Movies
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‘Joker 2’ stumbles at box office amid poor reviews from audiences and criticsOct 06, 2024 1:24 pm - “Joker: Folie à Deux” is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending.
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Suburban scares: Round Lake Beach haunted house, Gurnee director team for ‘Haunt Season’Oct 04, 2024 2:59 pm - Gurnee filmmaker Jake Jarvi says fainthearted horror film fans only have to close their eyes once or twice during “Haunt Season” his new movie filmed at Realm of Terror, a longtime haunted house in Round Lake Beach.
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‘Saturday Night’ is thinly sketched but satisfying
Oct 04, 2024 8:19 am - We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. So it’s maybe appropriate that Jason Reitman’s big-screen ode, “Saturday Night,” should arrive, amid all of the tributes, to remind us of the show’s original revolutionary force.
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Helen Mirren tells a story of evil and hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’
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Six films vie for honors at Elgin Short Film Festival SaturdayOct 03, 2024 7:04 pm - Six films will vie for top honors on Saturday during the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival at the Hemmens Cultural Center.
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Spinning its wheels: ‘Folie à Deux’ reckons with ‘The Joker’
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Gibson’s crusty cop highlights a flawed but fun pre-Halloween treat in ‘Monster Summer’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - The visually slick indie movie “Monster Summer” meets its modest aspirations as a fun, end-of-summer romp targeting a tweener demographic anxious for another “Goonies” knockoff.
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Committed, fearless Ronan triumphs in nonfiction addiction drama ‘The Outrun’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - Nora Fingscheidt’s contemplative and cluttered biographical drama “The Outrun” adds a little bit of individuality to the cinematic canon of struggling substance abusers bottoming out until finally clawing their way out of addiction to face a brighter tomorrow.
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Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ lands theatrical release for early 2025
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Local film to premiere in Elk Grove VillageOct 01, 2024 12:36 pm - In the world of independent films, there's low-budget, microbudget, and no-budget. With a total production cost of under 20K, the independent Dark Comedy “Girl in the Refrigerator” would qualify as a no-budget film.