CHICAGO – Just in time for Pride Month, Strawdog Theatre Co. presents an updated staging of the Oscar Wilde classic, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Strawdog policy … the tickets are FREE (donations encouraged), but you must put in a reservation by clicking EARNEST.
HollywoodChicago.com Movie Reviews
‘Balls of Fury’: Thank You; Try Again
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 31, 2007 - 10:31am
CHICAGO – Thank you. Try again. When your sell is entirely dependent on being utterly hi-lar-ious, you’d better trigger unruly body spasms.
‘The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters’ is Tour de Force For Arcade Dweebs
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 27, 2007 - 2:54am
CHICAGO – There’s nothing more boring than sitting at a bar and watching someone manhandle the joysticks of classic arcade games like Ms. Pac-Man or Donkey Kong.
‘Illegal Tender’ is Yawningly Generic, Must-Miss Movie of Summer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 24, 2007 - 12:25pm
CHICAGO – Though not billed as a comedy, “Illegal Tender” is one of those yawningly generic films that tries too hard to be taken seriously and ends up making you laugh.
Anne Hathaway Steals Show in Slow, Stuffy ‘Becoming Jane’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 3, 2007 - 8:02pm
CHICAGO – “Becoming Jane” is slow, stuffy – as it should be in that time period – but beautifully acted and scripted. Anne Hathaway as pre-fame Jane Austen entirely steals the show.
Bourne is Back, Badass in ‘Ultimatum,’ Still Unrealistically Unbreakable
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 1, 2007 - 3:23pm CHICAGO – Matt Damon as Jason Bourne never thinks. He just does.
For ‘Once,’ Carney Casts Musicians – Not Actors – in Masterful Musical
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 27, 2007 - 7:06pmCHICAGO – To purely document the life of a street-singing busker, “Once” director John Carney didn’t engage actors. He married musicians.
‘Shrek the Third’ is Foxy Flirt Between Kid’s Play, Adult Wit
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 18, 2007 - 1:41amCHICAGO – To thwart his fate of being royally screwed (“mommy, what does that mean?”), the ornery ogre who smells like the shallow end of a swamp has unwavering resolve to crown someone else as proxy for his kingdom’s recently croaked king.
‘28 Weeks Later’ is Heart-Palpitating, Seat-Jittering Gore Fest
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 15, 2007 - 6:32pm
CHICAGO – Having sold so many on a first film that’s watertight in warranting a second, a sequel answers to a much higher authority.
‘Lucky You’ vs. ‘Rounders’: Bana is No Norton, Duvall is No Malkovich
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 10, 2007 - 6:51pmTobey Maguire ‘Black’ in Action in Venomously Conflicted ‘Spider-Man 3’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 3, 2007 - 4:08am
CHICAGO – At the heart of every great film is a good conflict. In Spidey’s third advent, his heart is venomously conflicted and so is the film.
The film gets gargantuan props on its special effects. Of course, the entertaining visual acuity is expected and is no surprise.
‘The Condemned’ Attempts to Validate Violence With Provocative Concepts
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 27, 2007 - 8:32pmCHICAGO – This is why wrestlers wrestle and actors act.
“The Condemned” tobogganed downhill the second it splashed the WWE on an introductory screen. Sure, you know the WWF, but you may be learning for the first time about World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Ryan Gosling ‘Fractures’ Anthony Hopkins in ‘Homicidal Modern’ Mystery
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 26, 2007 - 4:39pm
CHICAGO – Anthony Hopkins returns with his unparalleled eyes of terror in “Fracture” for a sly brain battle with
