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.
August 2017
Interview, Audio: Kyle Mooney & Dave McCary Create ‘Brigsby Bear’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 6, 2017 - 9:00amCHICAGO – “Live from New York, it’s a new generation of ‘Saturday Night Live’ movies!” Four guys from SNL… performers Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett, segment director Dave McCary, and producer/performer Andy Samberg all pitch in to create “Brigsby Bear,” the odd story of a man-boy who loves a TV show.
Good vs. Evil Brightly Entertaining in ‘The Dark Tower’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 4, 2017 - 1:17am![]() Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Nobody does good vs. evil archetypes like author Stephen King, and this framework is purposeful in the film adaptation of King’s “The Dark Tower.” The popular book series gets a visual kick through the rendering of director Nikolaj Arcel and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
Film Review: Good vs. Evil Brightly Entertaining in ‘The Dark Tower’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 4, 2017 - 1:10amCHICAGO – Nobody does good vs. evil archetypes like author Stephen King, and this framework is purposeful in the film adaptation of King’s “The Dark Tower.” The popular book series gets a visual kick through the rendering of director Nikolaj Arcel and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Sam Shepard
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2017 - 5:42pmCHICAGO – He was a true renaissance man, but his unassuming persona would conceal that lofty designation. Sam Shepard was a playwright, actor, author, screenwriter and director of countless important stage and screen works. Shepard died on July 27th, 2017, of complications due to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS). He was 73.
Film News: ‘September Morning’ Opens 8th Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival on Aug. 3, 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2017 - 9:42amCHICAGO – The 2017 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWIFF), a Chicagoland favorite for eight years, is hitting the big time by bringing the festival to the historic Music Box Theatre, in the City of Chicago proper for the first time. The Opening Night Film is “September Morning,” about a group of college kids bonding after the events of September 11th. The Opening Night short and feature films will be preceded by “The Blue Carpet,” and followed by an after party (details below). The BWIFF runs for eight days, through August 10th, 2017.
HollywoodChicago.com ESP, En Español: ‘Atomic Blonde,’ ‘Detroit,’ y ‘Dunkirk’
Submitted by JonHC on August 2, 2017 - 4:18amCHICAGO – Cada semana, HollywoodChicago.com le traerá las criticas de las películas que hemos visto y que están saliendo esa semana, pero en español. HollywoodChicago.com ESP no sólo representa HollywoodChicago.com Espanol, sino también Esta Semana en Peliculas. Esta semana haremos una gira de guerra a través de la historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (“Dunkirk”), a la Guerra Fría (“Atomic Blonde”) y a la zona de guerra en casa (“Detroit”).
HollywoodChicago.com ESP, En Español: ‘Atomic Blonde,’ ‘Detroit,’ y ‘Dunkirk’
Submitted by JonHC on August 2, 2017 - 4:09am- Atomic Blonde
- Charlize Theron
- Christopher Nolan
- Detroit
- Dunkirk
- En Español
- Esta Semana en Peliculas
- Harry Styles
- Hollywood Chicago en español
- HollywoodChicago ESP
- HollywoodChicago.com
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- James McAvoy
- John Boyega
- Jon Espino
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Mark Rylance
- Movie Review
- Sofia Boutella
- Tom Hardy
- Will Poulter
CHICAGO – Cada semana, HollywoodChicago.com le traerá las criticas de las películas que hemos visto y que están saliendo esa semana, pero en español. HollywoodChicago.com ESP no sólo representa HollywoodChicago.com Espanol, sino también Esta Semana en Peliculas. Esta semana haremos una gira de guerra a través de la historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (‘Dunkirk’), a la Guerra Fría (‘Atomic Blonde’) y a la zona de guerra en casa (‘Detroit’).
Exclusive Portraits: Jane Fonda Wows the Crowd in Chicago
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 1, 2017 - 9:41am- 9 to 5
- Academy Award
- Barbarella
- Barefoot in the Park
- Chicago International Film Festival
- CIFF
- Cinema/Chicago
- Coming Home
- Exclusive Portrait
- Grace and Frankie
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jane Fonda
- Joe Arce
- Klute
- Michael Kutza
- On Golden Pond
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- Radisson Blue Aqua Hotel
- Richard Roeper
CHICAGO – It was show time for two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda, as she accepted a Career Achievement Award from Cinema/Chicago at the Radisson Blue Aqua Hotel, and participated in a tribute night – moderated by Chicago Sun-Times Film Critic Richard Roeper – on Saturday, July 29th, 2017.