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‘Longlegs’ star Maika Monroe’s secret to success in Hollywood is a healthy relationship to it

By KRYSTA FAURIA
Jul 19, 2024 9:44 am - Critics have praised 31-year-old Maika Monroe’s “Longlegs” performance — which says something when you share the screen with Nicolas Cage. But her calculated, offbeat character is even more impressive given her affable, almost whimsical personality.
The Venue hosts two free movie nights this summer

By Marissa Amoni, The Venue
Jul 18, 2024 11:42 pm - The Venue in downtown Aurora is hosting two free movie nights this summer highlighting important events and places in music history.
Finding love and followers atop urban heights in ‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 18, 2024 5:30 am - The force is not strong in Netflix’s “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” a shallow “Man on Wire” for social media influencers about a pair of Russian daredevils who stealthily scale urban heights to attain the precious treasure of a much-liked Instagram post.
‘National Anthem’ a coming-of-age exploration of what it means to find community

By KRYSTA FAURIA
Jul 18, 2024 5:30 am - One way to make a love story interesting is by making it subversive or forbidden. Luke Gilford’s “National Anthem” sits within that tradition of films. But it also doesn’t.
Blown away: Combative storm chasers face Mother Nature’s wrath in spectacular disaster film ‘Twisters’

By Dann Gire
Jul 17, 2024 3:09 pm - By the time the Godzilla of tornadoes arrives during the film’s spectacular climax, “Twisters” seems to be less a sequel to Jan de Bont’s fun-filled 1996 thriller “Twister” and more of a classic 1970s disaster movie – minus the all-star cast.
What to stream: Childish Gambino, Daisy Ridley, Natalie Portman, some gladiators and Kristen Stewart

Jul 15, 2024 5:30 am - Natalie Portman starring in her first TV series in “Lady in the Lake” for Apple TV+ and Roland Emmerich’s gladiator series “Those About to Die” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Despicable Me 4’ reigns at box office, while ‘Longlegs’ gets impressive start

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 14, 2024 1:00 pm - Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called “Longlegs” upset the starry $100 million "Fly Me to the Moon."
Filmmakers can still send in entries for Elgin Short Film Festival

Submitted by Jenny Sherman
Jul 13, 2024 6:04 pm - There’s still time for filmmakers to submit entries to the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival. This festival will be on Saturday, Oct. 5.
For Nicolas Cage, making a serial killer horror movie was a healing experience

By KRYSTA FAURIA
Jul 12, 2024 10:13 am - When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered playing the titular serial killer, he knew exactly where he’d draw his inspiration from: his mother.
‘Dandelion’ strums a slow, sweet tale of indie music dreams

By Ty Burr
Jul 12, 2024 10:03 am - One wants to give the benefit of the doubt to “Dandelion,” a sweet, slight, impressionistic character study of a struggling musician with a luminous KiKi Layne at its center.

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