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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.
Redbox shuts down after its parent company files for bankruptcy

By Samantha Chery
Jul 11, 2024 3:15 pm - Redbox and its tens of thousands of nostalgia-laden movie-rental kiosks are shutting down, officially ending a vestige of the physical-media era. The streaming and video ...

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