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Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and...
2) Rampage
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Based on the video game series of the same title, primatologist Davis shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. When a greed-fueled corporation's genetic experiment goes awry, George and other animals across the country are mutated into aggressive super-creatures that rampage the city. In an action-packed adventure, Davis tries to find an antidote not only to halt...
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Divergent volume 3
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Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."
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Joey and Denny have been best friends since kindergarten, and after working together for several years as policemen in Chicago, they are practically family: Joey helps out with Denny's wife and kids; Denny keeps Joey away from the bottle. But when a domestic disturbance call takes a turn for the worse, their friendship is put on the line. The result is a difficult journey into a moral gray area where trust and loyalty struggle for survival against...
6) Widows
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Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts conspire to take fate into their own hands.
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The red-hot third season of the show. Though many of the firefighters still grieve over the loss of one of their own in a brutal explosion, they are faced with new challenges: a determined arsonist, the complications of staff romance and tension inside the house with shocking results. Watch the passion and conflicts flare amongst the brave men and women of Firehouse 51 in Season Three, presented back-to-back and uninterrupted for maximum impact.
9) Widows
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The story of four women who share nothing in common apart from the debts their dead husbands left behind. Taking fate into their own hands, they take over the criminal activities their husbands were involved in and, working together, try to secure their own future.
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61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional racism and endemic corruption at its heart.
11) Prowess: a play
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"Prowess is a superhero-inspired play by renowned young playwright Ike Holter. The play is one of seven in his Rightlynd Saga, set in Chicago's fictional fifty-first ward"--
12) Tapioca
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Nuts, a destitute, homeless street vendor, has the ability to put a hex on those who need a powerful dose of social justice. Shot on the streets of Chicago and featuring a musical score by Ryan Cohan and cartoons by Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Higgins.
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Season five finds the Gallaghers dealing with both the upside and downside of personal and urban renewal as Frank, Fiona, Lip and their family and friends band together to fight the invading hipster hordes and real estate speculators in their beloved South Side. But, as the neighborhood changes, the Gallaghers begin to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better future.
15) Thief
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Criterion collection volume 691
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Frank is a professional safecracker. He wants to quit to start a new life, but the mobsters disagree.
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"The heroic firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 put their lives on the line to protect the citizens of Chicago in Season Ten. Led by Capt. Matthew Casey and Lt. Kelly Severide, the firehouse family also includes Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, paramedic Sylvie Brett, veterans Christopher Herrmann and Randy 'Mouch' McHolland, firefighters Stella Kidd and Joe Cruz, young firefighters Blake Gallo and Darren Ritter, and new paramedic Violet Mikami"--Container....
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Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
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The Firehouse family faces dangerous new challenges this season as they continue to put their own lives on the line to keep others safe. Last season's finale had them racing to rescue workers trapped inside of a burning mattress factory. With an industrial boiler threatening to explode at any moment, can Chicago's bravest make it out safely before the blast takes out the whole block?
20) Chicago
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At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
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