Picture Picks: ‘Body of Lies,’ ‘The Dark Knight,’ ‘Speed Racer,’...
Warner Bros. on Monday released the mother lode of new production stills for films slated for release between Jan. 2008 and Dec. 2008. These are our top selections from the batch.Kate Beckinsale in...
View ArticleHigh-Quality Lenticular ‘Speed Racer’ Poster Surfaces Online
On Dec. 14, we posted the new lenticular “Speed Racer” poster as captured by a camera phone. On Monday, JoBlo published a high-quality version of the 3D poster. The trailer for the film, which stars...
View Article‘Speed Racer’ Condemns Franchise Dignity, Delivers Sensorial Explosion
CHICAGO– While Hollywood slapped “PG” on the hotly anticipated “Speed Racer” to line its pocketbooks with the widest hodgepodge of people (ahem: kids) everywhere, those same kids will leave the theater...
View ArticleInterview: Kenny Johnson of TNT’s ‘Saving Grace’ on Second Season,...
Television Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– “Saving Grace,” which is the unusual and popular police drama on TNT, returns on Monday nights with all-new second-season episodes. Starring the Academy Award-winning...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 35 ‘New York, I Love You’ Chicago Passes to New...
CHICAGO– In our latest romance/drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new film “New York, I Love You” from an...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Chicago Passes to ‘After.Life’ With Christina...
CHICAGO– In our latest horror/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “After.Life” starring Christina Ricci,...
View ArticleAnnoyingly Inept ‘After.Life’ Bores Audience to Death
Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– “After.Life” is one of the first truly awful films of 2010. Its aggressive solemnity combined with its head-slapping silliness will cause most viewers to simply laugh it off the...
View ArticleDVD Review: ‘After.Life’ Notable Only For Being So Awful
CHICAGO– Loyal readers will know that I am often forgiving of bad horror films merely due to my love for the genre but there’s nothing that can save “After.Life” from the company of the worst movies of...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 3 VIP Prize Packs For ‘Alpha and Omega’ With...
CHICAGO– In this edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 VIP prize packs up for grabs to the new animated film “Alpha and Omega” with the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper,...
View ArticleFilm Review: Torturous, Awful ‘Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star’
CHICAGO– Adam Sandler lost a bet. How else to explain the existence of “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star,” a movie that no one but the man behind Happy Madison would possibly finance? If you took this...
View ArticleTV Review: Breezy ‘Pan Am’ Pilot Exudes Promise in Flawed Launch
CHICAGO– Feminism continues to be redefined for a new generation in this season’s slate of TV dramas. While NBC’s “The Playboy Club” makes the age-old error of confusing exploitation with empowerment,...
View ArticleInterview: Dominique Swain, ‘Lolita’ Star in 1997 Remake
CHICAGO– About 15 years ago, a controversy erupted over a new film version of Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel, “Lolita.” The version was to be closer in spirit to the original novel, and therefore...
View ArticleFilm Review: Robert Pattinson Drains Life From Misguided ‘Bel Ami’
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– Robert Pattinson is such a divisive actor. While he’s clearly one of the most popular young stars in the world thanks to his work in the “Twilight” films, he has yet to prove to...
View ArticleOn-Air Film Review: See-o Neo! ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on December 22nd, 2021, reviewing the latest remake of “The Matrix...
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