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Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane forge an unlikely friendship in ‘Between the Temples’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 21, 2024 6:30 am - Carol Kane’s name came to filmmaker Nathan Silver in a fever dream. “Everyone was like, ‘of course it’s her,’” Silver said of who should play opposite Jason Schwartzman in the new movie “Between the Temples.”
‘Alien: Romulus’ bites off $41.5 million to top box office charts

By LINDSEY BAHR and KAITLYN HUAMANI
Aug 19, 2024 6:54 am - “Alien: Romulus,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend.
What to stream: ‘Furiosa’ fights, John Woo revisits ‘The Killer’ and Adam Sandler yucks it up

Aug 19, 2024 5:30 am - George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western “Horizon: An American Saga” as well as John Woo revisiting his 1989 Hong Kong-set action movie “The Killer” are some of the new films headed to a device near you.
Fan Expo Chicago showcases comics and pop culture

By Joe Lewnard
Aug 17, 2024 5:02 pm - Comic and pop culture fans, many portraying a multitude of characters, packed the exhibition hall to obtain celebrity autographs, visit with comic artists and purchase me...
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry lead a middling spy comedy in ‘The Union’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 15, 2024 12:53 pm - “The Union,” an action comedy released Friday starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, should have been more fun. Or more exciting. But it’s lacking a certain charm that could help it be something more than the Netflix movie playing in the background.
Racing pacing, wince-inducing finale diminish flourishes of cinematic greatness in ‘Alien: Romulus’

By Dann Gire
Aug 15, 2024 8:42 am - An undisciplined, maddening, exhilarating grab-bag of goop, greatness and grateness, Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” should have qualified as the second-best sequel in the nine-feature “Alien” franchise, film critic Dann Gire says.
‘Jackpot!’ has a winning star in Awkwafina but never pays off

By JAKE COYLE
Aug 15, 2024 6:27 am - Finally, a movie for everyone who read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and wished it had been a comedy. Paul Feig’s “Jackpot!” is a farcical twist on an old story that will surely sound familiar to those who enjoyed “The Purge” and its sequels.
Incarcerated fathers and their daughters dance in the heart-wrenching doc ‘Daughters’

By JAKE COYLE
Aug 14, 2024 6:53 am - A group of incarcerated fathers are warned in the documentary “Daughters,” now streaming on Netflix, that they’re about to go on “emotional rollercoasters.” A truer prediction has never been uttered.
Film, TV stars converge in Rosemont for Fan Expo Chicago

By Barbara Vitello
Aug 14, 2024 6:00 am - “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” veterans, Oscar winners, TV favorites and more will be on hand for the Fan Expo Chicago taking place this weekend in Rosemont.
Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at dance in Netflix documentary

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 13, 2024 2:32 pm - Two filmmakers began an eight-year journey to make the documentary “Daughters,” which follows four young girls as they prepare to reunite with their fathers for a dance in a Washington, D.C., jail. The Sundance-prize winning film begins streaming on Netflix Wednesday, Aug. 14.

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