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‘Food, Inc. 2’ revisits food system, sees reason for frustration and a little hope

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Apr 11, 2024 12:39 pm - The makers of the influential 2008 documentary “Food, Inc.” never planned to make a sequel. But 16 years after that Oscar-nominated film, they’re back with “Food, Inc. 2.” What happened?
Civil bore: Political ambiguity muddles hollow, violent cautionary drama

By Dann Gire
Apr 10, 2024 4:48 pm - Armed with a timely premise, a high-caliber cast and forceful visuals, Alex Garland’s dystopian horror war road movie “Civil War” blunts its potential impact by posing unanswered questions and by disregarding pesky, relevant details.
When are the 2025 Oscars? The Academy Awards announce date, sticking to early start

Apr 10, 2024 2:37 pm - The 97th Academy Awards will be held March 2, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
Best Bets: Hail and farewell to Schaumburg’s Laugh Out Loud

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 10, 2024 11:04 am - Laugh it up while you can as Schaumburg’s Laugh Out Loud Theater closes this weekend. Plus, pianist Wael Farouk returns to the MAC and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago.
High Five: Baseball movies to watch in honor of the start of the season

By Kevin Schmit
Apr 10, 2024 6:00 am - Everyone has their own favorite baseball movies. Here’s one personal list for this week’s High Five.
Bug-a BOO! Fun, frights and feelings figure into a Charlotte’s web of terror in ‘Sting’

By Dann Gire
Apr 09, 2024 12:13 pm - Kiah Roache-Turner’s low-budget Australian creature feature “Sting” merges fun and thrills with a ton of kills in a breezy, cheesy salute to classic 1950s “it came from outer space” tales.
What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and ‘Food, Inc. 2’ chows down

By The Associated Press
Apr 08, 2024 5:45 am - A Billy Joel concert special celebrating his residency at Madison Square Garden and Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal playing cowboys and former lovers in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Godzilla x Kong’ maintains box-office dominion in second weekend

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 07, 2024 2:54 pm - “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” easily swatted away a pair of challengers to hold on to the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, according to st...
How Dev Patel got ‘Monkey Man,’ his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the finish line

By LESLIE AMBRIZ and SIAN WATSON
Apr 07, 2024 11:26 am - “Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing. It can bring us together. At its best, it should make us fight for each other instead of fighting against each other,” says Dev Patel, who is making his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the action thriller “Monkey Man.”
In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock government

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 04, 2024 1:28 pm - What would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? For the ambitious high school students in the Girls State program, given the spotlight in a new documentary arriving on Apple TV+ Friday, it’s something they can play at for at least a week.

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