Movies
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‘After the Hunt’ is less hot-button farce than tragedy
Oct 16, 2025 5:00 am - Set among a well-educated, self-involved class at Yale University, Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield, is a twisting narrative of alleged sexual assault, cancel culture, privilege in academia and Gen Z victimization.
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See Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ at The Venue for HalloweenOct 16, 2025 12:10 am - The Venue in Aurora will host a free screening of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "The Birds" on Oct. 25 in celebration of Halloween.
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What to stream: ‘The Diplomat,’ Gucci Mane, ‘Loot,’ Danielle Deadwyler and Pokemon
Oct 13, 2025 12:27 pm - Keri Russell’s political drama “The Diplomat” premiering its third season and Danielle Deadwyler starring in the apocalyptic thriller “40 Acres” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Symphony of Horror’: Aurora church to screen original ‘Nosferatu’ with live organ musicOct 13, 2025 11:43 am - Celebrating Halloween season, Our Savior Lutheran Church in Aurora will screen a famous 1922 silent horror film with organ accompaniment on Sunday, Oct. 19.
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‘Tron: Ares’ tops box office but falls short of expectations with $33.5 million debut
Oct 12, 2025 2:22 pm - “Tron: Ares” powered up the box office grid in the top spot this weekend, but Disney’s third entry in the sci-fi franchise fell short of expectations.
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ is Colin Hanks’ love letter to the comedian
Oct 10, 2025 8:45 am - “That’s the problem when you talk about John: People don’t really have a lot of negative things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening scene of “John Candy: I Like Me,” the new documentary about the late actor and comedian.
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Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ lights a fuse that doesn’t quite ignite
Oct 10, 2025 5:30 am - In Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” when a mysterious missile launches from the Pacific and begins bearing down on the Midwest, the biggest threat initially at the White House is a pile of paper work. But the ho-hum response that kicks off this firecracker of a film is quickly shattered.
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In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a powerful portrait of the author and his still relevant writings
Oct 09, 2025 7:33 pm - Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in “Orwell: 2+2=5.”
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Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst bring humanity to true-crime tale ‘Roofman’
Oct 09, 2025 12:45 pm - “Roofman” isn’t just some fun, eccentric caper starring Channing Tatum. It’s based on a wild true story involving a prison escape, a six-month secret stay inside Toys “R” Us and a local girlfriend who was none-the-wiser to his criminal ways.
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Tonatiuh dances away with ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’
Oct 09, 2025 5:30 am - Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that the standout in Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is the person playing Molina. Still, it takes a special kind of actor to make such an immediate impact as Tonatiuh, a relative newcomer, does in this film.