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Film Review: ‘I Am Love’ Offers Scintillating Showcase For Tilda Swinton
Submitted by BrianTT on June 25, 2010 - 11:26am Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “I Am Love” is the type of visceral tone poem that requires its audience to feel more than think. As the end credits roll, viewers may find themselves going over the plot in their heads, and discovering its inherent shallowness. It’s only after we wake up from a dream that we discover just how silly or inexplicable it all was.
Film Review: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock Act Like Children in ‘Grown Ups’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 25, 2010 - 11:01amCHICAGO – It may be called “Grown Ups,” but too much of the new Adam Sandler ensemble comedy feels like it was written by an eight-year-old boy. The believable friendship chemistry that Sandler has with co-stars Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider significantly ups the entertainment value, but “Grown Ups” could have and should have been much better.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Hung: The Complete First Season’ Developed Right Chemistry
Submitted by BrianTT on June 25, 2010 - 9:55amCHICAGO – HBO’s “Hung” doesn’t quite live up to the incredibly high standards of the best network on television but the sporadic writing on the show and very strong ensemble did produce enough interesting dramatic and comedic moments to warrant a look on the excellent Blu-ray release of the first season, timed to coincide with the premiere of season two on Sunday, June 27th, 2010.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Free ‘I Am Love’ Signed Poster, Magnolia DVDs to ‘Julia,’ ‘Two Lovers,’ ‘The Answer Man’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 24, 2010 - 9:39pmCHICAGO – In this edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, two lucky winners will clean up with three DVDs from Magnolia Pictures for “Julia,” “Two Lovers” and “The Answer Man” plus a full-size poster for “I Am Love” signed by Oscar-winning star Tilda Swinton and an “I Am Love” soundtrack!
Theater Interview: Going Mad With ‘Lookingglass Alice’ Director David Catlin
Submitted by Alissa Norby on June 24, 2010 - 9:30pmCHICAGO – Most adolescent boys do away with their freshly-acquired Bar Mitzvah money before you can say “Haftorah”. But not David Schwimmer. Instead, the Lookingglass Theatre Company co-founder and “Friends” superstar mounted what was to become his theatre company’s most illustrious and withstanding production, “Lookingglass Alice”, based on the cherished novels of Lewis Carroll. The company’s Artistic Director David Catlin recently caught up with HollywoodChicago.com to discuss the adaptation and production process for Alice’s latest journey (now playing through August 1, 2010 at the Water Tower), and why this fourth trip down the rabbit hole just may be the best yet.
TV Review: ‘Futurama’ Returns From Black Hole of Cancellation
Submitted by BrianTT on June 24, 2010 - 1:13pmCHICAGO – Fry, Leela, Bender, and the rest of the gang of “Futurama” take a major step forward in their return from the other side of the TV schedule with the first brand new hour of television debuting tonight on Comedy Central. Fans are understandably nervous that something may have been lost during the show’s time off. Fear not space travellers.
TV Video: Exclusive Clip From GSN’s ‘Late Night Liars’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 24, 2010 - 11:35amCHICAGO – The masterminds behind GSN’s “Late Night Liars” have sent over an exclusive clip just for HollywoodChicago.com readers, highlighting a scene from tonight’s episode of the new comedy series from Henson Alternative, a label of The Jim Henson Company. These are not your parents’ muppets.
Interview: Building a Character With John C. Reilly of ‘Cyrus’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 24, 2010 - 10:11amCHICAGO – John C. Reilly, the star of “Chicago,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Step Brothers,” and “Magnolia” gives one of the best performances of his career in this weekend’s excellent “Cyrus” and the actor sat down with HollywoodChicago.com a few weeks ago to discuss the process behind this unusual film.
TV Review: ‘Rookie Blue’ Will Have to Handcuff Viewers to Keep Them
Submitted by BrianTT on June 24, 2010 - 10:06amCHICAGO – The ensemble cop drama has disappeared from the network television landscape as the crimes became more entertaining than the people who solved them on shows like “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” “NCIS,” and “Criminal Minds.” After watching ABC’s remarkably generic and cliched “Rookie Blue,” it’s easy to see why.
17th-Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, Day One: ‘The Wild Hunt’
Submitted by mattmovieman on June 23, 2010 - 10:35pmCHICAGO – In a summer where even the most mainstream sect of the moviegoing public has begun turning its back on lazy mass-marketed mediocrity, it’s especially refreshing to be faced with the 17th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival. The edginess, unpredictability, and even sporadic clumsiness of this festival’s offerings sharply contrast with the slick, routine pictures that often pass for “independent” filmmaking these days.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 VIP Prize Packs For ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ With Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 23, 2010 - 4:03pmCHICAGO – In this edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 10 VIP prize packs up for grabs to the highly anticipated third film in the series “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner!
Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz Meet Cute in High-Octane ‘Knight and Day’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 23, 2010 - 10:32amCHICAGO – Whenever there is a audacious and entertaining action thriller like “Knight and Day,” how do the characters stay so calm? Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise are shot at, nearly blown up, asked to drive and leap around like lunatics, yet remain perfectly white-toothed calm. A normal human reaction would be ‘Oh my gaaaaaaaaaawd!”
Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Last Station’ Showcases Two Great Actors in Top Form
Submitted by mattmovieman on June 23, 2010 - 7:25amCHICAGO – Michael Hoffman is not a director renowned for operatic drama. The closest he ever got to staging Shakespeare onscreen was in his problematic 1999 adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Emotional outbursts in a Hoffman picture are often tinged with offbeat humor, a fact well-illustrated by his his under-appreciated 1991 comedy “Soapdish.”
