Movies
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Downers Grove filmmaker unveiling holiday flickDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Downers Grove resident Cathy Rubey has written and produced her first movie. It's called "Holiday Baggage" and it's about how the holidays and the birth of a grandson im...
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Turn your brain off to enjoy thrills of 'Wanted'Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - "Wanted" (two-disc special edition) - This over-the-top, hyperviolent action flick delivers plenty of empty-calorie thrills that kept me entertained despite one of t...
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Dunst gets order against alleged stalkerDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES _ Kirsten Dunst doesn't need Spider-Man -- she's got an assistant who recently proved capable of protecting the actress. Dunst's assistant performed a citize...
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'Christmas Story' fans celebrate film's 25th year
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Fans of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" are celebrating the film's 25th anniversary with a convention and trips to the house where the movie was mad...
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End of the yellow brick road for Indiana Oz Festival
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - CHESTERTON, Ind. -- The organizers of an annual Wizard of Oz festival that attracted thousands of fans of the classic 1939 film to watch parades of costumed characters s...
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'Four Christmases' finds $31.7 million in holiday cheer
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Thanksgiving weekend movie crowds gobbled up the Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn holiday comedy "Four Christmases," which debuted at No. 1 with $31.7 m...
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'Bruce' a bad horror flick -- in a good wayNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The big problem with Bruce Campbell's new movie "My Name is Bruce" boils down to this: Is a deliberate, perfect duplicate of a bad horror comedy inherently any better th...
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New on DVD: Beatles, Howard collectionNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - "Composing the Beatles Songbook" John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the most successful writing team in the history of music. This great documentary examines their diffe...
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Cult star Campbell does double duty in horror comedyNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Cult horror movie star Bruce Campbell will be in Chicago Friday, Nov. 28, to protect the Windy City from demonic forces, plus introduce his new movie "My Name is Bruce."...
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Repulsive characters ruin unfunny holiday comedy 'Four Christmases'Nov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Hanging out with unpleasant people during the holidays might be a family requirement for a few of us. But why in the world would anyone want to hang out with the unpleas...