Blu-ray Review: Nostalgic, Compelling ‘Super 8’ is a Triumph
CHICAGO– The sincerity of “Super 8” is the wondrous highlight of this film. Director J.J. Abrams creates a valentine to the lives in his childhood, and the films within that dream state. Combining...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Argo’ From Director Ben...
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 the highly...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Turns CIA Procedural Into Riveting Thriller
CHICAGO– Kathryn Bigelow opens her stunning “Zero Dark Thirty” with a date and a series of voice mail recordings. The date is, of course, September 11, 2001 and the recordings are the ghosts of the...
View ArticleFilm 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...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.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...
View ArticleExclusive 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...
View ArticleFilm Review: Crime Thriller ‘Broken City’ Fictionalizes its Crime Without...
CHICAGO– Rife with corruption and injustice, the setting for “Broken City” could have been picked from a litter of U.S. metropolitans. Said star Mark Wahlberg in a recent red-carpet interview with...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: 2013 Best Picture Winner ‘Argo’ Given Educational Edition
CHICAGO– Ben Affleck’s stellar “Argo” won three Oscars last night, including Best Picture of 2012, and Warner Bros. very purposefully timed the Blu-ray and DVD release to capitalize on the film’s wave...
View ArticleDVD Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Incredible ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Deserves More
CHICAGO– At one point in awards season, right after it won five Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, Screenplay, and Director, it really looked like Kathryn...
View ArticleDHD Review: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe in Entertaining ‘Broken City’
CHICAGO– This may be the first “DHD Review” on HollywoodChicago.com but it’s unlikely to be the last. Just this past weekend, the great William Friedkin spoke at the Chicago Critics Film Festival about...
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