Movies
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Widescreen: 'Back to the Future' 4K remaster comes homeOct 21, 2020 6:00 am - "Back to the Future" hasn't strayed far from our collective pop culture consciousness in the past 35 years, but it's suddenly everywhere again - and not just because it ...
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New to streaming this week: 'Rebecca,' 'Bad Hair' and more
Oct 20, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • You h...
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Jeff Bridges says lymphoma prognosis is goodOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good. The actor channeled The Dude, his character from "The Big Lebowski," in a sta...
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Liam Neeson fights his way through awful 'Honest Thief'
Oct 16, 2020 6:00 am - “Honest Thief” - Zero stars Liam Neeson, we've been told, has a particular set of skills. One of those skills apparently is picking some movies that stink. “Honest ...
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Widescreen: David Byrne, Spike Lee join forces on HBOOct 16, 2020 6:00 am - Two polarizing artists come together this weekend when "David Byrne's American Utopia," a filmed performance of the Talking Heads frontman's Broadway show directed by Sp...
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Sugary love stories converge in medical tear-jerker '2 Hearts'
Oct 16, 2020 6:00 am - “2 Hearts” - ★ ½ The hospital gurney that shows up mere minutes into “2 Hearts” — carrying one of its four protagonists and trailing a wake of weepy loved ones beh...
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Garage parking spots no longer reserved for moviegoers in RosemontOct 16, 2020 5:30 am - Moviegoers in Rosemont may now have to park a bit farther within the village's massive 7-level entertainment district parking garage. Patrons of the AMC theater previous...
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Glenview man ready for his closeup as writer, director and producerOct 15, 2020 11:00 pm - John P. Tomasek is living the dream. His dream. Summoning courage not all of us have, the Glenview man acted on a desire to do something he'd thought about a long time: ...
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Brilliant performances abound in Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' on Netflix
Oct 15, 2020 6:00 am - “The Trial of the Chicago 7” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If anyone was born to make a film about the infamous federal trial surrounding the protests outside the 1968 Democratic Nati...
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'Treasure trove' of tapes helped filmmaker create John Belushi documentaryOct 14, 2020 5:30 am - Most biographical documentaries merely inform us about their subjects. Then there's R.J. Cutler's “Belushi,” a biographical doc that in 108 fleet minutes achieves someth...