Movies
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The 'Barbie' bonanza continues at the box office while 'Oppenheimer' holds the No. 2 spot
Jul 30, 2023 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A week later, the "Barbenheimer" boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" conspired to set box offi...
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Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' to open Toronto Film FestivalJul 28, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK - "The Boy and the Heron," the first film in a decade by Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki, will open the 48th Toronto International Film Festival, organizer...
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Warrenville's Regal Cantera closed, reopening next week as Cinemark theaterJul 28, 2023 1:00 am - "Barbenheimer" has been put on hold in Warrenville. City officials announced the Regal Cantera movie theater closed this week, which the company confirmed through an ale...
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McHenry Area Rotary, Outdoor Theatre co-host trivia, games for prizes Aug. 4Jul 27, 2023 11:00 pm - The public is invited to enjoy trivia and other games for prizes before the movies begin on opening night of "Meg 2: The Trench" at the McHenry Outdoor Theater Friday, A...
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Enter the toybox: 'The Beanie Bubble' plunges into a plush '90s craze
Jul 27, 2023 6:00 am - “The Beanie Bubble” - ★ ★ Who knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic? This year we've had movies on Tetris (“Tetris”), Nike (“Air”),...
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Widescreen: The invention of first smartphone on the big screen; Nolan's first movieJul 27, 2023 6:00 am - Somehow, corporate biopics are all the rage this year. First there was "Air," Ben Affleck's cringe-inducing exaltation of the guy who came up with Air Jordans (Matt Damo...
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Disney's 'Haunted Mansion' conjures up a story about grief
Jul 26, 2023 1:30 pm - “Haunted Mansion” - ★ ★ LaKeith Stanfield is disarmingly good as a grief-stricken astrophysicist barely scraping by in New Orleans, and increasingly jaded about the spi...
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Horror flick 'Talk to Me' is a hand-some high-five for twin Australian filmmakers
Jul 26, 2023 1:00 pm - “Talk to Me” - ★ ★ ★ You've got to hand it to the Philippou brothers. They've taken an old horror cliche - a severed hand - and made something worth, well, applauding. ...
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Naperville Park District kicking off summer outdoor movie series FridayJul 26, 2023 1:00 am - The Naperville Park District is starting its free summer outdoor movie series on Friday. "Minions: The Rise of Gru" will begin at 8:30 p.m. on Rotary Hill, 443 Aurora Av...
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Free movie nights return in downtown AuroraJul 25, 2023 11:00 pm - Aurora Downtown is hosting two free movie nights this summer at Mundy Park. Movie Nights at Mundy Park will screen "Men In Black" at dusk Thursday, July 27. The "brew a...