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Constable: Suburban roots take filmmaker from '8 Mile' to 'Devil's Night'

By Burt Constable
Jun 23, 2020 5:30 am - Splitting his childhood between Mount Prospect and Detroit, teenager Sam Logan Khaleghi landed a gig as an extra for one brief scene in Eminem's 2002 movie, "8 Mile." "I...
Free 'Do the Right Thing' rental this week, with Spike Lee talk Thursday

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2020 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Do the Right Thing" is free to rent on several platforms all week and an online discussion will be held with director Spike Lee on his 1989 film about rac...
Secluded stars: Jim Belushi hails 'The Blues Brothers;' Haley Reinhart honors dad

By Scott C. Morgan
Jun 22, 2020 1:00 am - Jim Belushi recently took to Twitter to mark the 40th anniversary of "The Blues Brothers," the locally shot 1980 comedy classic that co-starred the former Wheaton re...
Drive-in movies coming to Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre Arena beginning Thursday

By Charles Keeshan
Jun 22, 2020 1:00 am - The parking lot of Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre arena will become a temporary drive-in movie theater beginning Thursday night for a showing of the 1985 adventure comedy...
Indie drama 'Babyteeth' gives sick teen in love plot a bit of bite

By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press
Jun 19, 2020 6:00 am - “Babyteeth” is guaranteed to get under your skin. This refreshingly original Australian indie about a terminally ill teen who falls in love with the wrong guy is designe...
Classic Cinemas aims to reopen next week

Daily Herald report
Jun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Classic Cinemas announced Friday that it plans to reopen its Illinois locations June 26, provided that health metrics remain on track and the state enters Phase 4 of the...
Hit it! Three 'Blues Brothers' suburban film locales to visit for its 40th anniversary

By Doug T. Graham
Jun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Updated June 20 to correct the name of the prison. The musical odyssey of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues first hit movie theaters 40 years ago Saturday, and the now-b...
New movies streaming this week: 'Disclosure,' 'Miss Juneteenth' and more

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer
Jun 18, 2020 11:00 pm - Here are some new movies that are arriving on streaming services this week. "Miss Juneteenth" In Channing Godfrey Peoples' leisurely first feature, Turquise Jones (...
Joseph-Gordon-Levitt steers lean Amazon Prime hijack drama '7500'

By Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post
Jun 18, 2020 6:00 am - As the co-pilot of a hijacked commercial airliner dealing with an injured arm and moral dilemmas after his captain (Carlo Kitzlinger) is killed, Joseph Gordon-Levitt del...
HBO documentary 'Bully. Coward. Victim.' takes personal look at Roy Cohn

By Mark Kennedy Associated Press
Jun 18, 2020 6:00 am - “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn” — ★ ★ ★ The director of a new documentary about Roy Cohn is not exactly a neutral party. After all, Cohn played a key...

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