I can't speak for all of them, but Chicagoans will watch the terrific and unexpectedly soulful crime drama "Widows" one way, while everybody else experiences a separate but related movie.

Either way, it works, and never in ways you can entirely anticipate. Director Steve McQueen's first feature since winning the Academy Award for "12 Years a ...Read more

Director/co-writer Sean Anders really takes the "instant" part of his new family dramedy "Instant Family" to heart. The film drops us right into the lives of Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) with little fanfare, as if to say to the audience, "Catch up guys, we've got a lot of story to tell." It's not too difficult to pick up what ...Read more

Fans of the Agatha Raisin tales have been reading about her adventures written by Marion Chesney (released under the pseudonym of M. C. Beaton) since 1992. The transformation of the beloved character into an eight-part British TV series and now three new movies to be broadcast on the Acorn TV streaming service required an actress who could ...Read more

BEAUTIFUL BOY. 2 stars. A father's (Steve Carell) life is thrown into turmoil and despair by his son's (Timothee Chalamet) drug addiction. 1 hr. 52 R (profanity) -- Gary Thompson

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. 2.5 stars. Brian Singer directs this tame, cliched biopic on Freddy Mercury and Queen. With Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton and Gwilym Lee. 2 hrs. 15 PG-13...Read more

Steve McQueen knew "Widows" would be his next film nearly a decade ago -- three years before his third feature, "12 Years a Slave," nabbed the best picture Oscar in 2014. But the idea has been with the now-49-year-old even longer than that.

"Thirty-five years ago I saw the TV show, and it just stuck with me," he said of the inspiration for "...Read more

Throughout his film career, director David Mackenzie has bounced unpredictably among genres and styles, from the somber 2003 drama "Young Adam" to the 2009 sex comedy "Spread" to the 2011 sci-fi film "Perfect Sense."

"The idea of repeating old ground feels unattractive to me," he says. "Each film has to feel like it's a new journey."

Now, on ...Read more

The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of Nov. 5:

1. Incredibles 2 -- Disney

2. The Spy Who Dumped Me -- Lionsgate

3. Ant-Man and the Wasp -- Disney

4. BlacKkKlansman -- Universal

5. Skyscraper -- Universal

6. Hotel Transylvania 3 -- Sony

7. The Darkest Minds -- Fox

8. Slender Man -- Sony

9. Disney's Christopher Robin -- ...Read more

Film composer Ennio Morricone's allegedly harsh words about Quentin Tarantino might have been "reproduced incorrectly" in a recent article for German Playboy, the magazine's editor-in-chief said Tuesday, hinting at new information he had obtained.

"Up to now, we have considered the freelancer who conducted the Ennio Morricone interview on our ...Read more

Actress Paz de la Huerta is suing Harvey Weinstein, alleging that the Oscar-winning producer raped her in two instances, and later embarked on a retaliatory campaign that resulted in her losing a role on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."

De la Huerta was one of numerous women who publicly stepped forward last year to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault....Read more

WASHINGTON -- CNN said Tuesday that it is suing President Donald Trump and other administration officials over the decision to suspend the White House press credentials of correspondent Jim Acosta after a conflict at a news conference last week.

The lawsuit, to be filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, escalates an ongoing ...Read more

Family has been a very important part of Charlie Plummer's life, from the unconditional support his parents have given him to many of the roles he's played. His latest work, "The Clovehitch Killer," puts him in a father-son struggle that could change that dynamic forever.

In "The Clovehitch Killer," Tyler Burnside (Plummer) is a member of his ...Read more

The distinct instrumental opening theme of "X-Men: The Animated Series" will always remind me of the excitement and wonder I felt whenever I sat down to watch the show as a kid in the '90s.

The thrumming beats and strings that accompanied cuts of animated explosions and blasts of superpowers led me into a brand new world of superheroes that ...Read more