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Blu-ray Review: Great Cast Rocks Clever ‘Seven Psychopaths’
CHICAGO– When I saw the ensemble assembled for Martin McDonagh’s very funny “Seven Psychopaths” and realized it was from the creator of the brilliant “In Bruges,” personal expectations were set pretty...
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Blu-ray Review: Bob Fosse’s Beloved ‘Cabaret’ Gets Digibook Edition
CHICAGO– It’s easy to see why “Cabaret” was such a phenomenon when it was released in 1972. The film not only tackles issues of sexuality that the musical genre had largely ignored up to that point, it...
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Video Game Review: Trivia Goes Mobile with ‘You Don’t Know Jack’
CHICAGO– In this world, there are very few places for the creatively minded B-type personality to massage their fragile egos. Sure, you can write a 13,000 word diatribe defending the “Star Wars”...
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Interview: Alice Englert, Aiden Ehrenreich of ‘Beautiful Creatures’
CHICAGO– The peculiar genre of young adult supernatural fiction has produced collections that define popularity. The new film “Beautiful Creatures” is the latest adaptation that feature young lovers...
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Film Review: Challenging ‘Lore’ Features Captivating Central Performance
CHICAGO– “Lore,” opening this weekend at the Landmark Century and Landmark Renaissance theaters here in Chicago and now playing in New York and Los Angeles, is a very unique coming-of-age film. It...
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TV Review: TNT’s Riveting ‘Southland’ Reflects Dark Times
CHICAGO– I know I’ve said this before but the season premiere of TNT’s “Southland,” airing tonight at 9pm CST, feels even darker than last year or the year before. It could be just a show trying to top...
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Film Review: ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Makes For Bad Movie Night
CHICAGO– The franchise has been in steady decline since the original “Die Hard,” quite simply one of the best action films of all time, but that still doesn’t prepare one for the truly horrendous “A...
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Film Review: Charlie Sheen Opens Up in ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles...
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Roman Coppola, Oscar-nominated as you read this for his great work co-writing “Moonrise Kingdom” (he also co-wrote “The Darjeeling Limited” with Wes Anderson) brings us the...
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Slideshow: Jane Lynch, Winners at 2013 Chicago Film Critics Awards
CHICAGO– It was a night to celebrate film, filmmakers, movie stars and the Chicago “school” of film criticism. The annual Chicago Film Critics Awards took place on February 9th in front of a packed...
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TV Review: ABC’s ‘Zero Hour’ with Anthony Edwards Wastes Your Time
CHICAGO– ABC’s “Zero Hour,” premiering tonight, February 14, 2013 in the deadly time slot recently occupied by shows like “Missing” and “Last Resort,” is a defiantly silly show. It is the network’s...
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Film Review: Hey Lovers, ‘Safe Haven’ is a Decent Date Movie
CHICAGO– It’s Valentine’s Day, and along with the impossible to get dinner reservations, the decision of which movie to see has probably spoiled this holiday as much as Walgreen roses. But the romantic...
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DVD Review: Oddly Flat ‘Here Comes the Boom’ with Kevin James
CHICAGO– There are good movies, there are bad movies, and then there are the movies that are just strangely non-existent. The Kevin James comedy “Here Comes the Boom,” recently released on DVD and...
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Film Review: Uneven ‘Beautiful Creatures’ Still Casts Spells
CHICAGO– The young adult horror/romance genre is running out of themes, could somebody please come up with a hunky Frankenstein monster? “Beautiful Creatures” uses witches as it’s premise, and features...
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Film Review: Sexual Frustration Reigns Supreme in ‘North Sea Texas’
CHICAGO– Coming of age dramas are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, but few are ever brave enough to grapple with the profound transitions that occur during one’s teenage years. Young American moviegoers’...
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Blu-ray Review: Diamond Edition of Timeless ‘Peter Pan’
CHICAGO– Disney continues their stellar HD upgrades of their most important films with this month’s release of the absolutely timeless “Peter Pan.” Complete with new special features and an absolutely...
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Feature: Jane Lynch, Paul Sorvino at 2013 Chicago Film Critics Awards Press...
CHICAGO– As the stars, presenters and award recipients gathered at the Chicago Film Critics Awards on February 9th, they took some time out to mix with the media at a pre-show press conference. Jane...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Snitch’ With Dwayne...
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 “Snitch,” which is...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Free ‘Top Gun’ 3D Blu-rays With Tom Cruise,...
CHICAGO– In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Blu-ray, we have 5 free Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray combo packs up for grabs for the highly anticipated home entertainment release of “Top Gun”...
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Interview: Director Dror Moreh of Oscar Nominee ‘The Gatekeepers’
CHICAGO– One of the five documentaries nominated for an Oscar this Sunday is the incendiary story of “The Gatekeepers.” The film goes inside “Shin Bet,” the Israeli secret anti-terrorist agency. By...
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Blu-ray Review: Barbra Streisand’s ‘A Star is Born’ Remake Fizzles Out Fast
CHICAGO– Barbra Streisand is a classic example of a genuine talent who started out big and quickly became too big for her britches. She never came close to topping her phenomenal debut in 1968’s “Funny...
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