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Many of us have flat-screen TVs, surround-sound speakers and movies delivered to our doors, but unless you also have hired hands serving drinks and showering you with free popcorn while you watch a movie from a captain's chair, your dinky home theater can't touch some of the upscale movie houses that have opened in the Chicago area of late. But which of the plush palaces are worth the often-hefty ticket price? We consumed truckloads of Twizzlers to find out.

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Many of us have flat-screen TVs, surround-sound speakers and movies delivered to our doors, but unless you also have hired hands ...
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We check out the full-service theater in Woodridge.
Our take on the luxury-movie-theater experience.
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The new South Loop theater features a Jerry Kleiner restaurant.
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If you've got the dough, this is the place to go.
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Impeccable service, comfy suede chairs and tasty food while you watch a movie.
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You can drink beer in the theater, but don't bother with the food.
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In the battle of music-venues-turned-movie-houses, who wins: Lincoln Hall's new film night or the venerable Brew & View?
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Our favorite cheap indie theaters pour on the quirky charm like butter-flavored topping.
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In a world. Where the masses clamor like bloodthirsty badgers for early movie reviews. There is a clandestine room where local ...
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We hand out accolades to our favorite film palaces.
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At a time when little red envelopes rule the movie-rental landscape, two local video shops' inventories of hard-to-find films ...
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Dust off that VCR-these highly recommended films have been released only on VHS, at least in the U.S.
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12/31/1969
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