When I was younger, my parents told us about a movie they saw called El Norte. The film tells the story of two Guatemalan teens who flee their homeland in search of a better life in America. I ...

Macerich’s Fashion Outlets of Chicago, located at 5220 Fashion Outlets Way in Rosemont, will kick off its holiday festivities with the return of Santa visits at the shopping center beginning Friday, ...

The Holiday Day season is a time when we are attacked with a barrage of holiday-themed shows or movies that try to remind us of what is important. While some of these feel repetitive and uninspired, ...

In our lives, we all know that person who can light up a room when they enter. Those people can have conversations with anyone and can connect with people in […] ...

Sports movies based on real-life characters are tricky. Depending on the sport it might not appeal to everyone. The other issue is that sometimes people feel they already know the ending so there is ...

Ever since Super Mario Bros, the first live-action adaptation of a video game, video game movies have been hit or miss. With the recent success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie & the Sonic franchise, ...

Animated spin-offs of established franchises are a great way to expand the audience’s knowledge and introduce new characters and worlds. We have seen this work with the Spider-Verse movies and the ...

Friends, the Chicago International Film Festival has wrapped up and we were engulfed in movies for two amazing weeks. During the festival, we could not see all of the movies we wanted to see but did ...

As the documentary unfolds, we see that Chad starts working with David Leitch, and together they form an action design company called 87Eleven. Together, they create pre-visualization shorts of stunts ...

Friends, The Bad Guys are back, and this time they have a little more on their plate than they can handle. We are fans of the first movie in that it plays like Ocean’s Eleven, but for kids. Although ...

As the Chicago International Film Festival kicks off its 60th anniversary edition this week, more than 200 filmmakers, musicians, artists, and actors are set to attend North America’s longest-running ...

The Fandads are trying to broaden their horizon, and this means covering festivals in other cities. We are lucky to be accepted to cover Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas! If you read the title of this ...