Film Review: Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’ Pushes Excess Past Breaking Point
CHICAGO– Not everything should be filet mignon. Sometimes you just want a greasy, delicious cheeseburger. Now imagine eating ten of those cheeseburgers in a row. Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete” starts as...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’ With Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro
CHICAGO– “Machete” may be one of the most wonderfully-conceived films of 2010. The idea that one of the fake trailers from “Grindhouse” could ever become a full-length film is a movie lover’s dream...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain in Stunning ‘Take Shelter’
CHICAGO– Two of the performances most disturbingly missing from the line-up that will be read at the Academy Awards on Sunday are Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain’s in the stunning “Take Shelter,”...
View ArticleFilm Review: Amazing Ensemble Rewrites ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
CHICAGO– It’s funny that a movie with the word “Playbook” in its title is so clearly about how those of us who think we know exactly where life is taking us are merely kidding ourselves. Like so many...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of...
CHICAGO– Highly anticipated! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening passes plus 3 soundtracks up for grabs for...
View ArticleFilm Review: Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ a Deliciously Gluttonous...
CHICAGO– No matter how painfully bad it may be, I never walk out of a screening. It’s a professional rule I’ve set and keep it at all costs. But with Martin Scorsese’s latest stroke of genius, I...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Non-Stop’ with Liam Neeson
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening passes up for grabs to the new suspense thriller“Non-Stop”...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Beirut’ is a Superbly Tense Geopolitical Thriller
CHICAGO– The psychological desperation of life-or-death decisions are in play within “Beirut,” the new geopolitical thriller featuring Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”). The various mazes within the story, set...
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