Movies
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Crime thriller ‘M’ headlines Oktoberfestival screening with Lake Park Film SocietyOct 05, 2025 11:26 pm - Lake Park High School’s Film Appreciation Society is hosting a free screening of the 1931 German Expressionist film "M" on Oct. 15. They are partnering with the Lake Park German Exchange Program.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Official Release Party of a Show Girl’ debuts at No. 1 with $33 million
Oct 05, 2025 1:48 pm - This weekend’s box office belonged to two undeniable draws: Taylor Swift and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
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Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns
Oct 02, 2025 4:54 pm - It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.” But the big-screen absence of the actor many would peg as the greatest one alive ends with “Anemone,” a new film directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.
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‘The Smashing Machine’ shows a different facet (and face) of the Rock
Oct 02, 2025 9:46 am - “The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring Dwayne Johnson, no less, and brought to us by writer-director Benny Safdie, the film shows a different facet of the Rock.
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Bleak family drama ‘Anemone’ brings the great Daniel Day-Lewis back in from the cold
Oct 02, 2025 7:07 am - There’s no doubt that Daniel Day-Lewis is one of our greatest living actors. And so the most important thing to say about “Anemone,” a bleak, somber, absorbing but also sometimes frustratingly opaque collaboration with his director son Ronan, is that it’s brought Day-Lewis back.
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Be popular, come sing along with ‘Wicked’ at the Des Plaines Public LibraryOct 01, 2025 3:52 pm - Fans of the musical “Wicked” can enjoy a sing-along showing of the 2024 film version this month at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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McHenry Outdoor raises breast cancer awareness, fundsOct 01, 2025 9:55 am - Oct. 10-11 at the McHenry Outdoor Theater will be all about making some joyful noise on behalf of breast cancer awareness.
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Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’
Sep 29, 2025 5:18 pm - In “The Lost Bus,” filmmaker Paul Greengrass and co-screenwriter Brad Ingelsby have made an old-fashioned disaster movie that is captivating, frightening and startlingly moving.
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McHenry Outdoor Theatre to host ‘Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’
Sep 29, 2025 2:57 pm - The McHenry Outdoor Theatre is hosting “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4.
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What to stream: Taylor Swift, Matthew McConaughey, Jacinda Ardern, Glen Powell and Ghost of Yotei
Sep 29, 2025 12:13 pm - Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary school students during California’s deadliest wildfire are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.