Movies | ‘Inside Out 2’ review: Pixar goes high anxiety for a fun and fast-paced sequel By Michael Phillips June 12, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. With 13-year-old Riley skating uneasily into puberty, this second animated title introduces a new emotion...
Entertainment | ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback and the box office with $56 million opening By Jake Coyle June 9, 2024 at 1:41 p.m. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy...
Movies | Music Box Theatre is spending $750k for new seats and a spiffing up By Michael Phillips June 7, 2024 at 12:18 p.m. Of all the Music Box Theatre's pertinent attributes — the breadth of the programming; the...
Entertainment | A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is coming By Hillel Italie June 6, 2024 at 4:17 p.m. Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The...
Movies | ‘The Watchers’ review: With a dark story set in Ireland, new Shyamalan comes out to play By Michael Phillips June 6, 2024 at 12:27 p.m. Adapting A.M. Shine's novel, writer-director Ishana Night Shyamalan doesn't go for the throat with "The...
Movies | Column: Godzilla, bigger than ever, stomps into the Music Box. I feel so seen. By Christopher Borrelli June 6, 2024 at 1:20 p.m. For one week, the esteemed art house will screen 24 of Godzilla’s 35 live-action movies...
Movies | Chicago filmmaking couple and a local theater family lead the collaborative way on ‘Ghostlight’ By Michael Phillips June 6, 2024 at 9:38 a.m. If you're married or otherwise committed to someone, and you decide to make movies together,...
Movies | Review: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ leaves Will Smith and Martin Lawrence stranded By Michael Phillips June 4, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. Our costars sweat to make this fourth "Bad Boys" something it isn't: an action comedy...
Movies | 4 movies, 5 panel talks: The titles and a quick primer on Sundance x Chicago By Michael Phillips June 4, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Three days of Sundance movies, industry panels and schmoozing, coming soon to three Chicago venues.
Entertainment | ‘Garfield,’ ‘Furiosa’ repeat atop box office charts as slow summer grinds on By Lindsey Bahr June 2, 2024 at 4:22 p.m. It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony's;...