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Film critics Chuck Koplinski and Pamela Powell get into the nitty gritty of three films available in theaters and Netflix this week: “Dark Waters,” “Marriage Story,” and [...]

Monday evening was a star-studded affair at the Landmark Annex in Los Angeles for the first Celebration of Black Cinema Awards presented by the Critics Choice Association. Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor [...]

Chuck and Pam discuss the future of film, streaming services’ hits and misses, and review this week’s films: “The Irishman,” “A Beautiful Day in the [...]

The film “Marriage Story” is an emotionally raw and intimate portrayal of a marriage breaking apart and the effects upon both the couple and the child is a cautionary tale giving insight and [...]

The elves aren’t the only ones working around the clock.  Sylvia is, too!  Sylvia’s Irish Inn, located at 312 W. Green St. in Urbana, is adorned with every Christmas decoration [...]

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of [...]

Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future. Chuck says: James Cameron returns to the franchise that catapulted to [...]

Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette’s Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of [...]

The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Chuck says: Like his previous effort “The Witch,” director Robert Eggers [...]

A mob hitman (Robert DeNiro) recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Chuck says: Perhaps Martin Scorsese’s most ambitious work, this biopic of reputed [...]