Movies
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Rebellious. Cool. Nostalgic. Bringing ‘The Bikeriders’ to life, and movie theaters
Jun 21, 2024 7:18 am - Jeff Nichols had dreamt of making a film about a 1960s motorcycle clubs for over 20 years. The obsession started in his brother’s apartment, when he first cracked open Da...
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Lake in the Hills parents ‘so grateful’ for son’s indie film release in theaters Friday
Jun 20, 2024 2:50 pm - Wanda and Allen Iverson have always supported their independent filmmaker son Mark Stewart Iverson. On Friday, they will see their support and his talent pay off when his first feature-length movie, “For Prophet," appears on big screens across the country, including at the AMC Lake in the Hills 12 movie theater.
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Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88
Jun 20, 2024 12:39 pm - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from "M.A.S.H." to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.
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In ‘The Bikeriders,’ the birth of a subculture on two wheels
Jun 20, 2024 7:12 am - In the exhilarating first half of “The Bikeriders,” Jeff Nichols is less compelled to build a narrative around his bike gang, the Vandals, than summoning an intoxicating atmosphere reminiscent of old photographs his movie is based on. That all changes in the second half.
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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...