Tag: chicago, illinois

  • Tintin in America

    In order to assassinate the inquisitive Belgian reporter Tintin, the evil gangster Al Capone orders Smiles, an executive under his command, to lure him to a meeting to be held in Chicago…

  • Judgment Night

    Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.

  • The Fugitive

    Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

  • The Santa Clause

    On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

  • Baby’s Day Out

    Baby Bink couldn’t ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he’s just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink’s parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the…

  • Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest

    After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.

  • To Sir, with Love II

    After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.

  • Primal Fear

    An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the…

  • The Deadly Look of Love

    Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will come to sweep her away. Then she meets handsome Brett Becker; she believes she’s found the man of her dreams — little suspecting he is engaged to marry a wealthy socialite.…

  • The Whole Nine Yards

    After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he’s relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It’s not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see…

  • The Relic

    A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

  • My Best Friend’s Wedding

    When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O’Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael — and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

  • Chicago Cab

    A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.

  • Blues Brothers 2000

    Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children’s hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.

  • U.S. Marshals

    U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

  • Never Been Kissed

    Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation — not…

  • On the Line

    Kevin has everything going for him, but his lifelong lack of confidence keeps him from recognizing love and happiness — even if it’s sitting next to him. When Kevin meets the girl of his dreams, Abbey, on Chicago’s L train, they connect immediately but he lets this golden opportunity slip away by not having the…

  • ER

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

  • Unconditional Love

    After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she’s adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

  • Barbershop

    A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father’s vision and…

  • Chicago

    Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.