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Interactive Widget Released For ‘Legend of the Seeker’ Season-Two Finale
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 12, 2010 - 12:50pmCHICAGO – Season two of the fantasy TV series “Legend of the Seeker” will air its finale on May 22 and May 23, 2010. A season-two catch-up video and other features can be found below in this handy widget.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Chicago Passes to ‘Letters to Juliet’ With Amanda Seyfried
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 12, 2010 - 8:41amCHICAGO – In our latest romance edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Letters to Juliet” with Amanda Seyfried of “Mamma Mia!” fame!
Ron Howard’s ‘Cheaters’ With Vince Vaughn to Have Open Chicago Casting Call on May 22, 2010
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 11, 2010 - 3:15pmCHICAGO – Here’s something novel from legendary director Ron Howard: a new comedy. And a Chicago Blackhawks-themed open casting call for the film, which is unofficially called “Cheaters,” is coming to Chicago on May 22, 2010.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Chicago Passes to ‘Casino Jack and the United States of Money’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 11, 2010 - 11:09amCHICAGO – In our latest documentary edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” from Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney!
Blu-Ray Review: Sapphire Series Release of ‘Saving Private Ryan’
Submitted by BrianTT on May 10, 2010 - 9:55pmCHICAGO – One of the reasons that Blu-ray hasn’t taken over like so many of the technology’s early adopters hoped that it would is that a lot of the films that drove the success of standard DVD weren’t available on the format. It has taken time for early DVD hits like “The Matrix” and even “The Lord of the Rings” to come out in HD. When people buy a Blu-ray machine, they want to be able to get their favorite films right away. Now they can add another long-wanted option to the first-day-purchase list with “Saving Private Ryan”.
Video Game Review: World of ‘Nier’ Takes Time to Reveal Depth
Submitted by BrianTT on May 10, 2010 - 3:23pmCHICAGO – When the representative who sent me a copy of the newest Square Enix RPG “Nier” suggested that I needed to give the game time to impress me, I was immediately concerned. Modern gamers don’t like to wait for their entertainment. And, more often than not, “wait, it gets better” is a false promise. But not in the case of “Nier”.
DVD Review: Criterion Takes Look at ‘The Fugitive Kind’
Submitted by BrianTT on May 10, 2010 - 1:53pmCHICAGO – One of the most recent inductees into the most esteemed collection in the history of DVD is one of the most star-powered dramas of the ’60s with four Oscar-winning actors in Maureen Stapleton, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, and Marlon Brando, working in collaboration with a script co-written by Tennesse Williams and directed by Sidney Lumet. That “The Fugitive Kind” doesn’t quite live up to that incredible pedigree shouldn’t be too surprising, but it’s still a good addition for classic film collectors.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Final Day of 10 Days of ‘Iron Man 2’ Giveaways With Signed Poster
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 10, 2010 - 10:42amCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com welcomes back our earlier contestants to the final day 10 of our exclusive 10 Days of “Iron Man 2” giveaway! Today is the day you’ve been waiting for because we’re offering our grand prize: an official poster for the film signed by the cast!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Day 9 of 10 Days of ‘Iron Man 2’ Giveaways
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 9, 2010 - 7:08pmCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com welcomes back our earlier contestants to day nine of our exclusive 10 Days of “Iron Man 2” giveaway! If you didn’t win yesterday or learn about the fun until now, today’s your next chance to win! And if today isn’t yours, tomorrow might be!
Interview With Larry Manetti: Memories of Tom Selleck’s ‘Magnum P.I.’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 9, 2010 - 3:05pmCHICAGO – Where would Thomas Sullivan Magnum had been without his trusty sidekick Rick Wright? Chicago-born Larry Manetti was Rick Wright on “Magnum P.I,” and has just re-released his book of memories with the show, “Aloha, Magnum.”
Theater Interview: Back on the Street With Lisa Helmi Johanson of ‘Avenue Q’
Submitted by Alissa Norby on May 7, 2010 - 11:33pmCHICAGO – The puppets are back in town. Those R-rated, sexually-inclined, potty-mouthed denizens of Avenue Q have once again taken over the neighborhood where they are appearing at Broadway in Chicago’s Bank of America Theater. Now in its seventh year Off-Broadway (where the production recently transferred from its previous home on the Great White Way), the Tony Award-winning musical by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx continues to tempt and tickle its Sesame Street fanbase on the road.
Theater Interview: The Write Stuff With Playwright Will Cooper
Submitted by Alissa Norby on May 7, 2010 - 10:37pmCHICAGO – Chicago Dramatists’ playwright Will Cooper isn’t interested in the simple answers. Rather, his new production, “Jade Heart”, has every intention to ask the hard-hitting questions of racial identity in a post-melting pot America, a topic as potentially layered as it is controversial.
DVD Review: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe’ Showcases Two Great Actors
Submitted by BrianTT on May 7, 2010 - 7:16pmCHICAGO – A TV movie that’s slightly light on substance and presented in a downright ugly standard DVD presentation, “Georgia O’Keeffe” is still well worth seeking out for it features one of the best actors and one of the best actresses currently alive in Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen, both nominated for multiple awards for their work in this film and both at the top of their game.
