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Film Review: Instead of Geeky Greatness, Adam Sandler Sucks the Soul Out of a Badly Miscast ‘Pixels’

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 23, 2015 - 10:58pm

CHICAGO – The epitome of an idea that far outweighs its execution, “Pixels” is a bittersweet blunder that had all of the elements to be geeky great but ends up being cheesy mediocre. I could literally feel its potential for 105 minutes, but the $88 million film ultimately fails to realize it.

HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Pixels’ With Adam Sandler, Kevin James

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 18, 2015 - 10:47am

CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “Pixels” starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James!

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

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