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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ tops US box office as ‘Elio’ marks a new low for Pixar

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 22, 2025 12:40 pm - Neither Pixar nor zombies were enough to topple “How to Train Your Dragon" from the No. 1 slot at North American box offices over the weekend. The Universal Pictures live-action remake remained the top film, bringing in $37 million in ticket sales in its second weekend.
Marlee Matlin tells her story in an intimate and groundbreaking documentary

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 20, 2025 9:11 am - When American Masters approached Marlee Matlin about doing a documentary, Matlin had one name in mind to direct: Shoshanna Stern. Like Matlin, Stern is deaf. The resulting film, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” is an intimate look at her life.
Think you know ‘Jaws’? Test your knowledge with this trivia for the movie’s 50th anniversary

Jun 19, 2025 11:48 am - Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws.” It remains one of the most beloved and rewatched movies of all time. But how good is your knowledge of the some of lore surrounding Steven Spielberg’s 1975 masterpiece?
Rebel Wilson’s ‘Bride Hard’ is a wedding movie that’s easy to break up with

By MARK KENNEDY
Jun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Take your average wedding flick, shotgun a hostage situation into it and add some anarchic energy from Rebel Wilson and you get “Bride Hard,” which is a movie, for better or for worse. In this case, much, much worse.
Pixar’s ‘Elio’ an intergalactic, existential adventure about loneliness

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 19, 2025 5:30 am - Elio is a lonely 11-year-old just looking for big answers about life. He’s recently lost his parents, the only people who understood him and wanted him. So, in Pixar’s latest, he starts waging a campaign for aliens to abduct him.
Zombie pandemic rages on in soulful ‘28 Years Later’

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 18, 2025 5:04 pm - “28 Years Later” is a more thoughtful movie than you’re likely to find at the multiplex this time of year. This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right off bodies.
Tom Cruise is finally getting an Oscar — as will Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 17, 2025 1:41 pm - Twenty-five years after Tom Cruise received his first Oscar nomination, he’s finally getting a trophy. It’s not for his death-defying stunts, either. At least, not exclusively.
Best Bets: Swingin’ at Cantigny, ‘Wicked’ sing-along at Paramount, The Wiggles at Rosemont Theatre

By Barbara Vitello
Jun 17, 2025 12:36 pm - Cantigny debuts musical swings, Wheaton welcomes craft beer lovers, The Wiggles return to Rosemont and the Cleve Carney Museum of Art hosts the Hokusai Japan Fest.
Illinois Holocaust Museum to show ‘First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler’

Submitted by Suzan Ayscough
Jun 16, 2025 10:11 pm - The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will host a film screening and discussion on "First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler" on June 26.
After Hours Film Society to show ‘John & Yoko’ film

Submitted by After Hours Film Society
Jun 16, 2025 5:32 pm - On June 16, the After Hours Film Society will host a screening of "One to One: John & Yoko" at Tivoli Theatre, providing an immersive cinematic experience with never-before-seen footage and remastered audio of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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