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Beware the blender! ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ makes the everyday item terrifying

By JOCELYN NOVECK
May 15, 2025 5:30 am - A blender. A lawn mower. A ceiling fan. A garden rake. A vending machine. An MRI scanner. These mundane items are supposed to ease us through life. But in “Final Destination Bloodlines,” ordinary objects become fearsome tools of murderous mayhem.
Dark bromance ‘Friendship’ hysterically explores modern men’s awkward embrace

By MARK KENNEDY
May 15, 2025 5:30 am - Uncool suburban dad Craig Waterman’s chance meeting with his cool neighbor sparks an unlikely friendship. So begins Andrew DeYoung’s debut feature “Friendship,” which tackles modern masculinity and male loneliness with biting satire and humor, taking detours into horror and the surreal.
Purrrrrfection: Paramount’s cirque-inspired ‘Cats’ dazzles the eyes and ears

By Barbara Vitello
May 14, 2025 4:53 pm - Paramount Theatre’s cirque-inspired revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” is a nearly perfect revival of the popular, albeit polarizing, musical.
What’s happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what’s still to come

May 14, 2025 3:10 pm - This year’s Cannes Film Festival has barely started, but it’s already been an attention-grabbing affair, from new rules for its red carpets, nerves about potential U.S. tariffs and the return of Tom Cruise.
Max streaming service is reviving the HBO name — the one it discarded two years ago

May 14, 2025 2:54 pm - HBO is returning — at least in a name.Warner Bros. Discovery said Wednesday that it was rebranding its streaming service as HBO Max this summer, instead of the current Max.
‘The right balance’: The Greggory brings live-fire cooking, emphasis on hospitality to South Barrington

By Rick West
May 14, 2025 1:46 pm - A partnership of three veteran restaurateurs more than 25 years in the making has brought The Greggory to South Barrington, offering American classics with Mediterranean influences and an emphasis on service and hospitality.
Hear historic 1698 organ at Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour concert May 18

By Jeff Neufeld, Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour
May 14, 2025 1:30 pm - Historic 1698 Harttman/Kurtz pipe organ, the oldest in North America, to be featured in free May 18 concert at Church of the Brethren headquarters in Elgin.
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announces 2025-2026 season

By Barbara Vitello
May 14, 2025 1:27 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announced its 2025-2026 season will begin in November with “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley.”
Rosemont’s late mayor to return — in robot form

By Christopher Placek
May 14, 2025 11:06 am - Rosemont will install an animatronic figure of its late founding mayor, Donald E. Stephens, as the centerpiece of its new local history museum.
Dining out: Italian beef pizza, Libertyville restaurant anniversary and more

By Rick West
May 14, 2025 10:21 am - Giordano’s and Buona have teamed up for an ultimate Chicago pizza offering, Main Street Social in Libertyville hosts an eighth anniversary celebration, and two Cooper’s Hawks’ Wine Wednesdays are helping local charities.

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