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Trailer For Oscar Hopeful ‘The Great Debaters’ Goes Online
The trailer for the Denzel Washington-directed film “The Great Debaters” just went online at Yahoo! Movies.Click here for “The Great Debaters” trailer.Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters”.Photo...
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Interview: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Director Spike Jonze With Stars Max...
CHICAGO– From the looks of things, you’d think “Where the Wild Things Are” director Spike Jonze is more than just Max Records’ director. You’d think Jonze was his 12-year-old star’s father, too. Max...
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DVD Review: Spectacular ‘The Shield: The Complete Series Collection’
CHICAGO– All seven season of the Emmy-winning, groundbreaking “The Shield,” easily one of the best programs of the ’00s, have been collected into one absolutely gorgeous set for “The Shield: The...
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Blu-Ray Review: Magic of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Grows With Every Viewing
CHICAGO– Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are” is a beautiful, moving, daring, complex, gorgeous piece of filmmaking that was underappreciated during its theatrical release but that I can guarantee...
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Jude Law, Forest Whitaker Misfire With Awful ‘Repo Men’
CHICAGO– Reminiscent of vastly superior work by David Cronenberg and Paul Verhoeven but with none of the directorial skill apparent in the work of those two talented men, “Repo Men” with Jude Law and...
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Repo Men’ Butchers Attempt at Social Satire
CHICAGO– “Paying homage” and “ripping off” are not the same thing. A picture like Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” gathers fragments of our collective cinematic memories, and places them in an entirely...
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Exclusive: Red-Carpet Portrait of Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker at Chicago...
CHICAGO– Oscar winner Forest Whitaker greeted the HollywoodChicago.com lens on the red carpet on Oct. 9, 2010 for the 2010 Chicago International Film Festival. Whitaker was honored with the festival’s...
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Blu-ray Review: Don’t Waste Your Time on Dull ‘Freelancers’
CHICAGO– We get a lot of Blu-rays and DVDs in the HollywoodChicago.com office of films that come straight to the format that we don’t think are really worth our time or yours. The less said about them,...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Action DVD Sets, Pairs of ‘The Last Stand’...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 5 pairs of advance-screening movie tickets up for grabs for “The Last Stand” starring Arnold...
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Film Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger is Back in ‘The Last Stand’
CHICAGO– With enough hair plugs, bronzer and hormone injections to float a rejuvenation clinic, Arnold Schwarzenegger is back from his political meanderings and is an action star once again in the...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to Sundance Grand Jury Winner...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance Film Festival Grand...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ Tix with...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated“Lee...
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Interview: Forest Whitaker Serves Up ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’
CHICAGO– In person, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is a man at peace. His talent has created a demeanor of a guru – soft spoken with transcendent thoughts. His latest film is “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,”...
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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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