Movies
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Boring cast further sickens 'Phase 7' horror filmJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Maybe I'm becoming disenchanted with hackneyed horror films where frightened people hole up in an isolated high rise building to avoid catching a virus. How many clones ...
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Harry embraces his destiny in stirring final chapterJul 12, 2011 11:00 pm - And so it ends. The film series that began through a child's innocent and optimistic eyes now concludes through a tested man's view of a sad and battered world rife wit...
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Gurnee's Marcus Theatre to host 'Potter' marathonJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Marcus Theatres in Gurnee and Orland Park and five other states plan to host a marathon of seven Harry Potter movies before the eighth and final one opens Friday. The sc...
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2 nights, 8 'Potter' flicks in GurneeJul 10, 2011 11:00 pm - The epic showdown between good and evil - or rather between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort - splashes onto the big screen in 3-D when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hall...
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Paramount to launch big-budget animation unitJul 09, 2011 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Following the blockbuster success of “Rango,” Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that it is creating a division to make its own big-budget animated movies, ...
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Tears flow as final Potter film opensJul 08, 2011 1:00 am - LONDON — Harry Potter's saga is ending, but his magic spell remains. Thousands of fans from around the world massed in London Thursday for the premiere of the final film...
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Fans brace for final Potter filmJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - As fan Sharon Meeker made her plans to see the final Harry Potter film, she was faced with a decision. Which wand should she take? The 55-year-old Hoffman Estates woman ...
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Name that Brit!Jul 08, 2011 12:00 am - For the past decade, the Harry Potter films have provided steady employment for a who's who of British actors and actresses. Think you remember them all? Take out your q...
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'The Ward' hardly Carpenter's bestJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - When you go to a horror movie that's set in a mental institution, you know things aren't going to turn out the way they initially seem. We are dealing with insane chara...
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How the Potter movies cast a decade-long spellJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The best of the seven "Harry Potter" movies thus far remains No. 3, "The Prisoner of Azkaban," ironically, one in which the nasty Lord Voldemort barely gets a mention. ...