Movies
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Shot by Giovanni Ribisi, the original, entrancing serial killer thriller ‘Strange Darling’ delights in twistsAug 23, 2024 12:07 pm - Teaming up with actor-turned-cinematographer Giovanni Ribisi, in “Strange Darling,” writer-director JT Mollner has crafted a cat-and-mouse movie that ensnares you in its opening moments and tightens its grip with every stylistic swing and subversive swerve.
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‘The Crow’ re-imagined is stylish and operatic, but cannot outfly 1994 original
Aug 23, 2024 9:59 am - In director Rupert Sanders’ attempt to give new life to the reimagined “The Crow” and the cult hero of comics and film, he’s given us plenty of beauty at the expense of depth or coherence.
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Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ recalled over fabricated critics’ quotes
Aug 22, 2024 4:39 pm - Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’ quotes were fabricated.
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‘Blink Twice’ is a stylish but strained thriller
Aug 22, 2024 5:30 am - Without giving away too much, the act of forgetting serves as a major plot pivot in “Blink Twice.” Ironically, that’s what Zoë Kravitz’s debut as a writer-director requires of an audience.
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In ‘Between the Temples,’ Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane make beautiful music
Aug 22, 2024 5:30 am - In Nathan Silver’s divinely disordered screwball “Between the Temples,” Jason Schwartzman plays a grieving canter who, after the death of his wife, can’t sing anymore but who finds a strange kinship with a much older widow (Carol Kane) seeking her bat mitzvah.
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The Mustang Summit heads to Woodstock’s Soulful Prairies Aug. 25Aug 21, 2024 10:25 am - The Mustang Summit is galloping into the Soulful Prairies sanctuary and healing center in Woodstock on Sunday, Aug. 25, as part of the initiative to expand mustang education to the horse-loving general public.
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Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane forge an unlikely friendship in ‘Between the Temples’Aug 21, 2024 6:30 am - Carol Kane’s name came to filmmaker Nathan Silver in a fever dream. “Everyone was like, ‘of course it’s her,’” Silver said of who should play opposite Jason Schwartzman in the new movie “Between the Temples.”
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‘Alien: Romulus’ bites off $41.5 million to top box office charts
Aug 19, 2024 6:54 am - “Alien: Romulus,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend.
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What to stream: ‘Furiosa’ fights, John Woo revisits ‘The Killer’ and Adam Sandler yucks it up
Aug 19, 2024 5:30 am - George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western “Horizon: An American Saga” as well as John Woo revisiting his 1989 Hong Kong-set action movie “The Killer” are some of the new films headed to a device near you.
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Fan Expo Chicago showcases comics and pop cultureAug 17, 2024 5:02 pm - Comic and pop culture fans, many portraying a multitude of characters, packed the exhibition hall to obtain celebrity autographs, visit with comic artists and purchase me...