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Each week, NeighborhoodCircle.com outlines the week's newest theatrical releases, links to reviews from Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert and NeighborhoodCircle.com writers and readers, and tells you where they're playing in the Lake County area.
Carlos & Debbie's Dinner & Film Club meets May 9 at Carlos' Restaurant in Highland Park for "Great Performances Night."
The Fremont Park Public Library in Mundelein is having an International Film Festival for children May 14 at 7 p.m. Short films from around the world which were shown at the Chicago International Film Festival will be screened, and viewers are invited to vote on their favorites. Refreshments will be served. You can register here.
If you have a film event coming up that you'd like us to include, drop us a line at bthomas@neighborhoodcircle.com.
Upcoming: The Wilmette Theatre will be showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show with full audience participation and a live cast on May 24. Go here for more information. Don't live it - be it (or whatever).
New Releases
Redbelt (R): Martial artist Chiwetel Ejiofor won't fight in matches until he's drawn into a match by movie action star Tim Allen(?!). Read Roger Ebert's review here. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Speed Racer (PG): The anime TV classic comes to the big screen in an adaptation by the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix) starring Emile Hirsch as the ambitious young driver of the world's most awesome car. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills ShowPlace 8
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX (Also showing in IMAX)
Vice (R): Gritty police drama with Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah. Now showing at:
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
What Happens in Vegas (PG-13): Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher get drunk-wed in Las Vegas, but their annulment hits a snag when he wins a casino jackpot. Now playing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills ShowPlace 8
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Continuing this week…
21 (PG-13): Suspense thriller based on the true story of M.I.T. students who made fortunes counting cards at casino blackjack tables. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Highland Park Theatre
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
88 Minutes (R): Forensic psychologist Al Pacino receives a death threat from a madman in this thriller. Now showing at:
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Baby Mama (PG-13): Tina Fey hires Amy Poehler to carry her child. What could possibly go wrong? Read Bruce Ingram's review here. Now playing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Highland Park Theatre
Kerasotes Vernon Hills ShowPlace 8
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
The Counterfeiters (R): World War II drama about Nazi efforts to produce phony Allied country currency in a concentration camp. Now showing at:
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema
Deception (R): Hugh Jackman gets Ewan McGregor into an exclusive sex club in order to frame him for a heist. Now showing at:
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (PG): Documentary starring Ben Stein on a survey of the worldwide persecution of those teaching evolution. Now showing at:
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
The Forbidden Kingdom (PG-13): Jackie Chan and Jet Li team for this action adventure epic. An American teen in China goes back in time for a martial arts fantasy adventure. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R): In another raunchy romantic comedy from producer Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin), a musician goes to outrageous lengths to get revenge on his TV star ex-girlfriend for breaking up with him. Read Brian Thomas' blog about the movie's ad campaign here. Read Jim Emerson's review here. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
CYATM Liberty Twin Theatre
Highland Park Theatre
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R): Continuing the adventures of the hapless multiethnic roommates. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Horton Hears a Who! (G): An elephant discovers s tiny community that lives on a speck of dust. Now playing at:
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
In Bruges (R): Comic thriller about two hitmen (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson) getting in trouble while waiting to do a job in Belgium. Now playing at:
Highland Park Theatre
Iron Man (PG-13): Robert Downey, Jr. as the Marvel Comics superhero, a war profiteer who builds a suit of super-armor to escape capture in a battle zone. Read Jim Emerson's review here. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
CYATM Liberty Twin Theatre
Kerasotes Vernon Hills ShowPlace 8
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Made of Honor (PG-13): Basically, My Best Friend's Wedding with the genders reversed. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Nim's Island (PG): Family adventure in which a girl (Abigail Breslin) teams up with her favorite author (Jodie Foster) to hunt down her missing father. Now showing at:
Century 16 Deer Park
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Regal Lake Zurich 12
Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX
Priceless (PG-13): Romantic comedy with Audrey Tautou as a professional gold digger. Now showing at:
Highland Park Theatre
Prom Night (PG-13): Horror thriller semi-remake in which high school student Brittany Snow is stalked by a mystery killer. Now playing at:
Marcus Gurnee Cinema
Then She Found Me (R): A romantic comedy directed by and starring Helen Hunt as a schoolteacher dealing with a swirl of commotion in her personal life. Now playing at:
Kerasotes Vernon Hills Rivertree Court
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema
Under the Same Moon (PG-13): Mexican single mom sneaks into the U.S. to find a better life for her son. Now showing at:
Highland Park Theatre
The Visitor (PG-13): A man returns from a business trip to find a foreign couple has been scammed into moving into his apartment. Now showing at:
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema
Young@Heart (PG): Documentary about a New England senior citizens chorus that specializes in rock songs. Now playing at:
Landmark Renaissance Place Cinema
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