Movies
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Tyler Perry at Willow Creek talks about mixing artistry, leadershipAug 15, 2014 1:01 am - Faith in God and a desire to champion underdogs like himself took Tyler Perry from a poor and abusive household in Louisiana to being one of the most influential voices ...
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Harper to host Chicago area premiere of 'The SuperDeafy Movie'Aug 14, 2014 11:00 pm - The Kimball Hill Family Deaf Institute at Harper College is widely recognized as the standard in higher education. So it's fitting that the creators of "No Ordinary Hero...
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'Let's Be Cops' a crime against comedyAug 14, 2014 12:00 pm - Like a down-market "Sharknado" of buddy-policemen movies, "Let's Be Cops" seeks to capitalize on the success of the "21 Jump Street" franchise with lackadaisically explo...
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Gire: 5 minutes with 'The Giver' starsAug 14, 2014 5:30 am - 6 Qs for 2 'Giver' stars I'm on a chair in a room at Chicago's Four Seasons Hotel. On the couch are the young stars from “The Giver,” Australian actor Brenton Thwai...
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'Giver' takes all: Ambitious sci-fi drama a dispassionate tale of dispassionAug 14, 2014 5:00 am - Phillip Noyce's science-fiction drama "The Giver" should grab us by our conscientious lapels and shake us with its glimpse of a bleak future in which humanity has been p...
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Robin Williams' wife: He had Parkinson's diseaseAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Robin Williams was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease and was sober at the time of his suicide, his wife said Thursday. In a statement, Susan Schne...
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New tricks can't rescue 'Expendables 3'Aug 13, 2014 11:00 pm - In its third incarnation, "The Expendables" has become, well, expendable. Despite some ruthless new tactics, there's no saving "The Expendables 3," the overpopulated thi...
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Former St. Charles resident shell-shocked by 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' roleAug 13, 2014 5:00 am - Pete Ploszek played football in school for 12 years, but none of that physical conditioning could prepare him for the rigors of portraying a ninja turtle. "Here we were ...
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Waukegan movie walking tour:Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Waukegan History Museum of the Waukegan Park District and the Waukegan Historical Society have a free guided walking tour titled "Waukegan and the Movies" on Friday,...
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Bacall's legend more than just acting and BogartAug 12, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Lauren Bacall had one of those incredible lives. The wife and co-star of Humphrey Bogart. A Tony Award-winning actress. A National Book Award-winning author. ...