Movies
-
A pitch for 10 of the best baseball moviesApr 19, 2013 6:00 am - This week marks the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic 1947 major league debut that opened the gates of professional baseball for minorities. And Brian Helge...
-
‘Star Wars’ films to come yearly starting in 2015Apr 18, 2013 7:51 am - LAS VEGAS — Disney is turning “Star Wars” films into an annual summer ritual. Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn announced Wednesday that the studio would release films ...
-
‘Lone Ranger’ aims to take Tonto beyond sidekickApr 18, 2013 7:51 am - LAS VEGAS — To watch a snippet of “The Lone Ranger” is to empathize with the stoic looks of concern its star, Johnny Depp, deadpans throughout the action film. A white ...
-
'To the Wonder' is visual, if not prosaic, poetryApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life review: "To the Wonder" Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" will go down in the history books as the final movie officially reviewed by the late Chicago critic ...
-
Sharp sci-fi thriller about memories forgets characters, not actionApr 18, 2013 6:00 am - I knew nothing about Joseph Kosinski's science fiction thriller "Oblivion" when I sat down for a press screening Tuesday at the Navy Pier IMAX Theater in Chicago. I jus...
-
Films from Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina and more come to ElginApr 18, 2013 5:30 am - Thanks to a grant from the city of Elgin's Cultural Arts Commission, suburban audiences will get to see family-oriented films featured in this year's Chicago Latino Film...
-
‘Django’ stars, ‘Avengers’ win big at MTV Movie AwardsApr 14, 2013 9:11 pm - LOS ANGELES — With a cast of superheroes and villains, “The Avengers” beat out its competitors to become the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards. The action romp won thre...
-
NY woman charged with stalking Hugh JackmanApr 14, 2013 4:18 pm - NEW YORK — It was a hair-raising experience for actor Hugh Jackman at a New York City gym. Radio station 1010 WINS says Jackman was working out in a gym Saturday morning...
-
'42' opens on top this weekendApr 14, 2013 11:00 am - The Jackie Robinson biography “42” opened as the top weekend film at theaters in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $27 million for Legendary Pictures and distributor Time W...
-
Ebertfest theater shows off renovationsApr 13, 2013 4:40 pm - CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign theater that hosts the annual Ebertfest film festival is showing off more than $5 million in renovations before this year’s festival starts. Th...