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Weekly Movie Guide
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Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” is a sharp, playful, sexy and surprisingly warm Hollywood satire about repressed millennials who have outsourced their sexual desire to the movies.
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With filmmaking gaining a firm foothold in the state, suburbs like Naperville, Lisle and Long Grove have either put guardrails in place to protect their towns or are working toward that goal.
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In “Super Troopers 3,” the status quo is shaken when the oafish Kevin Heffernan’s Trooper Rodney “Rod” Farva and Sarita Makundan (Hannah Simone), the beautiful sister of Senior Trooper Arcot “Thorny” Ramathorn (Chandrasekhar), fall in love. The five funny guys of Broken Lizard talk about the upcoming sequel.
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Every now and then a rom-com comes along with an absolutely ludicrous premise that we just sort of accept because it creates the unique conditions for watching a pair of budding movie stars fall in love. This year’s entrant is “One Night Only.”
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It may not become a Hollywood blockbuster, but a full-length documentary about East Dundee will capture the voices of its residents and the village’s identity and roots, local filmmaker Dave Hudson says.
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The premise of “The Last House,” the new sci-fi thriller from Netflix, is promising: A family, helmed by the always watchable Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, is trapped in a house by forces beyond their understanding.
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Eli Roth’s 10th movie, “Ice Cream Man,” takes one of the purest of American institutions, the ice cream man — who, roaming suburbia via a music-emitting van, overcharges parents for cool, sugary treats for their kids — and turns him into something truly evil.
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“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the “Avengers: Endgame” record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, Sony Pictures said Monday.
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As August rolls in, there’s time to catch up with some of the films you may have missed throughout the year, including documentaries, which are good counterprogramming for summer blockbuster season. Here are a few of the best.
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The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish’s immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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