Movies
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Blown away: Combative storm chasers face Mother Nature’s wrath in spectacular disaster film ‘Twisters’Jul 17, 2024 3:09 pm - By the time the Godzilla of tornadoes arrives during the film’s spectacular climax, “Twisters” seems to be less a sequel to Jan de Bont’s fun-filled 1996 thriller “Twister” and more of a classic 1970s disaster movie – minus the all-star cast.
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What to stream: Childish Gambino, Daisy Ridley, Natalie Portman, some gladiators and Kristen Stewart
Jul 15, 2024 5:30 am - Natalie Portman starring in her first TV series in “Lady in the Lake” for Apple TV+ and Roland Emmerich’s gladiator series “Those About to Die” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Despicable Me 4’ reigns at box office, while ‘Longlegs’ gets impressive start
Jul 14, 2024 1:00 pm - Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called “Longlegs” upset the starry $100 million "Fly Me to the Moon."
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Filmmakers can still send in entries for Elgin Short Film FestivalJul 13, 2024 6:04 pm - There’s still time for filmmakers to submit entries to the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival. This festival will be on Saturday, Oct. 5.
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For Nicolas Cage, making a serial killer horror movie was a healing experience
Jul 12, 2024 10:13 am - When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered playing the titular serial killer, he knew exactly where he’d draw his inspiration from: his mother.
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‘Dandelion’ strums a slow, sweet tale of indie music dreams
Jul 12, 2024 10:03 am - One wants to give the benefit of the doubt to “Dandelion,” a sweet, slight, impressionistic character study of a struggling musician with a luminous KiKi Layne at its center.
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Redbox shuts down after its parent company files for bankruptcy
Jul 11, 2024 3:15 pm - Redbox and its tens of thousands of nostalgia-laden movie-rental kiosks are shutting down, officially ending a vestige of the physical-media era. The streaming and video ...
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‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ takes on Louis C.K. but not the toughest questions
Jul 11, 2024 2:47 pm - “Sorry/Not Sorry” opens with a voice: “I love you, be a good dog, please.” We will later learn the voice belong to artist and comedian Abby Schachner, one of five women who, in 2017, publicly accused comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
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Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75
Jul 11, 2024 11:24 am - Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining,” has died. She was 75.
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Scarlett Johansson lends star power to earthbound ‘Fly Me to the Moon’
Jul 11, 2024 5:30 am - “Fly Me to the Moon” is better than it looks. This is not a slam against the marketing campaign for the space race rom-com about a straight-laced NASA man (Channing Tatum) and the Madison Avenue marketing savant (Scarlett Johansson) brought in to sell the mission to the moon. It’s more about the state of theatrical moviegoing.