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Interview, Audio: Actor Frank Grillo is ‘Wheelman,' Now on Netflix
CHICAGO– Actor Frank Grillo is on the rise, as evidenced from his high profile supporting role in Marvel Studios “Captain America: Civil War” and portraying Sgt. Barnes in “The Purge” series of horror...
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Exclusive Photo: Happy Birthday to Actress Stefanie Powers of ‘Hart to Hart’
CHICAGO– For years, her signature TV series – and subsequent TV movie run – was the iconic “Hart to Hart,” co-starring Robert Wagner. Stefanie Powers began her career in the Swingin’ 1960s, and her...
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Film Review: ‘LBJ’ is Important American History Brought to Light
CHICAGO– The circumstances surrounding the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22nd, 1963, put a man into the presidential spotlight who never thought he would get there… Lyndon Baines Johnson....
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Film Review: ‘Novitiate’ Goes Inside the 1960s Catholic Church
CHICAGO– In a “mystery of faith” narrative disguised as a feminist statement, the new film “Novitiate” goes inside a nunnery in 1964 America, just as the Catholic Church was about to make some radical...
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Theater Review: Nothing Without a Company’s ‘Bobby Pin Girls’ Plays on...
CHICAGO– The “breeder years” are difficult on everyone, as the biological imperative becomes overwhelming and the couplings that result yield both discovery and misadventure. Nothing Without a...
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Exclusive Photo: Hillary Rodham Clinton Wonders ‘What Happened’
CHICAGO– Her latest book is ‘What Happened,’ and much of the United States share that sentiment. Hillary Rodham Clinton promoted that book in Chicago on October 30th, 2017. As a former First Lady,...
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Exclusive Photo: Valerie Bertinelli is Cooking with a New Book
CHICAGO– She has lived “One Day at a Time” and has come into a second act that really cooks. Valerie Bertinelli has gone from child star to recipe maven with her new book “Valerie’s Home Cooking,”...
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Podtalk: Lina Ramona Vitkauskas Presents Film ‘The Master Plan’ in Chicago on...
CHICAGO– Poet and Activist Lina Ramona Vitkauskas is also a first generation Lithuanian-American. In keeping an eye on the situation in her homeland – part of the Baltic States that broke independently...
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Film News: Chicago Spotlight on 2017 CIMMfest, From Nov. 9-12
CHICAGO– The fall movie season continues in Chicago with one of the best movie-music-party celebrations of the year. CIMMfest – the Chicago International Movie & Music Festival – is back for its...
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Podtalk: Executive Director Brent Kado on 7th Chicago Comedy Film Festival...
CHICAGO– If you hear the sound of laughter from the vicinity of the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago, then most likely it is coming from the New 400 Theater, the base for the 7th Chicago Comedy Film...
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Podtalk: Michael Lippert of Short Film ‘Miriam is Going to Mars' at Ithaca...
CHICAGO– The issue of mental health is given a celestial spin in the short film “Miriam is Going to Mars,” written and directed by Michael Lippert of Cutters Studios in Chicago. The film recently was...
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Film Review: Mustache Has More Than ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
CHICAGO– “Murder On The Orient Express” is a movie that is never quite as interesting as the main character’s mustache. Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Agatha Christie’s most famous detective,...
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Film Review: Authentic Coming-of-Age in Expressive ‘Lady Bird’
CHICAGO– In one of the best American films of 2017, Greta Gerwig went behind the camera to write and direct an autobiographical overview of her Senior Year in high school, within a directionless town...
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Podtalk: Actor Adria Dawn on ‘DorkumentaryLIVE!’ in Chicago from Nov. 15-19,...
CHICAGO– What began as a web series has evolved to the stage. “DorkumentaryLIVE!” is the pet project of Tarleton/Dawn Productions, a husband (David) and wife (Adria) team that live and work in Chicago....
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Podtalk: Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema Fall Finale is Baz Poonpiriya’s ‘Bad...
CHICAGO– The Fall Season Five comes to a close for the Asian Pop-Up Cinema series in Chicago as they facilitate the Midwest Premiere of “Bad Genius” – directed by Nattawut ‘Baz’ Poonpiriya – on...
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Film Review: Up Up & Away for DC Comic Branded ‘Justice League’
CHICAGO– In the America of truth, justice and comic book movies, the DC brand – featuring hero icons Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – has lagged behind their rivals at Marvel Studios. “Justice...
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Exclusive Photo: Eric Roberts is the F**king Man, as His Podcast Implies
CHICAGO– Yep, “Eric Roberts is the F**king Man”! That is the name of the podcast, and the mercurial actor recorded it live in front of an audience at Music Box Theatre in Chicago, as part of their...
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Interview, Audio: Director Petra Volpe Issues ‘The Divine Order’
CHICAGO– It is astounding to note that Switzerland did not have the vote for women until 1971. Writer/director Petra Volpe was also astounded at the ignorance of that history, so she set out to create...
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Exclusive Photo: Antonio Fargas, Portrayed Huggy Bear on ‘Starsky and Hutch’
CHICAGO– The coolest cat on 1970s TV was Huggy Bear, informant to the cop team of “Starsky and Hutch.” The man who portrayed that fly guy was Antonio Fargas, who also could lay claim as the Godfather...
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Film Review: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Examines Our Violence
CHICAGO - Film is often an expression of our society, either as a depiction of how it really is or how it should be. Few films are as daring as Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
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