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Movies / Biography
The Express
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Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Clancy Brown, Omar Miller
Born into poverty, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcomes many obstacles to get into Syracuse University's football program. Under the guidance of Coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), Davis becomes one of the school's best players, even surpassing Jim Brown's achievements. In 1961 Davis becomes the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy, but there is one more obstacle in his life that he must overcome.
Today's Showtimes:
AMC Loews 600 North Michigan 9
600 N. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (River North)
AMC River East 21
322 E. Illinois St. - Chicago (Streeterville)
Movies / Biography
W.
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Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell
Flashbacks to key events in his life reveal the rise of George W. Bush from ne'er-do-well party boy and son of privilege to president of the United States. After trading in booze for religion, George mends his aimless ways and sets his sights first on the Texas governorship, then on the presidency. But the country's involvement in the Iraq war plunge his approval rating plunge his approval rating to a historic low.
Movies / Docudrama
The Longshots
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Starring: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones
Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube), a down-on-his-luck former football player, becomes the new coach of the Minden, Illinois, Pop Warner football team. With his niece Jasmine (Keke Palmer) installed as the team's quarterback and secret weapon, Curtis has a chance to turn his life around, while the residents of Minden have a chance to recapture their team spirit and civic pride.
Today's Showtimes:
Village Glenwood Theatre
18255 S. Halsted - Glenwood
Eagle Theater of Park Forest
340 Main Street - Park Forest
Movies / Drama
Flash of Genius
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Starring: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Jake Abel
When college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) develops an intermittent windshield wiper, he believes he, his wife (Lauren Graham) and their children will be set for life. Though the invention is a big hit with automakers in 1960s Detroit, Kearns finds himself forced out of the picture. Determined to collect the recognition and financial reward due him, he wages an arduous legal battle with the auto industry.

