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Video Game Review: ‘Major League Baseball 2K9’ Hits Hard But Pops Up to the Warning Track
Submitted by BrianTT on March 3, 2009 - 3:18pm Video Game Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Playing 2K Sports’ “Major League Baseball 2K9” reminds me of spending an average season as a diehard fan of the Chicago Cubs. It starts with so much promise and there’s a lot to love through the bulk of the year. There are a few wins here and there and some really good times, but, at the end of the season, you’re usually left crying in your beer, wondering what the hell just happened.
DVD Review: ‘Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place - Live in Chicago’ Captures Windy City Show
Submitted by BrianTT on March 3, 2009 - 1:47pm DVD Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Fountains of Wayne have always put together light, breezy pop tunes, so a set in the Windy City seems the perfect location for their first ever concert DVD, “Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place - Live in Chicago”. The 16-song performance runs less than an hour and amplifies the band’s most notable weakness as the songs all kind of start to sound the same, but fans should be thrilled to finally own a piece of Wayne’s world.
Stores to Host Release Parties For ‘Twilight’ DVD on Friday, March 20, 2009
Submitted by BrianTT on March 3, 2009 - 10:24amCHICAGO – Can’t wait to get your hands on “Twilight” on DVD? Summit Home Entertainment announced today that on Friday, March 20th, 2009, from 10PM until 12 midnight, fans across the country will be able to celebrate and count down the minutes until they can take their favorite movie home.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic’ New Way to Read a Great Book
Submitted by BrianTT on March 3, 2009 - 9:55am Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Reviewing “Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic” is extremely difficult. The source material is absolutely fantastic, one of the best graphic novels in the history of the form and one of the most influential books of any kind from the last few decades. And the “Motion Comic” is incredibly loyal. But it’s hard not to say “just read the book”.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Admit-Two Passes to Chicago Screening of ‘Miss March’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 2, 2009 - 3:02pmCHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of “Miss March,” which stars Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore along with Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin and Eve Mauro.
Blu-Ray Review: Barry Levinson Wastes Great Ensemble in ‘What Just Happened’
Submitted by BrianTT on March 2, 2009 - 1:02pm Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – They made a movie about Bruce Willis’ beard. “What Just Happened” is yet another head-scratcher from one of the more acclaimed directors of the ’80s and ’90s, Barry Levinson. Like “Envy” and “Man of the Year” before it, Levinson has spit out yet another inert comedy with a great ensemble but no passion, creativity or life to it. A mediocre Blu-Ray presentation does nothing to enhance the film.
Interview: Kenny Johnson of TNT’s ‘Saving Grace’ on Second Season, Co-Starring With Holly Hunter
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 2, 2009 - 10:40am Television Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “Saving Grace,” which is the unusual and popular police drama on TNT, returns on Monday nights with all-new second-season episodes. Starring the Academy Award-winning actress Holly Hunter, the series focuses on her Oklahoma City detective character Grace Hanadarko.
TV Review: ‘Reaper’ Finally Returns From the Dead With Disappointing Season Premiere
Submitted by BrianTT on March 2, 2009 - 9:01amTelevision Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – I adored the first, underrated season of “Reaper” and was as puzzled as any TV viewer that the CW saw in their wisdom to delay season two until nearly ten months after the last episode aired. More than ever, television viewers operate in an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality and I don’t see how the delay and the brief season (just 13 episodes) could possibly do anything to build a following for this nearly-cancelled gem.
New DC Universe DVD Title, Cover Revealed: ‘Green Lantern: First Flight’
Submitted by BrianTT on March 1, 2009 - 2:50pmCHICAGO – Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation have revealed the fifth title in their popular DVD series of DC Universe animated original “PG-13” movies. In addition, they have sent HollywoodChicago.com the cover for “Green Lantern: First Flight”.
Drew Barrymore Rumored to Direct ‘Twilight’ Sequel ‘The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 27, 2009 - 11:55amCHICAGO – Had enough news about “The Twilight Saga’s New Moon”? Entertainment Weekly is reporting this morning that the next movie may already have a director and it’s a surprising choice, Drew Barrymore.
Fans of ‘Twilight’ Franchise Can Win Walk-On Part in ‘The Twilight Saga’s New Moon’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 27, 2009 - 10:57amCHICAGO – Have you always wanted to be in a “Twilight” movie? Think you have what it takes to act opposite Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner or Ashley Greene? Now you can win a walk-on role in “New Moon,” which is otherwise known as “The Twilight Saga’s New Moon”.
Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow Shine in Excellent ‘Two Lovers’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 27, 2009 - 10:18amCHICAGO – How many men have missed out on a great relationship because they were chasing a romantic vision largely of their own making? James Gray’s excellent “Two Lovers,” the film that Joaquin Phoenix has notoriously been promoting in a style similar to that of Andy Kaufman, is a wonderful character-driven drama about a man caught between what he has and what he wants.
DVD Review: ‘Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season’ Features Gripping Performance
Submitted by BrianTT on February 27, 2009 - 10:11am DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – AMC’s “Breaking Bad” is not one of my favorite shows on television but the lead performance by Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston is one of the most riveting I’ve seen in the last few years. He is pitch-perfect and everything that works about this unusual series comes from his great star turn.
