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Kristin Scott Thomas directs Scarlett Johansson in comedic drama ‘My Mother’s Wedding’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 06, 2025 1:11 pm - Knowing that the story in “My Mother’s Wedding” comes from a real place is important for the experience. It gives a perfectly average film that doesn’t quite land the way it should an emotional depth that it’s otherwise lacking.
‘Freakier Friday’ offers mixed doubles with mixed results

By Ty Burr
Aug 05, 2025 5:33 pm - More frantic than funny but sweet in its plastic Disney way, “Freakier Friday” will be a welcome and effective date movie for mothers, daughters, grandmothers and anyone else who had the 2003 “Freaky Friday” on heavy DVD rotation with “Mean Girls.”
Why did 17 kids vanish at 2:17 a.m.? Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ delves into the mystery.

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 05, 2025 10:08 am - An enduring image from the new movie “Weapons” comes early: The sight of elementary school students running out of their homes and onto the suburban grass to a song by George Harrison. Except this is happening at night — at 2:17 a.m., to be precise — and there’s no glee from the kids. Just running.
What to stream: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson team up and ‘King of the Hill’ and ‘Wednesday’ return

Aug 04, 2025 5:30 am - New Orleans legend Big Freedia returning with a new gospel album and Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson teaming up for the armored truck action comedy “The Pickup” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ holds its lead atop the box office

By ITZEL LUNA
Aug 03, 2025 1:59 pm - Marvel’s first family stumbled in theaters in its second weekend, but still held on to the top spot at the box office.
Now playing in movie theaters: 73 minutes of cat videos, for a good cause

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 01, 2025 11:16 am - The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline — silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic — that’s playing at the Wayfarer Theaters in Highland Park.
Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film starring Sofia Carson.
Enjoy ‘The Princess Bride’ under the stars at Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Submitted by Fine Line
Jul 31, 2025 6:51 pm - Last year, the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles partnered with AfterImage Film Festival to create Best of Fest 2024, an outdoor evening featuring a selectio...
Comic misfire: ‘Naked Gun’ remake with Liam Neeson low on high-caliber comedy

By Dann Gire
Jul 31, 2025 5:15 am - It’s a wonder that director Akiva Schaffer didn’t replace Liam Neeson in “The Naked Gun” the moment his hit-and-miss-and-miss-and-miss movie revealed that the Irish actor’s particular set of skills didn’t include a command of comic timing or any sense of playful, self-aware mirth.
‘The Bad Guys 2’ boldly goes bigger but loses its charm along the way

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 31, 2025 5:00 am - The good news for fans of “The Bad Guys” is the new sequel is stellar. But that’s because a good portion is actually set in — are you kidding us? — outer space. “The Bad Guys 2” has clearly lost its moorings.

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