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Amelia
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Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
From the time she first sits in the pilot's seat, aviatrix Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) feels destined to achieve great things. Beginning in 1928, she sets a number of aviation milestones, including numerous speed and altitude records, and was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. In 1937, Amelia undertakes her greatest challenge of all: to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by airplane.
Today's Showtimes:
Highland Park Theatre
445 Central Ave. - Highland Park
Glen Ellyn Art Theatre
540 Crescent Blvd. - Glen Ellyn
Movies / Biography
Coco Before Chanel
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Starring: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain
Young Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) works as a seamstress by day and a cabaret entertainer by night, then she meets a wealthy heir (Benoît Poelvoorde) and becomes his lover and fashion consultant. Tired of the flowery hats, tight corsets and yards of lace that define women's fashion, Coco uses her lover's clothing as a starting point to distill an elegant and sophisticated line of women's clothing that propels her to the top of Parisian haute couture.
Today's Showtimes:
Landmark Century Centre Cinema
2828 N. Clark St. - Chicago
Wilmette Theatre
1122 Central Ave. - Wilmette
Movies / Biography
Invictus
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Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood, Langley Kirkwood
Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.
