CHICAGO – There is no better time to take in a stage play that is based in U.S. history, depicting the battle between fact and religion. The old theater chestnut – first mounted in 1955 – is “Inherit the Wind,” now at the Goodman Theatre, completing it’s short run through October 20th. For tickets and more information, click INHERIT.
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HollywoodChicago.com critic Alissa Norby wrote in her 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new play “Relatively Close” at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre:
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Edge of Heaven”:
When: October 28 through November 6
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I just received the following press release.
Steppenwolf Presents
Superior Donuts
By Ensemble Member Tracy Letts
Directed by Ensemble Member Tina Landau
June 19 - August 17, 2008
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “When Did You Last See Your Father?” with Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent:
When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Get Smart” with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson:
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Love Guru” with Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Stephen Colbert, Verne Troyer and Deepak Chopra:
When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new documentary “Up the Yangtze” now playing at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre:
When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed Richard Jenkins from the seminal HBO series “Six Feet Under” on his new film “The Visitor” and on working with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. McDonald wrote in the interview:
When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 5.0 out of 5.0 review (a rare perfect rating) of Disney’s new Pixar film “WALL-E” with Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver from writer and director Andrew Stanton:
In episode two of the HollywoodChicago.com podcast, our staffers discuss the blockbusters “WALL-E” and “Wanted,” which both open on Friday.
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new French James Bond spoof “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”:
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Wanted” with James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Common and David O’Hara:
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed “Brick Lane” director Sarah Gavron and “Brick Lane” lead actress Tannishtha Chatterjee. McDonald, who scored the film with a 4.0 rating out of 5.0, wrote in the interview:
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When: October 28 through November 6
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I just received the following press release.
CHUCK SMITH’S ALL-NEW AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ MAKES THE JOINT JUMP ***POWERHOUSE CHICAGO CAST INCLUDING E. FAYE BUTLER, PARRISH COLLIER, JOHN STEVEN CROWLEY, LINA KERNAN AND ALEXIS ROGERS
PERFORMS NEARLY 30 OF FATS WALLER’S TUNES***
HollywoodChicago.com critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed stars Michael Bunin, Kyle Howard and Reid Scott of the set-in-Chicago hit TBS television show “My Boys”. Read the full interview here!
When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “My Winnipeg” from director Guy Maddin:
First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue with a special Chicago premiere screening of the Steppenwolf Films comedy ‘Diminished Capacity’ (directed by Terry Kinney) on Tuesday, July 1st at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, beginning at 6 p.m.
When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Hancock” from director Peter Berg with Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman:
When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
Where: All around Chicago!
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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In this unique HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, 25 admit-two VIP passes will be given away to an exclusive Chicago screening party kicking off season four of the hit TNT television show “The Closer,” which stars Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick.
When: October 28 through November 6
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In this unique HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, 25 admit-two VIP passes will be given away to an exclusive Chicago screening party kicking off season four of the hit TNT television show “The Closer,” which stars Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick.
When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed star Josh Peck and director Jonathan Levine on the new film “The Wackness” with Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby (from “Juno” fame), Mary-Kate Olsen and Method Man. Levine said in the interview:
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” from “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Seth MacFarlane, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Doug Jones, John Hurt and Jeffrey Tambo:
When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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When: October 28 through November 6
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Meet Dave” with Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks and Gabrielle Union:
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Dustin Levell wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Journey to the Center of the Earth” with Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem:
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HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman has interviewed actor G.W. Bailey from the hit TV show “The Closer” on TNT with Kyra Sedgwick. Bailey describes his “three families”: his personal family, his non-profit work with cancer kids and his professional family with the cast and crew of “The Closer”. He says this season will have “power” as its story arc.
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new French film “Tell No One” with Kristin Scott Thomas, François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Nathalie Baye and Marina Hands:
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HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Alissa Norby wrote in her 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new Chicago play “Lookingglass Alice” at the Lookingglass Theatre:
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In the culmination of more than a year of original coverage on “The Dark Knight,” HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman has published his 5.0 out of 5.0 review on the film along with an exclusive, 35-image Chicago red carpet featuring original photography of director Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Chin Han and more. Fendelman writes:
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HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new musical film “Mamma Mia!” with Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski: