CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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‘Being the Ricardos’ Questions Who Loves Lucy
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 13, 2021 - 12:23pm- Aaron Sorkin
- Alia Shawkat
- Amazon Studios
- Being the Ricardos
- Desi Arnaz
- Ethel
- Fred
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I Love Lucy
- J.K. Simmons
- Jake Lacy
- Javier Bardem
- Linda Lavin
- Lucille Ball
- Lucy
- Mertz
- Movie Review
- Nicole Kidman
- Nina Arlanda
- Ricardo
- Ricky
- Ronny Cox
- Spike Walters
- Tony Hale
- Vivian Vance
- William Frawley
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CHICAGO – “Being the Ricardos” tries to tell the story of a comedy icon with a star who wouldn’t know physical comedy if it slapped her in the face. Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball isn’t the only problem weighing down this biopic, but anytime this lead-footed and ponderous production threatens to build up a little momentum, Kidman stops it in its tracks.
‘Imagine That’: Eddie Murphy’s Family Fare Predictable as Sunrise
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 12, 2009 - 2:22pm Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Nobody expects an actor to maintain the ambitions of their early career. The manic energy of Eddie Murphy from “Raw” or “48 Hours” is as gone as an ‘80s hairdo. But the numbing sameness of family-friendly Eddie is a direction that is stultifying, and does no favors for him or the audience.
