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Cage’s commitment to edgy acting shores up a quirky, confounding tale touting toxic masculinity

By Dann Gire
May 01, 2025 5:30 am - Like fingerprints, no two Nicolas Cage characters are exactly the same. Which brings us to the actor’s latest showcase, the psychological thriller “The Surfer,” in which Cage plays a down-on-his-luck dad who takes his son to Australia to surf his childhood beach, only to be stopped by some rough-and-tumble territorial locals.
‘Thunderbolts*’ is Marvel, and Florence Pugh, in high gear

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 29, 2025 12:24 pm - As they so often do in Marvel Land, worlds collide in “Thunderbolts*.” But in this refreshingly earthbound iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the collision isn’t a matter of interplanetary strife. It’s the unlikely meeting of Marvel and A24.
Cannes unveils jury including Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong

Apr 28, 2025 1:17 pm - Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner.
How suburban families can become drive-in influencers

Submitted by Cynthia Wolf
Apr 28, 2025 12:25 pm - McHenry Outdoor Theater is launching an Influencer Family program to highlight the family-friendly experience of the drive-in through user-generated content shared on social media.
‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 28, 2025 6:56 am - Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema.
What to Stream: Tina Fey and Steve Carell, Martha Stewart and José Andrés, and Maddie & Tae

Apr 28, 2025 5:30 am - Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick going to Italy for a wedding and some mafia intrigue in “Another Simple Favor” and Tina Fey and Steve Carell reuniting for the Netflix series “The Four Seasons” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
A new Netflix film features a hurtling Japanese bullet train with a ticking bomb

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Apr 25, 2025 2:31 pm - The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premiered on Netflix Wednesday.
Got grief? David Cronenberg has an app for that in ‘The Shrouds.’

By Jen Yamato
Apr 25, 2025 11:09 am - We can expect a few constants from a David Cronenberg film. His latest “Cronenbergian” entry is “The Shrouds,” a cerebral thriller that certainly fits the morbid, bone-cracking bill.
So you saw ‘Conclave’ the movie. Here’s what it got right — and wrong — about real-life conclaves

By HOLLY MEYER
Apr 25, 2025 10:16 am - “Conclave” the film, a moody 2024 political thriller, introduced many laypeople to the ancient selection process of a new pope. While the film accurately portrays many rituals and contemporary problems facing today’s Catholic Church, Vatican experts warn the movie doesn’t get everything right.
An immersive, panoramic view coming soon to a theater near you in Addison

By Dave Oberhelman
Apr 24, 2025 5:29 pm - Marcus Addison Cinema will be the first movie theater in Illinois to offer the 270-degree SCREENX technology.

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