Movies
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McHenry Rotary, Outdoor Theatre team up for trivia and games Aug. 4Jul 30, 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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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...