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Interview: Director Nadine Labaki Wonders ‘Where Do We Go Now?’
CHICAGO – The morality of conflict is brought to form in the new film, “Where Do We Go Now?,” written and directed by Nadine Labaki. This is a speculative fable about a small town in Lebanon that lives...
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TV News: ‘Harold and Kumar’ Show Among Highlights of Adult Swim’s Jam-Packed...
CHICAGO – Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, most known for subversive, random, and often times down right disgusting television programming such as “Children’s Hospital,” “Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show,”...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Men in Black 3’...
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the highly anticipated...
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Interview: Shane West, Producer Craig Silverstein on the Season Finale of The...
CHICAGO – Friday, May 18th, marks the season finale of The CW Network’s “Nikita,” the series focusing on a rogue assassin portrayed by Maggie Q. Co-star Shane West and Producer Craig Silverstein...
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Film Review: Despite Rihanna, Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’ Lands as One of the...
CHICAGO – “Battleship” certainly could simplistically be reduced to a 131-minute propaganda piece of why you might want to enlist in the U.S. Navy – that is, if Earth had to ward off lizard-like...
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TV News: USA Welcomes Real Characters with Reality TV Initiative
CHICAGO – USA Network, most known for it’s WWE programming and a bunch of really good character focused comedy-drama’s you’ve wanted to get around to watching (but haven’t), announced several new...
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TV News: USA Serves Up Culinary Assassins, Dick Wolf Drama
CHICAGO – The USA Network is pretty excellent at taking ridiculous ideas and making them quality entertainment. The network that brought us the OCD Detective Monk and managed to squeeze a Christmas...
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TV News: USA Network Gets ‘Modern Family,’ Readies Other Comedies
CHICAGO – USA Network, having recently acquired the rights to the syndicated run of “Modern Family,” announced a couple of other comedies recently from some pretty big names in the genre, as well as...
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Film Review: Boredom Awaits During ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’...
CHICAGO – “Battleship” is getting a lot of flack this week for having little to do with its alleged source. I would argue that the awful “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” is even more dishonest...
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Blu-ray Review: Mind-Numbing Franchise Continues with ‘Underworld: Awakening’
CHICAGO – How did we get to four “Underworld” movies? Sure, the first one is decent B-movie entertainment and there are even moments in the fourth one, “Underworld: Awakening,” recently released on...
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Blu-ray Review: Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams in Deadly Dull ‘The Vow’
CHICAGO – I feel like a bit of a confession is necessary to frame my opinion of the truly awful “The Vow.” Lest you think this is just some cynical male critic, I like “The Notebook” and “The Lake...
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DVD Review: Surprising Hit ‘Chronicle’ Cleverly Plays with Timeless Themes
CHICAGO – With great power comes great responsibility. Since the invention of the written word, authors have been playing with the idea that power leads to problems as it is man’s inherent nature to...
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Film Review: Tour de Force for Jack Black in Fact-Based ‘Bernie’
CHICAGO – Jack Black is a smart and interesting actor. Not content to ride on the modern day John Belushi-type roles that might have pigeonholed him, Black portrays “Bernie,” a convincing conniver in...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘U.N. Me’ With...
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “U.N. Me” with a...
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Film Review: ‘Where Do We Go Now?’ Advances a Path Toward Peace
CHICAGO – Society constantly needs a reminder about itself, especially in the arena of political and religious conflict. “Where Do We Go Now?,” written and directed with creative delicacy by Nadine...
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Film News: ‘Battleship’ Sinks as ‘The Avengers’ Continues to Dominate Box Office
CHICAGO – “Marvel’s The Avengers” continued to completely dominate at the box office this weekend, grossing another $55.1 million domestically for a total of $457.1 million, good enough for 6th place...
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Film Review: Ballet is a Fierce, Youthful Art in ‘First Position’
CHICAGO – In general, one of the essential rites of passage for girls in childhood are ballet lessons and costumed recitals. What about those exceptional talents who stick with the art? Director Bess...
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Exclusive! HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 75 Pairs of Chicago Passes to...
Update at 8:25 p.m. on May 23, 2012: Due to the popularity of this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, the Randolph Street Market Festival has agreed for us to increase our winners from 50 to 75 admit-twos!...
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Blu-ray Review: First Season of AMC’s Watchable Western ‘Hell on Wheels’
CHICAGO – AMC’s watchable western series “Hell on Wheels” is just good enough to sustain audience interest despite its meandering plot. As soon as Gustavo Santaolalla’s catchy theme music kicks in over...
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Interview: Director Tanya Wexler Has the Buzz on ‘Hysteria’
CHICAGO – When creating a film about the origins of the vibrator, it’s best not to take yourself too seriously. The brassy, bubbly director Tanya Wexler helped convert a two page premise into a sly...
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