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‘Resident Evil’ tops box office with franchise best debut of $60 million

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 21, 2026 6:46 am - Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” gave the North American box office a shot in the arm in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony Pictures release earned $60 million in ticket sales from 3,684 locations in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.
What to stream: ‘A Different World,’ ‘Toy Story 5’ and Kenny Chesney

By The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2026 5:15 am - The Disney+ debut of “Toy Story 5” and a new album from Kenny Chesney are some of the new television shows, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Darlene Love, at 85, finally gets the spotlight to herself in a new documentary at TIFF

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 20, 2026 9:21 am - It’s cosmic justice that Darlene Love, whose career in music so often went uncredited in her youth, still sings so well at age 85. The new documentary, “Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been,” is punctuated by Love’s performances of some of her classic songs.
Grammy winner Howard Levy opens Baker Center’s centennial season Oct. 17

By Mike Smith, Norris Cultural Arts Center
Sep 18, 2026 5:19 pm - Grammy winner Howard Levy will perform with guitarist Chris Siebold on Oct. 17 at Baker Community Center in St. Charles, opening the seventh “Saturday Night Lights” concert season with “I Speak Music: Songs and Stories of a Century” based on his memoir.
Chrissie Hynde hates cameras and talking about herself. She made a Pretenders doc anyway.

By JAKE COYLE
Sep 18, 2026 10:32 am - Chrissie Hynde is not one for looking back. She detests self-mythologizing. She doesn’t even like cameras. She’s just about the most reluctant documentary subject there is. And yet, “Pretenders” just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Halsted Street to be the focus of a (third) documentary

By Nina Metz | Chicago Tribune
Sep 18, 2026 10:17 am - A number of Chicago thoroughfares have been immortalized in song over the years, from State Street to Lake Shore Drive. But it is Halsted Street that has been the subject of not one but two documentaries. Soon enough, a third will be set in motion.
Movie review: Ethan Hawke leads a tense, Depression-era thriller in ‘The Weight’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 17, 2026 8:11 am - In 1933, President Roosevelt signed an executive order banning the hoarding of gold and requiring Americans to deliver excess to a Federal Reserve Bank. The policy isn’t the subject of much discussion in the thriller “The Weight,” but it sets the stage for a heist, with Ethan Hawke leading the charge.
Movie review: Director Zach Cregger brings singular vision to reanimated ‘Resident Evil’

By Katie Walsh | Tribune News Service
Sep 17, 2026 7:33 am - Filmmaker Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” reboot is the eighth film in the franchise, based on the Japanese zombie survival game, though Cregger’s film is its own beast.
Naperville-based nonprofit student film to be shown at UN climate conference

By Carolyn Stein | Naperville Sun
Sep 15, 2026 1:19 pm - Student interns for Naperville-based nonprofit Accelerate Climate Solutions created the short documentary “Understanding Life on the Frontlines of Climate Change,” which will be shown at the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, in November.
Cliff Booth’s next act: Quentin Tarantino’s new novel arrives as David Fincher directs the sequel

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 15, 2026 8:08 am - Quentin Tarantino has stepped back from directing in recent years, but he continues to build upon his career as an author. The upcoming spinoff from his “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” will be accompanied by Tarantino’s novelization of the new film.

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