Reel life: Follow that yellow brick road

Posted November 13, 2014 4:15 am

Dann Gire

Film critics notebook:

• You should be off to see the Wizard this weekend. If you've never seen the classic musical “The Wizard of Oz” on the silver screen, you owe it to your bucket list to get over to the Hollywood Palms Cinema, 352 S. Route 59, Naperville, where the 1939 movie will be shown four times each on Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16, starting at noon. “Wizard” will also be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, and Thursday, Nov. 20. Go to atriptothemovies.com for tickets and prices.

• A heads up for the world's first Catlow Local Shorts Festival, featuring 12 locally produced short films to be shown starting at noon on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Barrington's historic Catlow Theater, 116 W. Main Street. Admission costs $5 (ticket available one hour before showtime.) Go to thecatlow.com.

• The Daily Herald's annual holiday movie preview will be published Nov. 23. Mark those calendars!

• Dann Gire's Reel Life column runs Fridays in the Daily Herald's Time out!

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