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New to streaming this week: 'The Starling,' William Shatner and Billy Bob Thornton

Associated Press
Sep 21, 2021 6:00 AM - "Goliath" and the struggles of lawyer Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) are coming to an end when the Amazon series debuts its final season Friday. Plus, William Shatner releases the spoken-word album "Bill" on Friday and "The Starling," starring Melissa McCarthy as a grieving mother, premieres Friday on Netflix.
'Shang-Chi' tops box office for 3rd straight weekend

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 20, 2021 7:43 AM - "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is the top film at the box office for the third straight weekend, but the muted reception for Clint Eastwood's "Cry Macho" suggests older moviegoers still aren't as eager to return to theaters.
Jessica Chastain redeems a televangelist in 'Tammy Faye'

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 20, 2021 6:00 AM - In "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," which Searchlight Pictures releases in theaters Friday, Chastain gives perhaps the most ambitious performance of her career so far. It's the first time she's tackled a decades-spanning biopic with all the transformational trappings -- the make-up, the prosthetics, the accent. It's a big swing, one Chastain was hungry for.
'Shang-Chi' tops box office for 3rd straight weekend

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 19, 2021 1:36 PM - 'œShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' is the top film at the box office for the third straight weekend, but the muted reception for Clint Eastwood's 'œCry Macho' suggests older moviegoers still aren't as eager to return to theaters
Drag queen dreams come to life in 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 17, 2021 7:00 AM - "Everybody's Talking About Jamie," a predictable and glossy "Billy Elliot"-like musical of British working-class aspiration that's nevertheless a joy, is the kind of movie that might have once been made about the trials of coming out as a young gay man. But Jamie, and Max Harwood's winning performance as the title character, belong to a different, more modern era.
A man. A boy. And a chicken. 'Cry Macho' lays an egg

By Mark Kennedy
Sep 17, 2021 6:00 AM - "Cry Macho" is supposed to be a meditation on masculinity, with Clint Eastwood's one-time rodeo star Mike Milo taming and rebuilding his young rebellious charge into an honorable young man. Instead, it's a meditation on clumsy and predictable filmmaking.
'Eyes of Tammy Faye' takes empathetic look at televangelist known for her makeup and money

By Lindsey Bahr
Sep 17, 2021 6:00 AM - Jessica Chastain offers an impressive, sympathetic portrait of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic "The Eyes of Tammy Faye."
Widescreen: Baby Yoda vs. Queen Elizabeth and two other TV battles to watch at Sunday's Emmys

By Sean Stangland
Sep 16, 2021 8:20 AM - The three biggest categories at the Emmys come down to epic face-offs between two indelible characters, Widescreen columnist Sean Stangland says.
St. Charles native crafts Netflix's bawdy 'Chicago Party Aunt' as 'love letter' to the city

By Dann Gire
Sep 17, 2021 10:54 AM - St. Charles native Chris Witaske drew from his own family -- and tons of local humor -- for his new animated Netflix series "Chicago Party Aunt."
Christmas in September: Film crew shooting holiday movie in Naperville

By Kevin Schmit
Sep 16, 2021 5:20 PM - Naperville Township Supervisor Eddie Bedford didn't have access to his office on Wednesday because it was being used as a makeup studio for an Ion Television movie coming out in December.

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