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What to stream this week: Conan O’Brien travels, ‘Migration’ soars and Taylor Swift will reign

By The Associated Press
Apr 15, 2024 5:45 am - Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” album and Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver” landing on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Nothing else like it in the area’: How local film buff got involved with, now leads AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles

By Dave Heun
Apr 12, 2024 4:30 am - Andrew Carlin of St. Charles shares how he got involved with – and now leads -- the AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles, which opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, April 14.
Max’s Mission, KidsMatter to show ‘My Sister Liv’ April 23

By Sue Omanson, KidsMatter
Apr 11, 2024 9:22 pm - Max's Mission and KidsMatter invite the community to a special showing of the 2022 documentary “My Sister Liv” on Tuesday, April 23, at Metea Valley High School in Aurora...
Alice Rohrwacher’s tombaroli tale ‘La Chimera’ is pure magic

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 11, 2024 12:53 pm - When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.” But it applies no less to Alice Rohrwacher’s wondrous “La Chimera,” a grubbily transcendent folk tale of a film that finds its enchantment buried in the ground.
‘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.

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