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Wes Anderson’s ‘Phoenician Scheme’ is as Wes Anderson as a Wes Anderson film can be

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 05, 2025 12:38 pm - A vivid presence despite her dry-as-dust tone, Mia Threapleton makes a splendid Wes Anderson movie debut as half the father-daughter duo, along with Benicio Del Toro, that drives the director’s latest creation, “The Phoenician Scheme.”
Jaws dropping: Aussie shark thriller hooks us with scary bites, eye-rolling theatrics

By Dann Gire
Jun 05, 2025 10:35 am - The unapologetically lurid B-movie “Dangerous Animals” thrills and chills with sharply cut scenes of immersive suspense and wincing violence, accompanied by scarifying sound effects, a bludgeoning score, plus radiant visuals and classy camera compositions.
Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet in ‘Ballerina,’ a John Wick spinoff

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jun 04, 2025 8:03 pm - In “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” Ana de Armas is a dancer/killer in the secretive Ruska Roma school for assassins. Her main goal: To exact revenge on those who killed her father.
Tom Hiddleston leads the cosmic puzzle that is ‘Life of Chuck’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 04, 2025 2:41 pm - “Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) in a story told in reverse chronological order that gets smaller and smaller with each act.
Independent film to raise awareness and funding in fight against Alzheimer’s

Submitted by Dan Kairis
Jun 04, 2025 12:08 am - “Forget Me Not” will be released on June 20, coinciding with the “Longest Day to Fight Alzheimer's” in a mission to increase awareness and raise funds to fight against Alzheimer's. There will be film showings at Elgin Community College and McHenry County College.
Best Bets: Comedian Jen Kober brings the laughs to Copley

By Barbara Vitello
Jun 03, 2025 1:55 pm - Paramount Theatre begins its summer performance series with comedian Jen Kober, Brandon Bennett channels Elvis Presley at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and Wheeling’s Cinergy Dine-In Cinema resumes its summer kids’ movie series.
What to stream: Ariana Madix returns to Fiji, ‘Presence,’ Nintendo’s Switch 2 and Addison Rae album

Jun 02, 2025 5:30 am - A Shaquille O’Neal docuseries about his time at Reebok’s basketball division and Ariana Madix returning to Fiji as host of a new season of “Love Island USA” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Lilo & Stitch’ passes ‘Sinners’ to become 2nd highest grossing film of 2025

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 01, 2025 11:57 am - “Lilo and Stich” and “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend.
A tech bro-pocalypse in Jesse Armstrong’s ‘Mountainhead’

By JAKE COYLE
May 29, 2025 1:23 pm - “Succession” fans rejoice. Jesse Armstrong has again gathered together a conclave of uber-wealthy megalomaniacs in a delicious satire. “Mountainhead” is a new made-for-HBO movie that leaves behind the backstabbing machinations of media moguls for the not-any-better power plays of tech billionaires.
With ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ Ben Wang is the 1st Asian American new ‘Kid’ on the block

By TERRY TANG
May 29, 2025 8:44 am - It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.” And that gives him a lot of optimism.

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