Movies
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'Monsters vs. Aliens' hurtles to $58.2 million debut
Mar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office. DreamWorks Animation's action comedy "Monsters vs. Ali...
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'Monsters vs. Aliens' boasts galaxy of comic starsMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - You've seen animated comedies packed with pop culture references. You've seen American cities under attack from an alien menace. And you've seen a secret government faci...
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Haunted house horror tale leaves no room for originalityMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Haunting in Connecticut" is a haunted house horror movie, supposedly based on fact, and full of shadowy rooms, dingy décor, rotting corpses, a bedeviled family, scr...
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Brooding Bond drives action in 'Solace'Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - "Quantum of Solace" (two-disc special edition) "Quantum of Solace," the 22nd film in the James Bond franchise, isn't as good as "Casino Royale," the one that precede...
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Barrington, Palatine students win at Prairie Arts Center film festMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Student filmmakers from Barrington and Palatine won cash prizes in the Third Annual Screen Test Student Fest, held at the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Center March 14. Barri...
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Studio: Zac Efron drops out of 'Footloose' remake
Mar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Zac Efron has dropped out of his role in a remake of "Footloose." Paramount Pictures says the "High School Musical" heartthrob is no longer attached to the u...
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Horror film draws unwanted visitors to Conn. house
Mar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut -- A Hollywood horror film that depicts the alleged haunting of a former funeral parlor in central Connecticut is turning into a nightmare for t...
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Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age
Mar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES --Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will spur sales of a vital product in a d...
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'Knowing' tops at box office with $24.8 million
Mar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Audiences knew what they wanted this weekend: Nicholas Cage and the apocalypse. Summit Entertainment's supernatural thriller "Knowing," which stars Cage a...
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'Waltz With Bashir' at After HoursMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Waltz With Bashir' From the After Hours Film Society comes an Oscar-nominated animated doc about an Israeli (filmmaker Ari Folman) who can't recall his role in a 1982 m...