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Blu-ray Review: ‘Happy Feet Two’ Stands in Shadow of Superior Original
CHICAGO – Pick your pun — “Happy Feet Two” stumbles, trips, and has two left feet when compared to the Academy Award-winning original. Cluttered with characters, poorly paced, and tonally inconsistent,...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘The Three Musketeers’ Remake Fails to Justify Its Existence
CHICAGO – In a subpar, mediocre and entirely disposable sort of way, Paul W.S. Anderson’s “The Three Musketeers” could prove diverting for undiscerning viewers, particularly those in the lower double...
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Blu-ray Review: Amazing ‘Battle Royale: The Complete Collection’ Timed with...
CHICAGO – A quick search of the web will reveal hundreds of articles and blog posts and message board rants about how the smash hit “The Hunger Games,” both the Suzanne Collins book and Gary Ross...
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Blu-ray Review: Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’ with Jodie Foster Just Misses
CHICAGO – Why doesn’t “Carnage” live up to its pedigree? With a certified genius like Roman Polanski behind the camera, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play as its source, and a cast in which three of the...
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DVD Review: David Fincher’s Incredible ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
CHICAGO – David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is an absolute masterpiece, one of the best films of 2011 and one of the best thrillers of the new millennium. After I saw it in December of...
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Video Game Review: ‘Tales of Graces f’ Excites with Fights, Stumbles with Story
CHICAGO – Finally coming state-side after over a year in Japan on the Nintendo Wii, Namco Bandai and Namco Tales Studio brings us “Tales of Graces f.” The game actually fits as the twelfth release in...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to Definitive Bob...
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new Bob Marley...
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TV News: ABC Announces Summer Schedule with Three New Shows, Return of...
CHICAGO – ABC just announced the premiere dates for their summer series, including three new shows — “Duets,” “Final Witness,” and “Trust Us with Your Life” — along with the return of summer hits —...
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Film Review: Emotionally Galvanizing ‘Titanic 3D’ Transcends Unnecessary...
CHICAGO – It takes more than expensive effects, super-sized egos and exhaustive marketing campaigns to seduce the world. For all of its visual splendor, James Cameron’s “Avatar” has already evaporated...
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Film Review: Delightful Doc ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’ Pleases Crowds, Entices...
CHICAGO – According to Jiro Ono, the intriguing titular subject of David Gelb’s documentary, sushi is a dish that must be savored. However, it should be eaten the instant that it’s served for maximum...
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Film Review: Odd Thriller ‘ATM’ with Alice Eve, Brian Geraghty
Rating: 2.0/5.0 CHICAGO – They have now officially run out of places in which to terrorize beautiful people on film with the release of the bizarre and unfulfilling “ATM,” a new thriller with three...
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Film Review: ‘American Reunion’ is Tasteless, Stale Piece of Comedy Pie
CHICAGO – “American Reunion” is not unlike the event from which it takes its title. Some of it rekindles memories of what worked in the past in a nostalgic, even sweet way. Some of it reminds one what...
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Film Review: Geekdom Celebrated in ‘Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope’
CHICAGO – Say the words “San Diego Comic-Con” to a certain comic geek subculture and suddenly heart rates are up and anticipation is in the air. The documentary maker Morgan Spurlock (“Supersize Me”)...
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TV Review: Starz Creates Luscious World in ‘Magic City,’ Lacks Memorable...
CHICAGO – The new Starz drama “Magic City” is a beautiful show to look at it with its “Mad Men”-esque degree of period detail and half-naked people looking smooth, suave, and sexy. It’s visual eye...
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Film Review: Director Mario Van Peebles Orchestrates ‘We the Party’
CHICAGO – Mario Van Peebles is a second generation filmmaker, following the footsteps of his revolutionary director father, Melvin Van Peebles. In keeping with the family business, Mario has included...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 Pairs of Anytime Passes to ‘L!fe Happens’...
CHICAGO – In our latest “R”-rated, single-motherhood comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 10 admit-two run-of-engagement anytime movie passes up for grabs to the new film “L!fe...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ Marred By Awful Acting
CHICAGO – So there I was at a packed awards consideration screening for Stephen Daldry’s latest prestige-filled tearjerker. Though a few of my fellow colleagues were grumbling about the grim task of...
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Video Game Review: Non-Stop Action Can’t Hide Flaws of ‘Resident Evil:...
CHICAGO – I adore the “Resident Evil” franchise to such extremes that I kept trying to find ways to overlook the notable flaws of the action spin-off “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City” but they...
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TV News: FOX Renews Comedies ‘Glee,’ ‘New Girl,’ ‘Raising Hope’
CHICAGO – FOX announced today that they have renewed their three biggest critical hits, the Tuesday night comedies “New Girl,” “Raising Hope,” and “Glee.” Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox...
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Blu-ray Review: Fantastic Release for Timeless Classic ‘Chinatown’
CHICAGO – There are a few movies that I absolutely adore — the ones that come to mind when people ask me what I think are the best films ever made. More often than not, they are the films that first...
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