Movies
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Marlee Matlin tells her story in an intimate and groundbreaking documentary
Jun 20, 2025 9:11 am - When American Masters approached Marlee Matlin about doing a documentary, Matlin had one name in mind to direct: Shoshanna Stern. Like Matlin, Stern is deaf. The resulting film, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” is an intimate look at her life.
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Think you know ‘Jaws’? Test your knowledge with this trivia for the movie’s 50th anniversary
Jun 19, 2025 11:48 am - Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws.” It remains one of the most beloved and rewatched movies of all time. But how good is your knowledge of the some of lore surrounding Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece?
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Rebel Wilson’s ‘Bride Hard’ is a wedding movie that’s easy to break up with
Jun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Take your average wedding flick, shotgun a hostage situation into it and add some anarchic energy from Rebel Wilson and you get “Bride Hard,” which is a movie, for better or for worse. In this case, much, much worse.
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Pixar’s ‘Elio’ an intergalactic, existential adventure about loneliness
Jun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Elio is a lonely 11-year-old just looking for big answers about life. He’s recently lost his parents, the only people who understood him and wanted him. So, in Pixar’s latest, he starts waging a campaign for aliens to abduct him.
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Zombie pandemic rages on in soulful ‘28 Years Later’
Jun 18, 2025 5:04 pm - “28 Years Later” is a more thoughtful movie than you’re likely to find at the multiplex this time of year. This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right off bodies.
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Tom Cruise is finally getting an Oscar — as will Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas
Jun 17, 2025 1:41 pm - Twenty-five years after Tom Cruise received his first Oscar nomination, he’s finally getting a trophy. It’s not for his death-defying stunts, either. At least, not exclusively.
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Best Bets: Swingin’ at Cantigny, ‘Wicked’ sing-along at Paramount, The Wiggles at Rosemont TheatreJun 17, 2025 12:36 pm - Cantigny debuts musical swings, Wheaton welcomes craft beer lovers, The Wiggles return to Rosemont and the Cleve Carney Museum of Art hosts the Hokusai Japan Fest.
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Illinois Holocaust Museum to show ‘First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler’Jun 16, 2025 10:11 pm - The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will host a film screening and discussion on "First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler" on June 26.
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After Hours Film Society to show ‘John & Yoko’ filmJun 16, 2025 5:32 pm - On June 16, the After Hours Film Society will host a screening of "One to One: John & Yoko" at Tivoli Theatre, providing an immersive cinematic experience with never-before-seen footage and remastered audio of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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What to stream: ‘The Gilded Age,’ Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs
Jun 16, 2025 5:30 am - Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone's sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.