Lake Zurich star to host film, Q&A

<b>Lake Zurich star to host film, Q&A</b>

Roni Akurati, the Lake Zurich teenager who stars in the new movie "Growing Up Smith," will host a Q&A after both the 4:30 and 7 p.m. showings of his culture-clash comedy on Monday, Feb. 6, at the South Barrington 30 Theatres. The actor, who has performed at the Lyric Opera and the Goodman Theatre, plays an Indian lad rebelling against the customs of his parents.

Tickets available at the box office or at amctheatres.com. To read his Suburbs to Showbiz profile, go to dailyherald.com/article/20170130/entlife/170139836/.

<b>Classic Cinemas host 'Predict the Oscars'</b>

It's Academy Awards time! Classic Cinemas and the Daily Herald present the annual Predict the Oscars contest. The grand prize winner will receive free movies (for two) for the year at Classic Cinemas locations, plus a $200 gift card good at Francesca's Restaurants, plus two passes to the Brookfield Zoo.

Five second-place winners will get a $100 gift card plus two Brookfield Zoo passes. Entries with all correct predictions will receive a pair of Brookfield Zoo passes.

Participants must be at least 16 years old. Rules are on the backs of the entry forms at Classic Cinemas theaters. Go to classiccinemas.com.

<b>Double your Dann & Raymond experience!</b>

We expect overflow crowds for Dann & Raymond's Movie Club's 2017 Academy Awards shows next week, so arrive early to get a good seat. Seriously, we do.

We start at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, Palatine. Free admission. (Bring your own popcorn.) Go to palatinelibrary.org.

We continue at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. Free admission and free popcorn.

Clips from Oscar nominees such as "La La Land," "Moonlight," "Fences," "Hidden Figures" and many more. Go to ahml.info.

<b>Elk Grove puts on a 'Full Metal Jacket' </b>

The Chicago Film Critics Association sponsors a digitally refurbished screening of Stanley Kubrick's 1987 Vietnam War drama "Full Metal Jacket" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Elk Grove Theater, 1050 Arlington Heights Road, Elk Grove Village. General admission $5, but free to veterans and active service members. Introduction and brief post-show Q&A provided by Chicago Film Critics Association member Patrick Bromley. Go to classiccinemas.com.

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