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Interview: Philosopher King Mike Birbiglia of ‘Don’t Think Twice’
CHICAGO– When comedian/writer/director Mike Birbiglia is in his element, as during the interviews he conducted at The iO Theater in Chicago, he is relaxed and ardently philosophical. He has written and...
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Film Review: Strong Cast Makes ‘Bad Moms’ Good for Some Laughs
CHICAGO– “Bad Moms” is another raunchy women behaving badly comedy that never met a curse word it didn’t like. But I’ll say this for ‘Bad Moms,’ it’s rebellion comes from a relatable place. What parent...
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Interview: Director Matt Weinstein Presents ‘The Gun Equation’ at 2016 Blue...
CHICAGO– The weekend of July 29th through the 31st is the final three days of the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival in Mount Prospect, IL, and filmmakers from all over the indie sphere have made...
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Film Review: Matt Damon is Fighting Mad in Tense ‘Jason Bourne’
CHICAGO– To come back to a character that everyone thought he had left behind, Matt Damon needed the right creative team. He got it again in co-writer (with Christopher Rouse) and director Paul...
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Film Review: Comedy is Humanity in Magnanimous ‘Don’t Think Twice’
CHICAGO– Comedian/writer/director Mike Birbiglia is breaking out as a filmmaker, and he adds a deft and emotional touch to a story of an improvisation comedy troupe split apart by change they didn’t...
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Film News: Female Filmmakers Night at Midwest Independent Film Festival,...
CHICAGO– The inroads of female filmmakers in cinema not only benefits our cultural reflection, but also offers points of view that are often different in their creative scope and storytelling ability....
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Interview: Norman Lear, of ‘Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You’
CHICAGO– Norman Lear is one of the greatest TV creators of the 20th Century, and beyond. The producer was a titan of 1970s television, with shows like “All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Maude” and...
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Interview: Xfinity X1 to Offer Comprehensive Coverage for 2016 Rio Olympic Games
CHICAGO– The 2016 Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony is Friday, August 5th, and the the following two weeks of top athletic competition and drama will be more accessible than ever, for TV customers who...
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Film Review: Freaky Villains is Where ‘Suicide Squad’ Works Best
CHICAGO– DC Entertainment, feeling the heat from Marvel Studios and the tepid response from “Batman v Superman,” comes back stronger with “Suicide Squad,” an overblown yet psychological comic book film...
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Entertainment News: Backstage at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Toruk: The First Flight”
CHICAGO– The legend of “Avatar,” one of the most popular movies of all time, has expanded to the Cirque du Soleil creative universe. “Toruk: The First Flight” is the latest touring show for the iconic...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Hell or High Water’ With...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new crime drama“Hell or High Water” starring Jeff Bridges and Ben...
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Film News: HollywoodChicago.com's Patrick McDonald to Host ‘After Hours Film...
CHICAGO– The After Hours Film Society is a treasure of a cinema gathering that offers a comprehensive line-up of foreign, classic and specialty films for screening and discussion. Patrick McDonald,...
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Film News: Gillian Jacobs at Chicago's Music Box Theatre on Aug. 9, 2016, for...
CHICAGO– The Most Valuable Player, in a film that is brimming with great performances, is Gillian Jacobs (“Community”) of “Don’t Think Twice.” The Mike Birblglia-directed film is in the midst of a run...
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Film Review: Unexpected Lessons for the Student of ‘Indignation’
CHICAGO– America was a very different place in 1951, and there are very few people around to tell us about it. That is why reminders of the more confining social order that existed back then is...
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Interview: Simon Helberg Performs With ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
CHICAGO– For nine seasons, Simon Helberg has graced the television screen as Howard, on the number one comedy hit “The Big Bang Theory.” As the show nears the end of its run, Helberg is breaking out a...
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Film Review: ‘Sausage Party’ is a Hard R-Rated Raunchy Good Time
CHICAGO– First things first. Don’t let the fact this is animated fool you, “Sausage Party” is most definitely, absolutely NOTFORCHILDREN. This is a hard R-rated Seth Rogen raunch fest that may induce...
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Film Review: ‘Equity’ Tells a Story of Women in High Finance
CHICAGO– The key moment in “Equity” is early in the film. The main character was asked at a seminar why she got into high level finance. She paused for a second, and said “money.” The gals can be just...
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Interview: John Michael is the One-Man Show in ‘Dementia Me’
CHICAGO– No one would call talented one-man-show artist John Michael conventional, at least if they are in their right mind. So ironically, after tackling sexually transmitted disease in his last solo...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Ben-Hur’ With Jack Huston
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated drama “Ben-Hur” starring Jack Huston and Morgan...
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Interview: Director Travis Knight Strums ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
CHICAGO– One of the great benefits of the new Golden Age of Animation has been the emergence of other studios…like Laika Entertainment, which has released “Coraline,” “ParaNorman” and “The Boxtrolls,”...
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