parody goes where no show has gone before
"USS Callister," the best episode of Black Mirror's fourth season, is a Star Trek parody that serves as a parable about the dangers of the angry online fanboy.
- Film, Movie Review Dec 20, 2017
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Luke Skywalker still has lessons to learn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Writer-director Rian Johnson honors the franchise’s long history of pedagogy.
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2017
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The One-Minute Play Festival, a May the 4th Star Wars party, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Female Chicago Comics Panel, Chiang Mai Thai New Year Celebration, and more happenings from May 1-4.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2016
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Remembering Carrie Fisher's Blues Brothers time in Chicago, and other news
Also, a billionaire actually asked Rahm to close Monroe Street in the Loop during his daughter's wedding.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2016
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Die Hard heckling, a holiday Nerdette, and more things to do in Chicago pre-Christmas week
A Very Ladylike Christmas, Logan Square Holiday Farmers Market, and more happenings from December 19-22
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2016
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Photography in the age of social media, Laughs Trump Hate, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Seinfeld Trivia Festivus, a special edition of the Slo 'Mo dance party, and more happenings from December 12-15
- Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2016
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ICYMI: Best cosplay from this weekend's Anime Central
A look at cosplay from this weekend's ACEN convention, the midwest's largest expo of anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture.
- Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2016
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Fans celebrated Star Wars Day with a faux lightsaber battle in the South Loop
Star Wars fans battled with lightsabers in a place much closer than a galaxy far, far, away—the South Loop.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2016
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Karen Lewis unleashes Jedi powers in teachers' union battle, President Obama makes a nostalgic trip back to Springfield, and other Chicago news
Also, many questions remain in strange murder of Gage Park family, and Obama wants to help the CTA rebuild the Red Line.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2016
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From Kanye's new album to Closed Sessions' latest release in a few simple steps
There's a link between Hibernation, the new EP by Closed Sessions producer Boathouse, and Kanye West's seventh album.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2016
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Donald Trump debates Bernie Sanders in Chicago (sort of), and more things to do this week
First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Drink and Draw, other happenings in Chicago from February 1-4.
- Film, Movie Feature Dec 16, 2015
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The dark side of Star Wars
The franchise's troubling place in our culture has little to do with the movies themselves.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2015
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Oh No Oh My provide a nostalgia fix for fans of Star Wars (and 'blog rock')
Guess which beloved Star Wars character the defunct Texas group reference on their 2005 debut EP.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2015
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'Queen of the Geeks' Felicia Day reluctantly rules the Internet
Felicia Day talks about the ups and downs of geek culture and her new memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost).
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2015
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Superdog, Catwoman, and other sightings at Wizard World Comic Con
As always, the costumed crowd was the real draw at this year's con.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2015
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Pitchfork rates the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival a 7.8
Pitchfork rates its 2015 music festival a 7.8.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2015
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Wilco drops unexpected new album on the eve of its headlining slot at Pitchfork Music Fest
The band shares the unexpected new Star Wars for free on its website.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 5, 2014
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The Lucas Museum is off-limits
But the Chicago Park District wants your input on the Museum Campus.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2014
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What we now know about the Lucas Museum
George Lucas talked about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art at Chicago Ideas Week.