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Michael Phillips: AMC’s new pricing policy? Extra charge for better seats — and thanks for nothing

In the gouging spirit of surge pricing and airline basic economy, AMC Theatres this week announced its new seating strategy.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 8, 2023

Paedophile's victim tried to take own life after 'bully' abused her

Michael Phillips' victim told a court how he had 'taken away my childhood and my trust in the world'

Wales Online · Jan 23, 2023

One stat defines Daniel Snyder’s tenure as owner of the Commanders

One stat perfectly sums up Dan Snyder's ownership tenure

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 9, 2023

Collin College Prof Reinstated; Had Been Fired for Advocacy of Union + of Removing Confederate Monuments

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression reports (for more, read Judge Amos Mazzant's August 25 decision denying the college's motion to summary judgment, Jones v. Collin College): Today, administrators at Collin College agreed to a settlement that includes reinstating education professor Suzanne Jones, fired by the institution last year…

Reason · Nov 3, 2022

So how well does Cate Blanchett handle a baton? A couple of critics hash out the personalities and classical music in ‘Tár’

CHICAGO — The new Cate Blanchett film “Tár” is no issue movie. It has, however, brought a lot of rarified and/or unfashionable issues back into the spotlight: symphony orchestra politics; the cost of obsessive artistic ambition and devotion to a calling; and, for writer-director Todd Field, the challenge and allure…

Chicago Tribune · Oct 20, 2022

Michael Phillips: The women behind the new movie ‘Till’ knew they had to show a mother living through the unbearable

CHICAGO — Now in theaters, “Till” is the story of a mother, a mother’s son and the horrific 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till, who was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time of his murder.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 14, 2022

Michael Phillips: Here’s the big reveal: Movie endings are hard to get right, and not just in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

Near the end of last weekend’s most popular theatrical release, “Don’t Worry Darling,” the perfect 1950s homemaker played by Florence Pugh finally begins to piece together the insidious puzzle of her life. She’s living inside the confines of her marriage to a rising young executive (Harry Styles) as part of…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 30, 2022

Smartphones and older users remain an uneasy match

Many older people still lack digital skills and believe devices haven't been designed for all ages.

Axios · Sep 20, 2022

WATCH: Fans line up to meet Commanders QB Carson Wentz

Carson Wentz and Terry McLaurin are popular in Richmond.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 27, 2022

American found dead in room at same Bahamas resort where three other tourists died in May

Foul play is not suspected in latest death at island resort

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022