Movies
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A barrel full o' 'Breaking Bad'Nov 24, 2013 4:30 am - Let us look all the way back to ... Sept. 29! The binge-watching phenomenon known as "Breaking Bad" ended its six-year run on AMC with a final episode rightly embraced ...
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DeGeneres has global ‘goal’ for Oscar broadcastNov 23, 2013 5:37 pm - LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres has high aspirations for her second time around hosting the Oscars. “It reached the world,” the talk show host said of her well-received 20...
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DVD previews: ‘Jobs,’ ‘Red 2’Nov 23, 2013 5:00 am - Here’s a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Nov. 26: “Jobs” (PG-13, 127 minutes, Universal): A dramatization of the life of Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs (A...
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Vince Vaughn focusing on family-friendly fareNov 22, 2013 3:28 pm - LOS ANGELES — In the new movie “Delivery Man,” Vince Vaughn plays a sperm donor who learns he’s fathered more than 500 kids. In the past, that kind of scenario might ha...
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Cinematic stockings runneth over in holiday film seasonNov 22, 2013 5:00 am - Time again to prepare for the annual ritual of Hollywood studios donning Santa suits, visiting our local theaters and stocking their stockings with plenty of Oscar bait....
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Lawrence is Hollywood’s modern everywomanNov 22, 2013 4:30 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It’s not always easy being an Oscar-winner. When Jennifer Lawrence returned to the set of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” after winning the be...
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McHenry Community College earns sustainability awardNov 21, 2013 6:31 pm - McHenry County College is one of seven Illinois community colleges recently honored for setting and meeting environmental goals on their campuses. The college participa...
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Get in on Classic Cinemas' free holiday moviesNov 21, 2013 5:00 am - Happy Classic holiday! Classic Cinemas, the Downers Grove-based theater chain run by Willis, Shirley and Chris Johnson since 1978, will offer special holiday films in D...
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With 'Nebraska,' Payne enters state of hilarious seriousnessNov 21, 2013 4:45 am - The hilariously serious "Nebraska," photographed in glorious black-and-white, tells the slow-moving story of an elderly man on the cusp of dementia chasing a phony milli...
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Vince Vaughn stretches his comedy wings in 'Delivery Man'Nov 21, 2013 4:45 am - Call it a feel-good comedy. In the formulaic, pro-fatherhood “Delivery Man,” Vince Vaughn's New York meat delivery guy David Wozniak fathers 533 children without even re...