American Made

Film Review: Tom Cruise in ‘American Made’ Never Gets Off the Ground

Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 29, 2017 - 9:27am

CHICAGO – Tom Cruise was once a Top Gun, but his newest film “American Made” never really takes off. It wants to be a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction kind of satire where commercial airline pilot Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) winds up getting involved in the Iran Contra Affair and the Medellín drug cartel, but it never creates an enthralling place or story.

HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘American Made’ With Tom Cruise

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 22, 2017 - 12:11pm

CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new film “American Made” starring Tom Cruise!

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Movie Gifts: Tis the Season for ‘Paramount Scares Vol. 2’ Collection

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Theater Review: ‘Inherit the Wind’ Speaks to Today at the Goodman Theatre

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.