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Movie review: Nostalgia, gore collide in new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 16, 2025 11:42 am - The new “I Know What You Did Last Summer” pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. By aping the structure of the original, the new version is too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull.
Best Bets: Comedian shares his life’s stories, Cantigny fetes French culture

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 14, 2025 12:48 pm - Comedian Steve Solomon shares his life stories in Skokie, Cantigny celebrates French culture in Wheaton and Chicago’s iO Theater welcomes sketch-comedy troupes from around the country.
What to stream: Dragons, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Roddy Ricch and ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’

Jul 14, 2025 5:30 am - The live-action remake of the animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” and a two-part, five-hour documentary on Billy Joel are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Superman’ and DC Studios fly to a $122 million opening

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 13, 2025 3:51 pm - NEW YORK — In a bid to kickoff a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s “Superman” opened with $122 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to s...
Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito revisit ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ for its 50th anniversary

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 10, 2025 4:56 pm - Jack Nicholson did not want to go to the Oscars. It was 1976 and he was nominated for best actor in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a re-release in suburban theaters on Sunday, July 13, and Wednesday, July 16. The film would go on to sweep the “big five” Oscars, including actor.
Want to know Rachel Brosnahan’s secret? First share yours.

By Thomas Floyd
Jul 10, 2025 3:41 pm - Rachel Brosnahan, who grew up in Highland Park, embraces the character of ambitious reporter Lois Lane in the new “Superman” movie.
‘Superman’ brings a message of hope to a cynical world

By LESLIE AMBRIZ
Jul 10, 2025 3:11 pm - Superman might do more than just save Metropolis — filmmaker James Gunn hopes the beloved superhero will bring hope to a cynical world.
In ‘Sorry, Baby,’ Eva Victor makes a disarming debut

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 08, 2025 6:10 pm - The first thing to love about writer-director-star Eva Victor’s extraordinary debut “Sorry, Baby” is how she, as the young professor Agnes, tries, and fails, to hide a tryst with her neighbor.
Pleasantly imperfect: A weird ‘Superman’ is better than a boring one

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 08, 2025 3:49 pm - It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … a purple and orange shape-shifting chemical compound? Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material.
What to stream: Spielberg looks back at ‘Jaws,’ Clipse reunite and ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ is flirty

Jul 07, 2025 11:28 am - Steven Spielberg reflecting on his shark blockbuster in the documentary “Jaws @ 50” and Clipse, the dynamic duo of Pusha T and Malice, returning for the album “Let God Sort Em Out” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

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