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Now playing in movie theaters: 73 minutes of cat videos, for a good cause

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 01, 2025 11:16 am - The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline — silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic — that’s playing at the Wayfarer Theaters in Highland Park.
Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film starring Sofia Carson.
Enjoy ‘The Princess Bride’ under the stars at Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Submitted by Fine Line
Jul 31, 2025 6:51 pm - Last year, the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles partnered with AfterImage Film Festival to create Best of Fest 2024, an outdoor evening featuring a selectio...
Comic misfire: ‘Naked Gun’ remake with Liam Neeson low on high-caliber comedy

By Dann Gire
Jul 31, 2025 5:15 am - It’s a wonder that director Akiva Schaffer didn’t replace Liam Neeson in “The Naked Gun” the moment his hit-and-miss-and-miss-and-miss movie revealed that the Irish actor’s particular set of skills didn’t include a command of comic timing or any sense of playful, self-aware mirth.
‘The Bad Guys 2’ boldly goes bigger but loses its charm along the way

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 31, 2025 5:00 am - The good news for fans of “The Bad Guys” is the new sequel is stellar. But that’s because a good portion is actually set in — are you kidding us? — outer space. “The Bad Guys 2” has clearly lost its moorings.
A celebrity couple made a horror movie about something truly scary: Relationships

By Ty Burr
Jul 29, 2025 12:34 pm - Horror movies have exploited any number of human fears over the decades. But credit the millennials with finally tapping into one of the most primal terrors of all: Commitment. That’s exactly what “Together” does.
Best Bets: Movies by moonlight at Cantigny, Destination Asia at Morton Arboretum

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 28, 2025 4:41 pm - Watching movies in the moonlight at Cantigny, listening to The New Philharmonic at McAninch Arts Center’s Lakeside Pavilion and celebrating Asian culture at the Morton Arboretum are some notable events happening this weekend in the suburbs.
What to stream: Reneé Rapp, ‘The Phoenician Scheme,’ Elvis rarities, Anthony Mackie and Jason Momoa

By The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2025 6:00 am - Benicio Del Toro starring in Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” and Reneé Rapp's second studio album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ scores Marvel’s first $100 million box office opening of 2025

By LINDSEY BAHR and ITZEL LUNA
Jul 27, 2025 6:35 pm - Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt Disney Co., earned $118 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
‘Happy Gilmore’ became a cult comedy. 29 years later, Adam Sandler is swinging again

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 24, 2025 7:46 am - Adam Sandler and writer Tim Herlihy have returned to the beloved "Happy Gilmore" character after years of saying no to a sequel. The new movie starts streaming Friday, July 25, on Netflix.

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