Movies
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Emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com in ‘The Baltimorons’
Sep 10, 2025 3:32 pm - “The Baltimorons” is one of those little movies you might stumble across and be surprised that it hooks you. It does so despite — or more likely because — of its complete lack of flashiness or any self-evident attempt to “hook you.” Instead, it manages that simply with low-key charm and a warm, unpretentious humanity.
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What to stream: ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ ‘The Girlfriend,’ Charlie Sheen doc and Borderlands 4
Sep 09, 2025 10:32 am - “Only Murders in the Building” returning for its fifth season and the Netflix two-part documentary “aka Charlie Sheen” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
Sep 08, 2025 6:21 am - It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office.
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‘Tina’ is uplifted by a powerhouse performance
Sep 05, 2025 8:51 am - “Tina” features a unique central character, a powerhouse star performance and some truly uplifting choral singing. Those are the good parts. The less good part is a script that pummels audiences with melodrama, manipulation and sentimental clichés.
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Sometimes, the price of fame is a fan like Matthew in ‘Lurker’
Sep 05, 2025 8:46 am - Of the two indie films about male-friendship stalkers now in theaters, “Lurker” is the creepy, better one. Better because beyond its immediate dramatic suspense, Alex Russell’s debut feature film arrives bearing uncomfortable truths about the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and hangers-on.
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Fall movie guide: Here are the films coming out from September to Christmas
Sep 04, 2025 1:50 pm - Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies.
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In audacious dark comedy ‘Twinless,’ grief and loneliness lead down disturbing paths
Sep 04, 2025 11:49 am - Not all twins remain or ever become best friends, which is one of the painful truths we encounter in “Twinless,” the audacious film that has resulted from actor, writer, director and producer James Sweeney’s persistent fascination with twindom.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ ends the franchise with a mix of scares and sentiment
Sep 04, 2025 5:30 am - There are four words in the title of the latest entry in the “Conjuring” universe, but only one sounds good. It’s the word “last.” “The Conjuring: Last Rites” seems to finally nail the coffin shut on this part of the franchise, saying goodbye to a series that revels in timeless scary stuff.
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Lake Park Film Society screens thriller ‘Bad Day at Black Rock’Sep 03, 2025 11:48 pm - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society is hosting a screening of the 1955 thriller "Bad Day at Black Rock" on Sept. 10.
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‘Last Comiskey’ filmmaker follows up with Torborg documentarySep 03, 2025 6:15 pm - Arlington Heights filmmaker Matt Flesch is following up his documentary about the 1990 Chicago White Sox with a chronicle of the life of the team’s manager, Jeff Torborg.