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Blu-ray Review: Deplorable ‘Butter’ Deserves to be Recalled
CHICAGO– Liberals have it easy at the movies. They can go an entire year without having to endure more than a handful of films attacking their ideology with varying degrees of intelligence. For every...
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Blu-ray Review: Laughs as Elusive as Acorns in ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’
CHICAGO– It ain’t over until the fat mammoth sings, and that’s precisely what happens—more or less—in “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” the fourth installment of Blue Sky Studios’ increasingly tedious,...
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Film Review: Jingoistic ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Highlights the Mission
CHICAGO– Despite an obsession for killing a single man to represent a foggy revenge, “Zero Dark Thirty” is an effective thriller in the actual re-creation of that Navy Seal operation. Directed by...
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TV Feature: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2012
CHICAGO– Zombies. Dragons. Gangsters. Meth dealers. David Lynch. It was a weird year for television. Was it a good year? Sorta. It was nowhere near the landmark year of 2011 but there was still a lot...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Broken City’ With Mark...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “Broken City” with Mark...
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Film Review: Alan Cumming Shines in Heartbreaking ‘Any Day Now’
CHICAGO– Travis Fine’s “Any Day Now” is an old-fashioned social problem film painted in the broadest of strokes. Fairly early on, the audience is faced with two choices: either resist the film’s...
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Blu-ray Review: Great Extras Enhance Mike Birbiglia’s ‘Sleepwalk with Me’
CHICAGO– Sometimes the best way for comics to find an ideal vehicle for their abilities is to direct it themselves. 2012 offered ample proof of that, with Louis C.K. and Lena Dunham setting a...
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Blu-ray Review: Surprisingly Fun ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’
CHICAGO– There’s no logical reason at all for a FIFTH“Resident Evil” movie to be any good at all, especially given how poorly the series has gone since the relatively-fun first installment. I...
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Film Review: Memorable ‘Sister’ Strikes Emotional Chords
CHICAGO– With a delicacy and melancholy reminiscent of the Dardennes brothers, Ursula Meier’s “Sister,” shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and opening tomorrow in Chicago at the...
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Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 15 Best Interviews of 2012
CHICAGO– The significant HollywoodChicago.com show business interviews of 2012 – eclectic, independent and varied – flowed throughout the year from the perspectives of Matt Fagerholm, Brian Tallerico...
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Exclusive Portrait: Happy 2013 for ‘Real Housewife’ Teresa Giudice
CHICAGO– Between appearing on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” “Celebrity Apprentice” and running her online boutique “TG Fabulicious,” Teresa Giudice is one of the top earners of all the Bravo...
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Slideshow: Exclusive C2E2 Portraits Highlight 2012
CHICAGO– One of the great events in Chicago in 2012 was the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, affectionately called C2E2. A galaxy of movie and TV stars appeared at that Spring gathering, including...
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TV Review: NBC Continues to Frustrate with Generic ‘Deception’
CHICAGO– The brain trust of programmers at NBC continues to make baffling decisions, producing yet another soap-covered drama that feels like it could have been created by a computer trying to...
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Blu-ray Review: Matthew McConaughey Mesmerizes in Great ‘Killer Joe’
CHICAGO– William Friedkin’s “Killer Joe” is one of the most underrated films of 2012. Sure, it has its fans, but the movie made almost nothing in theaters (around $3.5 million worldwide) and didn’t...
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Blu-ray Review: Strong Pace, Great Cast Give Speed to Mediocre ‘Premium Rush’
CHICAGO– I heard from a lot of people during the recent year-end season of top ten lists, critics awards, and Oscar predictions that one of the films I needed to catch up with that was underrated was...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Paranormal Activity’...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the “Paranormal Activity”...
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Exclusive Slideshow: Mark Wahlberg, Director Allen Hughes at Chicago’s...
CHICAGO– Mark Wahlberg and director Allen Hughes were literally greeted to a mob of Chicago fans at Sunday night’s red-carpet premiere of their new thriller “Broken City”. The HollywoodChicago.com lens...
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Blu-ray Review: Howlingly Derivative ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’
CHICAGO– Most former kids can agree that junior high is pure hell. It’s the dividing line between the carefree bliss of elementary school and the budding maturity of high school. Suddenly kids are...
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TV Review: Fourth Season of FX’s Brilliant ‘Justified’ Begins
CHICAGO– The third season of FX’s “Justified,” arguably the best drama on one of the most creatively vital networks on television (it’s this or “SoA”), had big shoes to fill. Mags (Emmy winner Margo...
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TV Review: Relocated ‘Cougar Town’ Might Not Be Worth Finding
CHICAGO– When ABC canceled “Cougar Town” after three seasons of mediocre ratings offset by some critics who were surprisingly loyal to the show, TBS swooped in and grabbed it up for a potential two...
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