The Two-Second Review: A Glimpse of What's New in Area Theaters This Weekend

Calling all movie goers!

Clicking on a movie's name will take you to its official website, made by people who actually have seen the movie. The theater names will show you the times a movie is playing. If 3D isn't specified, the movie is 2D.

Faust: Royal Opera House
A live broadcast of the famed opera about a man who sells his soul to the devil in return for youth and love. Yeah, I know. They totally ripped off Oh God! You Devil. Not rated. 255 minutes.
Playing at: Orland Park Cinema (6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, only)

Ghostbusters
WHAT??? Classic 1980s comedy Ghostbusters back in theaters every Thursday until Halloween? This is huge! This is biblical! Old Testament! Real wrath of god type stuff! Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! Rated PG. 107 minutes.
Playing at: Orland Park Cinema (7 p.m. Thursdays only starting Oct. 13)

The Ides of March
"Beware the Ides of March" would be an awesome review, but this George Clooney/Ryan Gosling political thriller looks pretty cool. Way to ruin the joke, jerks. Rated R. 102 minutes.
Playing at: Showplace New Lenox 14, Orland Park Cinema, Country Club Hills 16

Jack the Ripper and Butterfinger the 13th
A double feature starting at 7:30 p.m. with comedy/horror short Butterfinger the 13th, which is (not kidding) directed by Rob Lowe and produced by the Butterfinger candy bar company. At 8:15 p.m., it goes to Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story, a "docu-drama" using CGI and actors to re-create the famous Whitechapel murders. Rated PG-13. 105 minutes.
Playing at: Showplace New Lenox 14 (Thursday Oct. 13 and 27 only)

LA Phil Live: Dudamel Conducts Mendelssohn
I knew a guy called L.A. Phil. Sold watches from a card table near Mann's Chinese. But this is the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing an all-Mendelssohn program of the Hebrides Overture, the "Scottish" Symphony and the Violin Concerto (feat. Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen). Not rated. 135 minutes.
Playing at: Orland Park Cinema (4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 only)

Real Steel
In Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: The Motion Picture, roboxing trainer Hugh Jackman and his estranged son prove there's no limit to the human spirit and no haircut so stupid Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman can't pull it off. Rated PG-13. 127 minutes.
Playing at: Showplace New Lenox 14, Orland Park Cinema, Country Club Hills 16
Playing in IMAX at: Showplace New Lenox 14, Country Club Hills 16
Playing in UltraScreen at: Orland Park Cinema

Thunder Soul
A documentary about 1970s group The Kashmere Stage Band, which toured the world, set funk on fire and was made entirely of black high school students from a low-income area. Rated PG. 88 minutes.
Playing at: Country Club Hills 16

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