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.
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Podtalk: Dennis Dugan Directs ‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 2, 2020 - 8:23pmCHICAGO – Dennis Dugan, in directing Adam Sandler (“Happy Gilmore”), Chris Farley (“Beverly Hills Ninja”) and John Ritter (“Problem Child”), can rightly be considered a comedy director icon. He also for his latest film, “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” developed the story and wrote the screenplay for the first time.
Via Zoom: Melinda Hill on ‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 1, 2020 - 6:33pmCHICAGO – When we last talked to Melinda Hill, it was for her stand-up comedy special “Inappropriate.” It also turns out that she acts in a new film, the ensemble comedy “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” directed by Dennis Dugan and featuring Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, and Maggie Grace, among others.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’ With Kaley Cuoco
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 11, 2015 - 12:25amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new animated comedy “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” starring Kaley Cuoco and Jason Lee!
Blu-ray Review: ‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Fails to Transcend Offensive Premise
Submitted by mattmovieman on October 25, 2012 - 8:49amCHICAGO – There’s something very wrong with Bradley Parker’s “Chernobyl Dairies,” and the problem is right there in its title. The very notion of setting a knee-jerk horror film at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster is so offensive that it’s bound to halt many moviegoers from judging the picture on its own terms. It’s the cinematic equivalent of an obscenely tasteless haunted house.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Movie Vouchers to ‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Plus Grand-Prize Packs
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 1, 2012 - 4:15pmCHICAGO – In our latest found-footage horror edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie vouchers plus 3 grand-prize packs up for grabs to the new horror film “Chernobyl Diaries” from “Paranormal Activity” creator Oren Peli!
Film Review: Inconsistent ‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Still Finds Effective Ways to Creep You Out
Submitted by BrianTT on May 24, 2012 - 11:01pmCHICAGO – Bradley Parker’s “Chernobyl Diaries” has just enough personality, confident technical elements, and outright weirdness to make it a trip worth taking for horror fans. The fact that the parts of the production that undeniably work couldn’t be wrangled into something that’s more competent overall is disappointing but there’s more to like here than one would expect.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Horton Hears a Who’ a Playful Movie, Average Blu-Ray
Submitted by BrianTT on December 15, 2008 - 1:20pmCHICAGO – Fox animation tries to keep pace with DreamWorks and Disney with their high budget, extras-packed release of “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who”, an entertaining animated adventure but a Blu-Ray release that does nothing to rise above average.