Movies
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Blandly plotted 'And So' just a so-so comedyJul 24, 2014 5:00 am - We've seen this story many times before, the one about the Grinchy old guy whose two-sizes-too-small heart receives emotional Valvoline from a sweet and innocent kid. (W...
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South Barrington AMC to screen new movie about wild horsesJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - A new 3-D movie about America's wild horses will be shown in a special screening at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the AMC South Barrington 30 theater - if enough tickets are sold...
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Malkovich, Cumberbatch make Comic-Con debutsJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - SAN DIEGO - John Malkovich and Benedict Cumberbatch each made their Comic-Con debuts - as themselves and as their first animated characters. The two actors were in San D...
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Hoffman's performance, complex tale make 'Most Wanted' thrillerJul 24, 2014 1:00 am - Gunther Bachmann may pull a lot of strings as the head of a Hamburg-based anti-terrorism unit, but to call this schlubby, chain-smoking, hard-drinking German intelligenc...
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Fans start lining up as Comic-Con floor opensJul 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Comic-Con is all about bringing fans close to the artists and properties they love - after waiting in line. The lineups began as soon as the San Diego Convention Center ...
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'Sinister Six' spinoff to come next for Spider-ManJul 23, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The Spider-Man franchise will detour next with a "Sinister Six" spinoff in 2016, pushing "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" to 2018, Sony's Columbia Pictures said Wed...
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Editorial: Memories add strength to fabric of suburbsJul 22, 2014 5:01 am - The Northwest suburbs many of us remember are hardly recognizable these days. Were you around when Woodfield Mall was a Schaumburg farm field? Back then, the suburbs we...
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'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' raises common reboot questions: Why so serious?Jul 21, 2014 5:30 am - “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” was last week's pan-species box-office champ, gobbling up $73 million its opening weekend like so many perfectly ripe bananas. The seque...
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Arlington Heights author digs up 'Wizard of Oz' historyJul 21, 2014 1:01 am - If ever, oh ever, a classic there was, "The Wizard of Oz" is one because ... Because, because, because, because, because ... Because of the wonderful thing it was. By a...
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Charlie Hunnam talks about leaving 'Fifty Shades'Jul 20, 2014 11:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The first trailer for the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie will be released this week and the original Christian Grey, Charlie Hunnam, says he can't ...