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Summer movie preview: Emma Thompson wants to start a conversation

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press
May 14, 2022 7:20 am - The summer movie season has not, traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality. But smack in the middle of Hollywood's high season of ...
'Firestarter' remake fails to ignite

By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press
May 13, 2022 9:00 am - “Firestarter” - ★ For a movie about a girl with pyrokinetic powers, “Firestarter” is lacking a certain spark. This new adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 novel is not sc...
Actor Fred Ward, of 'Tremors,' 'The Right Stuff' fame, dies

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
May 13, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as "The Right Stuff," "The Player" and "Tremors," has died. He was ...
Acting chemistry boosts (very) dark 'Count of Three'

By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press
May 12, 2022 12:00 pm - “On the Count of Three” - ★ ★ ½ “On the Count of Three” is marketed as a “darkly comic” movie. Well, there's dark comedy and there's darker comedy, and then there's come...
Weeklong Chicago Critics Film Fest includes appearance by Patton Oswalt, revival of 'Boogie Nights'

By Sean Stangland
May 12, 2022 6:00 am - The 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival begins Friday, May 13, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, and includes seven days of new films and revival...
In 'Happening,' a riveting abortion drama

By Jake Coyle Associated Press
May 12, 2022 6:00 am - “Happening” - ★ ★ ★ “Happening,” Audrey Diwan's Golden Lion-winner at last year's Venice Film Festival, is set in 1963 France, but the period detail isn't prominent. Ins...
Constable: 'Addison's Forrest Gump' more than films, sports and his 1996 run for president

By Burt Constable
May 12, 2022 5:20 am - If this were an obituary for Ed Gombos of Addison, we'd probably identify him as a man who ran a quixotic campaign to become the U.S. president in 1996 after seeing an i...
New to streaming this week: Rebel Wilson, The Black Keys, 'Firestarter'

Associated Press
May 09, 2022 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies Stepha...
Jane collective members tell their stories in film

By Marni Pyke
May 09, 2022 5:30 am - The story of the Jane collective that ran an under-the-radar abortion service for women in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade is getting new exposure 50 years after pol...
Banana! The Minions expand their empire

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press
May 08, 2022 7:20 am - Some of the movies' biggest stars barely speak a word of English, or any other language for that matter. Sure, you can occasionally hear them say "Banana!" or possibly "...

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