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Big gain with ‘Pain’: Sublime cast, sharp characters, wit, sentiment blend in emotionally honest relationship study

By Dann Gire
Nov 13, 2024 5:30 am - Jesse Eisenberg has hand-crafted a wonderful gem of a movie wisely titled “A Real Pain.” This compact 89-minute relationship study works with an almost nonexistent plot, and with sharply drawn, realistic characters brought to life by a sublime cast.
What to stream: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, ‘Bad Sisters’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

Nov 11, 2024 5:30 am - Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring in “Deadpool and Wolverine” and James Patterson’s psychologist detective Alex Cross finally having his own thriller show are some of the shows, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Heretic’ and Hugh Grant debut with $11 million, but ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops box office again

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 10, 2024 1:26 pm - “Venom: The Last Dance” has been no blockbuster in North American theaters. But in a lethargic fall moviegoing season, even a so-so performing superhero sequel can rule the box office for three straight weeks.
The City of Lights Film Festival returns Nov. 8-9

Submitted by City of Aurora
Nov 08, 2024 2:42 pm - The second annual City of Lights Film Festival will take place on friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, throughout downtown Aurora.
Cillian Murphy on following ‘Oppenheimer’ with the Irish drama ‘Small Things Like These’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 08, 2024 11:21 am - Cillian Murphy didn’t read “Small Things Like These” looking for a film to do. He was simply a fan of the author, Claire Keegan. The film, in theaters now, is generating buzz.
The Washington family tells a ghost story in August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 07, 2024 3:08 pm - An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.”
Steve McQueen’s WWII drama ‘Blitz’ is more unconventional than it appears

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 06, 2024 1:28 pm - “Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen’s first war movie. But struggle and survival has long marked the filmmaker’s tough and tortured work. In this film, a 9-year-old boy fights to get back home after being sent to safety in the countryside.
Hugh Grant spent half his career in rom-coms. Now he plays monsters, and he’s never been happier

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 05, 2024 2:58 pm - After decades in romantic comedies, Hugh Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murderers. But in “Heretic,” a horror thriller from A24, Grant’s turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme.
Best Bets: Patinkin, Grody at the MAC, Maniscalco at United Center, Winkler in Woodstock

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 05, 2024 2:30 pm - Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody share personal stories at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, Sebastian Maniscalco headlines Chicago’s United Center, and Henry Winkler chats about his life at the Woodstock Opera House.
Hugh Grant diabolically good as a villainous scholar in religious thriller ‘Heretic’

By Dann Gire
Nov 05, 2024 12:27 pm - Once two missionaries (Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher) settle in to discuss religion with Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant) in the religious thriller “Heretic,” the directors turn him into a congenial spider that has us —along with his guests — in his tightly crafted web.

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