Movies
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A man from the future fights an AI apocalypse in ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
Feb 12, 2026 5:15 am - In Gore Verbinski’s absurdist AI sci-fi satire “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” a strange unnamed man (Sam Rockwell) steps into a Los Angeles diner and declares that he’s from the future. “All of this is going to go horribly wrong,” he says.
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An undernourishing feast: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a bold but shallow take on Brontë’s classic
Feb 12, 2026 5:15 am - It’s hardly a surprise that filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who possesses a particular interest in shocking and riling her audience, was drawn to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights.” This version is being sold as a great love story, but, you know, with a wink.
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‘Crime 101’ is a middle-of-the-road LA heist movie, with ‘Heat’ around the corner
Feb 12, 2026 5:00 am - Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth looks good in a suit. And we’re all suckers for savvy criminals with good escape routes.
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Stephen Curry’s animated basketball movie ‘GOAT’ is a disappointing air ball
Feb 12, 2026 5:00 am - You’d expect an animated basketball movie with four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry in the producer’s chair to be an easy lay-up. So why is “GOAT” such a brick?
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What to stream: ‘Marty Supreme,’ Ethan Hawke, Charli xcx, ‘Cross’ and Mario Tennis Fever
Feb 09, 2026 5:15 am - Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Melania’ falls steeply and ‘Send Help’ holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
Feb 08, 2026 2:09 pm - Hollywood largely ceded attention to football over a slow box-office weekend, with the survival thriller “Send Help” repeating as No. 1 in ticket sales and the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” falling sharply in its second weekend.
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Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for ‘One Battle After Another’
Feb 08, 2026 2:01 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson won the top prize at the 78th Directors Guild Awards, putting the “One Battle After Another” filmmaker on course to potentially win his first Oscar.
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Caleb Landry Jones is a lovesick vampire with a fabulous wig in Besson’s ‘Dracula’
Feb 05, 2026 5:15 am - Yes, the story of Dracula is not usually set in Paris. There’s a lot that’s familiar in Luc Besson’s version, but enough variety, panache and bravado to raise it up a notch and give it, well, a raison d’être.
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Silence speaks volumes at ninth annual Student Silent Film FestivalFeb 04, 2026 5:05 pm - Neuqua Valley High School's film "King of Hearts" won Outstanding Achievement in Cinema and the Audience Choice Awards at the ninth annual Student Silent Film Festival. Vernon Hills and Homewood-Flossmoor high schools also won the Outstanding Achievement Awards.
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Lake Park Film Appreciation Society presents ‘The Big Sleep’ for Valentine’s DayFeb 04, 2026 11:43 am - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society is hosting a screening of the 1946 film noir "The Big Sleep" on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in celebration of Valentine's Day and classic Hollywood couples.