Movies
-
'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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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,...
-
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. ...
-
Big question about Robin Williams' death: Why?Aug 12, 2014 11:00 pm - SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Although police have now revealed that Robin Williams died by suicide, the Oscar-winning actor's fans, friends and even family continue to struggle ...
-
Screen, stage actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89Aug 12, 2014 1:01 am - Lauren Bacall, a bewitching actress whose husky voice and smoldering onscreen chemistry with her husband Humphrey Bogart made her a defining movie star of the 1940s and ...
-
Robin Williams a comic force, versatile actorAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The question from a fan in a Sirius XM interview last year was innocent - what do you think you'd be doing if you didn't become a comedian? - and within secon...
-
Robin Williams: Mourning a manic geniusAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - Working in the news industry, you think you're prepared for anything. But Monday's news hit me as hard as anything I've seen in my 13 years with the Daily Herald, and I'...