CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Last Station’ Showcases Two Great Actors in Top Form
Submitted by mattmovieman on June 23, 2010 - 6:25amCHICAGO – Michael Hoffman is not a director renowned for operatic drama. The closest he ever got to staging Shakespeare onscreen was in his problematic 1999 adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Emotional outbursts in a Hoffman picture are often tinged with offbeat humor, a fact well-illustrated by his his under-appreciated 1991 comedy “Soapdish.”
Interview: Michael Hoffman Stops at Academy Awards With ‘The Last Station’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 4, 2010 - 1:29pmCHICAGO – When the Oscar nominations were announced earlier this week one of the more unfamiliar titles was probably “The Last Station,” a historical drama nominated for Best Actress (Helen Mirren) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer).
Blu-Ray Review: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck in Thriller ‘State of Play’
Submitted by BrianTT on September 3, 2009 - 9:23amCHICAGO – I had some issues with “State of Play” in theaters, but it’s an intelligent thriller that is bound to find an audience on DVD and Blu-Ray and the Universal-produced Blu-Ray of the Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck film is an excellent one, the kind of release that can polish a good film and make it nearly great.
Blu-Ray Review: Brendan Fraser’s Dull ‘Inkheart’ Fails to Come to Life
Submitted by BrianTT on June 24, 2009 - 6:00amCHICAGO – Iain Softley’s “Inkheart” is about a man who can literally read characters into existence. They pop off the page and into reality. Sadly, the film that tells his story is shockingly dull and inert, a movie that is about stimulating a young reader’s imagination but is too boring to keep their attention.
Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck Bring Spark to Mediocre ‘State of Play’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 17, 2009 - 12:01am Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – I’ll be the first critic to tell you that they don’t make adult thrillers often enough. I was very disappointed by the lackluster box office take of Tony Gilroy’s ” Duplicity”. But does that mean that we should give all intellectual mysteries a pass? Of course not. And while I want to love Kevin Macdonald’s “State of Play,” a few poor decisions during production keep it back from being the excellent film it could have been.
Slideshow: 32-Image Gallery For ‘State of Play’ With Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck
Submitted by BrianTT on March 31, 2009 - 9:18amCHICAGO – This 32-image slideshow contains the press images for Universal’s “State of Play,” starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels and Helen Mirren. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray and directed by Kevin Macdonald, the film opens on Friday, April 17th, 2009.
Slideshow: 30-Image Gallery For ‘Inkheart’ With Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany
Submitted by BrianTT on January 22, 2009 - 10:27am
Brendan Fraser as Mo and Eliza Hope Bennett as Meggie in the fantasy adventure Inkheart.CHICAGO – This 30-image slideshow contains a selection of official press images from Warner Brothers’ “Inkheart,” which opens stateside on Friday, January 23rd, 2009.
