Movies
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June Squibb is delightful as a grandma on a mission in ‘Thelma’
Jun 20, 2024 5:30 am - In her first lead film role, June Squibb plays a 90-something who gets scammed out of $10,000 and goes on a mission to get it back. “Thelma,” the feature debut of writer-director Josh Margolin, is charming, genuinely funny and a breeze to watch.
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‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman
Jun 19, 2024 8:30 am - Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and murdered Indigenous people have. In “Fancy Dance,” set for a streaming release on Apple TV+ Friday, June 28, Gladstone plays Jax, who has cared for her niece, Roki, since her sister’s disappearance on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma.
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Film appreciation society to show ‘Jaws’ as its first summer matineeJun 18, 2024 11:22 pm - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society is hosting its inaugural summer matinee screening on Saturday, June 22. The featured film is Steven Spielberg's 1975 su...
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An emotional win for theaters, Hollywood: ‘Inside Out 2’ scores massive $155 million openingJun 17, 2024 6:55 am - Hollywood’s summer movie anxieties gave way to joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.” The animated sequel earned $155 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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What to stream this week: ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ chops, PBS hits the disco and Kevin Hart chats
Jun 17, 2024 5:59 am - The debut of “Echoes,” a sequel series to “Orphan Black,” and the documentary “Bread and Roses,” which looks at how Afghan women’s lives were impacted after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Peace (and pieces) of mind in ‘Inside Out 2’
Jun 13, 2024 5:30 am - “Inside Out 2” — 3 stars Sequels have been a touchy subject when it comes to Pixar, but it’s hard to deny the natural premise of “Inside Out 2.” It’s been nine years...
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Andrew McCarthy hunts the ‘Brat Pack’ blowback in the documentary ‘Brats’
Jun 11, 2024 2:26 pm - During the Reagan administration, rising star Andrew McCarthy was lumped into a group of young actors called the “Brat Pack.” Now, almost 40 years later, McCarthy hit the road to star in and direct his new Hulu documentary, “Brats,” trying to get a handle on the label.
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‘Tuesday’ flips the bird to Death in boldly visual work of magical surrealismJun 11, 2024 2:24 pm - This insanely quirky, deliciously dark venture into magical surrealism doesn’t exactly celebrate death, but testifies to its necessary and purposeful existence. “Tuesday” accomplishes this by focusing on a terminally ill teenager named Tuesday (Lola Petticrew) and the extreme measures her mother Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) takes to clip Death’s wings.
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Attraction starring Disney's first Black princess replaces ride based on film many viewed as racist
Jun 11, 2024 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitti...
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‘Hold onto your molars’: Immersive sound is one of the upgrades at Fox Lake cinemaJun 10, 2024 12:08 pm - Classic Cinemas in Fox Lake has expanded with four new auditoriums