Movies
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Adam Scott gets spooked in a haunted hotel in ‘Hokum’
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new horror movie, it’s probably that it involves Adam Scott and a haunted Irish hotel.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style, but the story is overdressed
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - Fashion trends are notoriously fickle, but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” two decades after the original, was hard to resist.
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A flatulence-filled ‘Animal Farm’ for tots turns a masterpiece into cinematic manure
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - I’m all for reinventions and reintroductions. But screenwriter Nicholas Stoller and director Andy Serkis’ awfully misguided Disneyfication of “Animal Farm,” one of the greatest allegorical satires in the English language, is a cinematic car crash.
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Popular Prospect High School world religion class subject of new documentaryApr 28, 2026 3:18 pm - A new documentary film follows students at Prospect High School on their journey through John Camardella’s popular world religions class.
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What to stream: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Matthew Rhys, Michael B. Jordan, Kacey Musgraves and Tori Amos
Apr 27, 2026 5:15 am - Emerald Fennell’s loose adaptation of Emily Brontë’s“Wuthering Heights” is on its way to heat up the small screen and two Matthew Rhys projects — the movie thriller “Hallow Road” and the Apple TV horror comedy “Widow’s Bay” — are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Michael’ moonwalks to $97 million opening, shattering record for music biopics
Apr 26, 2026 12:47 pm - “Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics.
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College of DuPage to host 16th annual Animation Night showcasing student projectsApr 24, 2026 4:04 pm - College of DuPage's 16th annual Animation Night will showcase student capstone projects on May 21 in the Belushi Performance Hall, featuring 24 students' work across various genres including fantasy, horror and feel-good animations.
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Moving but sometimes cloying, Tourette’s tale ‘I Swear’ soars on superb acting
Apr 23, 2026 12:15 pm - Perhaps the saddest thing about “I Swear,” the moving if also occasionally cloying film about Tourette’s activist John Davidson, is that a movie aimed at forging understanding ended up unwittingly causing division and horror — at a ceremony where it was being celebrated.
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A pop star’s costume crisis turns existential in ‘Mother Mary’
Apr 23, 2026 5:15 am - A pop star’s need for a new dress sets in motion David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama that grows more operatic with every stitch.
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The King of Pop is resurrected, sans complications, in ‘Michael’
Apr 23, 2026 5:00 am - “Michael” slides a sequined glove over the pop star’s tarnished legacy, shrouding Michael Jackson’s complications with a conventional biopic that, if you cover your ears, sounds great.