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Closer encounters: Spielberg’s sci-fi drama an occasionally rambling but matured reflection on aliens and empathy

Closer encounters: Spielberg’s sci-fi drama an occasionally rambling but matured reflection on aliens and empathy

Emily Blunt’s Kansas City TV weathercaster Margaret Fairchild delivers the last line in Steven Spielberg’s 35th motion picture, “Disclosure Day” — a single word, a brief imperative sentence that implores rather than commands a transfixed, awestruck worldwide audience. A perfectly ambiguous ending to an imperfect movie.

 
This train’s going fast, but the jokes fly even faster in ‘Stop! That! Train!’

This train’s going fast, but the jokes fly even faster in ‘Stop! That! Train!’

Reminiscent of “Airplane!,” “Stop! That! Train!” follows train hostesses Tess and DeeDee (Ginger Minj and Jujubee), who sneak aboard a luxury train after losing their jobs, only to face a catastrophic “Stormaganza” that threatens to derail everything.

 
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‘In a growth mode’: Film studio opens in Hanover Park amid statewide production boom

‘In a growth mode’: Film studio opens in Hanover Park amid statewide production boom

Amid a period of record growth for Illinois’ film industry, a new virtual production facility hoped to bring some of that cinematic boom to the suburbs has opened in Hanover Park.

 
Steven Spielberg on his faith in alien life, the future of the movies and the power of empathy

Steven Spielberg on his faith in alien life, the future of the movies and the power of empathy

Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” like some of his earliest and most beloved films, again concerns what might fall from above. The movie, in theaters now, returns Hollywood’s preeminent big-screen craftsman to one of his most abiding questions: Are we alone?

 
Glenn Close will get an Oscar at last — honorarily. So will Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman.

Glenn Close will get an Oscar at last — honorarily. So will Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman.

Glenn Close will finally get her hands on an Oscar. Long considered among the best actors to never win one, the eight-time nominee will get an honorary Academy Award along with director Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman at the annual Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.

 
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Josh O’Connor usually hates watching his movies for the first time. ‘Disclosure Day’ was different.

Josh O’Connor usually hates watching his movies for the first time. ‘Disclosure Day’ was different.

Josh O’Connor heard a quote once that said that Steven Spielberg was like “the director of every child’s imagination.” After working with him on “Disclosure Day,” O’Connor feels that’s true.

 
What to stream: ‘Michael,’ Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban albums and Bonnaroo

What to stream: ‘Michael,’ Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban albums and Bonnaroo

The streaming service debut of “Michael” and new albums from Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

 
‘Scary Movie’ tops box office, slaying ‘Masters of the Universe’ and adding to low-budget streak

‘Scary Movie’ tops box office, slaying ‘Masters of the Universe’ and adding to low-budget streak

After three weeks of indie horror dominance at the box office, the slasher spoof “Scary Movie” topped ticket sales with $55 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily besting the far-from-mighty “Masters of the Universe.”

 
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