Movies
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A very fable genius: Coppola’s crazy, baffling film still a pure cinematic delightSep 25, 2024 1:39 pm - Francis Ford Coppola poured four decades of frustration, compromise, stress and hope into every frame of “Megalopolis.” The result is a joyous, artistic mess.
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Award-winning entertainer Daryl Nitz hosts 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival Oct. 5Sep 24, 2024 5:42 pm - The Elgin Short Film Festival will celebrate its 16th year at the Hemmens Cultural Center on Saturday, Oct. 5, with live in-theater and at-home virtual screenings.
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Best Bets: Jack O’Lantern World, ‘AGT’ vets Malevo, The Capitol Fools and moreSep 23, 2024 3:33 pm - The Halloween extravaganza Jack O’Lantern World opens in Lake Zurich, plus the McAninch Arts Center welcomes Argentinean dance ensemble and “America’s Got Talent” veterans Malevo and political satirists The Capitol Fools.
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Will Ferrell hits the road with an old new friend in ‘Will & Harper’
Sep 23, 2024 12:32 pm - A road trip across the United States turns into a testament to self-acceptance and allyship in the tender, heartfelt documentary “Will and Harper,” in which Will Ferrell and longtime pal Harper Steele, who has recently come out as trans, embark on a cross-country quest.
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ scares off ‘Transformers’ for third week as box office No. 1
Sep 23, 2024 6:48 am - It’s a three-peat for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales.
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What to Stream: Ellen, Will & Harper, a Legend of Zelda game and two Ryan Murphy TV seriesSep 23, 2024 5:30 am - What Ellen DeGeneres says is her last comedy special landing on Netflix and George Clooney and Brad Pitt starring in a sleek, New York City caper are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Bensenville’s ‘Noche de Película’ to feature ‘A Million Miles Away’ Sept. 21Sep 20, 2024 3:30 pm - The Bensenville Park District announced its final installment of the summer “Movie in the Park” series, “Noche de Película,” featuring the real-live adventure “A Million Miles Away.”
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Q&A: Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons on ‘Whiplash’ returning to theaters after 10 years
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Clooney and Pitt carry the fixer caper ‘Wolfs’
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‘Transformers One’ is an origin story no one wants with brutality levels no one needs