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‘Tina’ is uplifted by a powerhouse performance

By Ty Burr
Sep 05, 2025 8:51 am - “Tina” features a unique central character, a powerhouse star performance and some truly uplifting choral singing. Those are the good parts. The less good part is a script that pummels audiences with melodrama, manipulation and sentimental clichés.
Sometimes, the price of fame is a fan like Matthew in ‘Lurker’

By Ty Burr
Sep 05, 2025 8:46 am - Of the two indie films about male-friendship stalkers now in theaters, “Lurker” is the creepy, better one. Better because beyond its immediate dramatic suspense, Alex Russell’s debut feature film arrives bearing uncomfortable truths about the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and hangers-on.
Family tales: Huntley writer publishes mom’s memoir of Chicago childhood, wartime love story

By Dave Heun
Sep 05, 2025 4:28 am - A Huntley man has published his mother’s memoir about growing up in Chicago in the 1920s and 30s and marrying a World War II veteran.
Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour finale set for Sept. 12 has been canceled

By Jeff Neufeld, Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour
Sep 04, 2025 3:52 pm - First Congregational United Church of Christ in Elgin recently announced that the grand finale concert for the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour set for Sept. 12 has been canceled. It will be rescheduled soon.
Fall movie guide: Here are the films coming out from September to Christmas

Sep 04, 2025 1:50 pm - Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies.
Justin Bieber announces ‘Swag ll’ will arrive Friday

By MARIA SHERMAN
Sep 04, 2025 1:31 pm - In July, Justin Bieber surprised fans by releasing his seventh studio album, “Swag,” hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It turns out, he wasn’t done yet. On Thursday morning, Bieber shared that “Swag II” will arrive on Friday.
Time to laugh: Comedy shows just might be the ticket this fall

By Scott C. Morgan
Sep 04, 2025 1:09 pm - It’s cliché to say “Laughter is the best medicine.” But with the variety of standup comics, sketch comedy players and improv practitioners performing in the suburbs and Chicago this fall, there’s no shortage of laughs to be had. And it might just help you feel better.
A theater banquet: Fans hungering for new works have a lot to look forward to this fall

By Barbara Vitello
Sep 04, 2025 1:05 pm - If you enjoy new theatrical works, fall 2025 is the season for you as suburban and Chicago theaters premiere new and/or new-to-Chicago plays and musicals.
In audacious dark comedy ‘Twinless,’ grief and loneliness lead down disturbing paths

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 04, 2025 11:49 am - Not all twins remain or ever become best friends, which is one of the painful truths we encounter in “Twinless,” the audacious film that has resulted from actor, writer, director and producer James Sweeney’s persistent fascination with twindom.
Travis Kelce on what’s changed since his engagement to Taylor Swift: ‘I got one more ring’

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Sep 04, 2025 11:05 am - SAO PAULO — Kansas City Chiefs tight end and three-time Super Bowl winner Travis Kelce made teammate Patrick Mahomes and reporters laugh on Thursday when asked what has c...

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