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Interview: Director Lee Daniels Entitles ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’
CHICAGO– Director Lee Daniels is on a mission of education. With now two generations removed from the height of the 1960s civil rights movement, Daniels hopes to revive and highlight that history in...
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Film Review: Family Emotions Uplift ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’
CHICAGO– In one of the more intriguing ways to frame the 1960s civil rights movement, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” places the context of that African American struggle through the filter of family...
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Film Review: Great Cast Can’t Find Truth in False Plotting of ‘Out of the...
One overriding thought dominated my time with Scott Cooper’s stunningly disappointing “Out of the Furnace” – I just don’t care. When I wasn’t picking apart the gigantic plot holes in the narrative, I...
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Film Review: Ramshackle, Rickety ‘Taken 3’ is Far Too Predictable
CHICAGO– “Taken 3” is more a brand extension than a movie. Seven years after “Taken” turned Liam Neeson into an unlikely action star, “Taken 3” shows this series has completely run out of gas. The...
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HollywoodChicago.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...
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Film Review: Alternate American Dream Played Out in ‘Dope’
CHICAGO– If you’re lucky enough, you’ll never know what it’s like to grow up in a poor American neighborhood. But what if the notions of such societies are flipped on its ear, and what if the message...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Southpaw’ With Rachel...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new sports drama“Southpaw” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel...
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Film Review: Science of the Human Condition Makes an ‘Arrival’
CHICAGO– The film genre of aliens from other planets is as old as the movies. But it hasn’t been told as boldly and humanely as the new film “Arrival.” Its theme is communication, and how this...
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Film Review: 1970s Caper Film in Enjoyable ‘Finding Steve McQueen’
CHICAGO– The “caper” film, AKA the heist film, is one of the old reliable genres in the movies, and usually involves a gang of mismatched thieves. “Finding Steve McQueen” goes all the way back to the...
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On-Air Film Review: What it Means to Me! Review of ‘Respect’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 12th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Respect” – featuring...
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