Movies
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Sears Centre drive-in premieres with 'The Goonies'Jun 25, 2020 1:00 am - Moviegoers Thursday night took their DeLoreans and other vehicles back in time to 1985 - when you could watch a film like "The Goonies" somewhere other than your home. J...
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Elgin Marcus Cinema launches parking lot drive-in movies with “E.T,” Garth Brooks concertJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - Marcus Cinema in Elgin will show drive-in double features from its parking lot beginning Friday and continuing through the summer. A 48-foot screen is set up on the west...
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Constable: Suburban roots take filmmaker from '8 Mile' to 'Devil's Night'Jun 23, 2020 5:30 am - Splitting his childhood between Mount Prospect and Detroit, teenager Sam Logan Khaleghi landed a gig as an extra for one brief scene in Eminem's 2002 movie, "8 Mile." "I...
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Free 'Do the Right Thing' rental this week, with Spike Lee talk Thursday
Jun 22, 2020 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Do the Right Thing" is free to rent on several platforms all week and an online discussion will be held with director Spike Lee on his 1989 film about rac...
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Secluded stars: Jim Belushi hails 'The Blues Brothers;' Haley Reinhart honors dadJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - Jim Belushi recently took to Twitter to mark the 40th anniversary of "The Blues Brothers," the locally shot 1980 comedy classic that co-starred the former Wheaton re...
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Drive-in movies coming to Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre Arena beginning ThursdayJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - The parking lot of Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre arena will become a temporary drive-in movie theater beginning Thursday night for a showing of the 1985 adventure comedy...
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Indie drama 'Babyteeth' gives sick teen in love plot a bit of biteJun 19, 2020 6:00 am - “Babyteeth” is guaranteed to get under your skin. This refreshingly original Australian indie about a terminally ill teen who falls in love with the wrong guy is designe...
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Classic Cinemas aims to reopen next weekJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Classic Cinemas announced Friday that it plans to reopen its Illinois locations June 26, provided that health metrics remain on track and the state enters Phase 4 of the...
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Hit it! Three 'Blues Brothers' suburban film locales to visit for its 40th anniversaryJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Updated June 20 to correct the name of the prison. The musical odyssey of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues first hit movie theaters 40 years ago Saturday, and the now-b...
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New movies streaming this week: 'Disclosure,' 'Miss Juneteenth' and more