Movies
“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (citywide), which is enough to keep everyone home for the holidays, traces the peculiar geographic odyssey of a pair of businessmen--the dapper Neal Page (Steve Martin) and the uncool Del Griffith (John Candy)--trying to get home to Chicago from New York for Thanksgiving.
Nov. 25, 1987
Sports Now
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Feb. 15, 2010
24 Frames
Nov. 8, 2010
Writer-director Chris Columbus either values artistic integrity over star-power, or he’s not quite as sharp as he looks.
May 27, 1991
John Candy has the face of a jolly little scamp who’s somehow ballooned to Goodyear girth; for all his Homeric dimensions, he’s often best in roles which suggest he hasn’t quite grown up--and maybe never will.
May 24, 1991
Food
With Halloween fast approaching, I’ve been thinking back to the sacks overflowing with chocolates and candies that were filled by hours of house-to-house extortion.
Oct. 25, 2014
The Big Picture
Nov. 26, 2008
Whether you’re looking for French or Mexican handmade chocolate for beribboned boxes of candy for your kids and their friends for school Valentine’s Day parties or bags of sea salt caramels for your own habit, it’s useful to have a list of local chocolate and candy shops — kind of like Willy Wonka’s version of Yelp.
Feb. 5, 2015
The old-fashioned candy store that tantalizes kids with countless jars of assorted candies and a profusion of homemade chocolate-covered butter creams cooked right on the premises is hard to find these days.
Oct. 1, 1997
World & Nation
A grocery chain in Alaska has begun offering checkout stands billed as “candy-free zones.”
July 18, 1992