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Book Review: ‘The Future Was Now’ a brilliant look back at the groundbreaking movie summer of '82Aug 06, 2024 12:23 pm - The moments are seared into the pop culture pantheon. And our collective consciousness. A friendly alien taking Henry Thomas’ character Elliott on an airborne bike ride ...
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What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, ‘Dance Moms’ jazz it up and J Balvin partiesAug 02, 2024 3:34 pm - Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” premieres its final season and a Boston heist movie starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are some of the new television, films, music an...
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Meet Eddie Munster at the drive-in: Actor Butch Patrick to appear at McHenry Outdoor TheatreAug 03, 2024 4:27 pm - Actor Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster on “The Munsters,” is testing the waters for a planned collaboration with outdoor theaters nationwide. He’ll appear at the McHenry Outdoor Theatre on Aug. 14.
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Britney Spears biopic will be made by Universal with Jon M. Chu as directorAug 02, 2024 10:21 am - NEW YORK — Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” and will develop a biopic of the pop star to be directed by Jon M. Chu, th...
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Josh Hartnett goes big as a serial killer in 'Trap'Aug 02, 2024 10:21 am - In our spoiler phobic culture, movie trailers don't often offer a lot of information. So it seemed like a particularly bold and even confusing move for " Trap," the latest film from M. Night Shyamalan, to reveal so much so soon.
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In ‘COUP!’ find a sharp ‘comedy of menace,’ with Peter Sarsgaard and Billy MagnussenAug 01, 2024 11:03 am - “COUP!,” in theaters Friday, Aug. 2, is the kind of original script that doesn’t often see the light of day. Its tonal and aesthetic inspirations range from the works of playwright Harold Pinter to Luis Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel” and the genre-bending work of the Coen brothers.
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‘Didi’ is a warm, nostalgic hug straight from 2008Jul 31, 2024 4:03 pm - We’ve seen the awkwardness, the raucous, lewd humor and the emotional complexity that accompanies teen years on screen before, but films that balance those three things are harder to come by. “Didi,” the semi-autobiographical debut from director, writer and producer Sean Wang, delivers just that.
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‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ brings beloved book to life in a familiar storyJul 31, 2024 3:55 pm - “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” the famed 1955 children’s picture book, is getting the three-dimensional treatment nearly 70 years after its release with Zachary Levi as the endearing Harold.
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 2’ gets Venice Film Festival premiereJul 31, 2024 10:51 am - The second part of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga’ will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, organizers said Wednesday.
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AfterImage Film Fest, Fine Line to host ‘Best of Fest 2024’ Aug. 10Jul 30, 2024 9:04 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles has partnered with AfterImage Film Festival to create “Best of Fest 2024,” an outdoor evening featuring a selection of the best short films from the 2024 edition of the AfterImage Film Festival.
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