Film Review: B-Level Story Sinks Finely Animated ‘The Nut Job’
CHICAGO– It feels like when any studio besides Walt Disney or Pixar does an animated film with celebrity voices, there is a little less lacquer on it. What the other two remember, and others forget, is...
View ArticleFilm Review: Jon Favreau’s Anti-Popcorn Project ‘Chef’ Still Mild
CHICAGO– By the time of his 2011 box office blitzkrieg otherwise known as “Cowboys & Aliens,” the product that indie director-turned-Hollywood habitue Jon Favreau had been hocking as a “popcorn...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 35 Pairs of Passes to ‘Nightcrawler’ With Jake...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated thriller “Nightcrawler” starring Jake...
View ArticleFilm Review: Disturbingly Refreshing, Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘Nightcrawler’ is an...
CHICAGO– “No one talks like that,” I kept thinking to myself about this noir thriller. But that said, “Nightcrawler” is driven by just about the most entertaining dialogue from one person I’ve seen all...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 35 Pairs of Passes to ‘Rosewater’ From Director...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new drama“Rosewater” from writer and director Jon Stewart of “The Daily...
View ArticleInterview: Director Pierre Morel on Sean Penn, Liam Neeson & His Latest ‘The...
CHICAGO– There were basically two careers for Pierre Morel, before he directed the mega-hit “Taken,” starring Liam Neeson, and afterward. The French-born cinematographer, camera operator and now...
View ArticleFilm Review: Lack of Cohesiveness, Intrigue Stymies ‘The Gunman’
CHICAGO– If you’re going to see a Sean Penn action movie, I guess “The Gunman” would be appropriate. As he and the filmmakers inject some reality in the usual motivations, the puzzle pieces don’t...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Little Boy’ With Kevin...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new war dramedy“Little Boy” starring Kevin James, Emily Watson, Tom...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to Sundance Film Festival Hit...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance Film Festival hit “Dope” from producer Forest Whitaker and...
View ArticleFilm Review: You’ll Be Counting the Minutes Until You Too Can Be ‘Home Again’
CHICAGO– Seeing so many films on a daily basis, you would think that I would grow tired of them. I don’t. Instead, I begin to notice the same formulas in films, like the one in “Home Again”....
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