Movies
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‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ rockets to $629 million worldwide at the box office
Apr 12, 2026 11:36 am - “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” enjoyed otherworldly success at the box office in its second weekend in theaters.
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Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy ‘The Christophers’
Apr 10, 2026 9:49 am - “The Christophers” looks like an art heist movie at first. A couple of wannabe heirs (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) hire a restoration specialist (Michaela Coel) to finish a series of paintings by their famous father (Ian McKellen), who wants nothing to do with them or the uncompleted works that would surely command an astronomical price tag.
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Halle Bailey seeks romance in the hills in frothy ‘You, Me & Tuscany’
Apr 09, 2026 2:21 pm - Weightless luggage is a perfect metaphor for “You, Me & Tuscany,” directed by Kat Coiro, a movie as frothy and insubstantial as the foam on a nice cappuccino. It’s also about as believable as some of the woefully stereotypical Italian characters here.
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‘Exit 8’ is the video game adaptation to see right now
Apr 09, 2026 5:15 am - Hallways, generally speaking, are not places you want to be in the movies. But “Exit 8,” a new film by the Japanese director Genki Kawamura, lands in a hallway and stays there.
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Jittery, edgy and magnetic, Riz Ahmed takes ‘Hamlet’ for a spin
Apr 09, 2026 5:15 am - “Hamlet” is a pared-down, engaging, if spotty, rendering of the world’s most famous play. Jittery, tense, fast-talking and always on edge, this is a Hamlet, above all, in a rush.
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Marilyn Monroe classic ‘Some Like It Hot’ coming to Roselle April 15Apr 08, 2026 11:22 am - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society will show the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy "Some Like It Hot" on April 15, featuring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in a story about the two musicians hiding from the mob in an all-girl band headed by Marilyn Monroe.
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Best bets: The New Philharmonic concludes its season and Lyric celebrates ‘Mary Poppins’Apr 08, 2026 8:30 am - The New Philharmonic concludes its season at the MAC, the Lyric Opera Orchestra performs the score to “Mary Poppins,” and Giordano Dance Chicago premieres three new works this week.
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Schaumburg sponsors annual festival of student filmmakers’ work Friday and SaturdayApr 06, 2026 10:50 am - The work of student filmmakers from near and very, very far will be showcased Friday and Saturday at Schaumburg’s 19th annual Screen Test Student Fest at the newly rechristened Al Larson Cultural Center.
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What to stream: Sydney Sweeney, ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Jonah Hill, ‘Hacks’ and Ella Langley
Apr 06, 2026 6:00 am - Sydney Sweeney starring as real-life boxing legend Christy Martin in the movie “Christy” and “Hacks” launching its fifth and final season on HBO are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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It’s a hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Apr 05, 2026 4:48 pm - Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. It earned $130.9 million over the weekend and a massive $190.1 million in its first five days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.