CHICAGO – In the last several years, how many times have you wanted to shout the “Mad as Hell” movie quote? Well, Invictus Theatre Co. has produced a stage adaptation of “Network” – with that quote shout worthy – at the Windy City Playhouse in Chicago through September 29th. For tickets/details, click HOWARD BEALE.
Rowan Joffe
Film Review: ‘Before I Go to Sleep’ Not Worth Remembering
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 31, 2014 - 11:59amCHICAGO – “Before I Go To Sleep” is a lobotomized amnesiac thriller that sure hopes its audience can’t remember “Memento.” It presents its promising concept as a slow, poorly paced potboiler that is packed with unpleasantness.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Before I Go to Sleep’ With Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 25, 2014 - 1:05pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new mystery “Before I Go to Sleep” starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth!
DVD Review: Flawed ‘Brighton Rock’ Adaptation Enhanced By Fine Ensemble
Submitted by mattmovieman on January 11, 2012 - 1:34pmCHICAGO – Graham Greene’s haunting 1938 crime novel doesn’t deserve to be uttered in the same breath as Stephenie Meyer’s tween phenomenon, “Twilight.” Yet in the hands of British filmmaker Rowan Joffe, Greene’s masterwork loses its theological intrigue and becomes a self-conscious melodrama fueled by two grim lovers who could be dead ringers for Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.
Film Review: ‘Brighton Rock’ Remake Fails to Justify its Existence
Submitted by BrianTT on August 26, 2011 - 4:00pm Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Rowan Joffe’s long-gestating remake of “Brighton Rock” (the 1947 noir classic was based on the beloved book by Graham Greene) raises the question least-desired in one of these situations – why bother? Sure, the story is a nifty little tale of a rising criminal undone by his own avarice and the love of a girl and the cast assembled for the remake is an undeniably talented ensemble.
Blu-Ray Review: Meditative, Excellent ‘The American’ With George Clooney
Submitted by BrianTT on January 3, 2011 - 10:14amCHICAGO – A movie that comes closer to the lyrical and meditative style of Michelangelo Antonioni than any other in years, Anton Corbijn’s “The American,” now on Blu-ray and DVD, is a nearly-brilliant drama that found a respectable audience in theaters even if it wasn’t quite the right one.
