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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Elysium’ with Matt Damon
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated sci-fi...
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Film Review: Nothing New in ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’
CHICAGO– The last time I checked, I am not a swoony teenage girl, looking to be romanced by a hunky-but-shadowy demon hunter. Thus the margin for enjoying “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” falls...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Battle of the Year’ in 3D...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the 3D dance film “Battle of the...
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Film Review: ‘About Last Night’ Remake Suffers from Lack of Focus
CHICAGO– The remake of the 1986 Chicago-based movie, ‘About Last Night,’ has potential for a thematic redo. That opportunity seems squandered in this 2014 version, as the focus is just on casting and...
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Film Review: ‘Sex Tape’ a Comedy Sorely Lacking in Laughs
CHICAGO– Jason Segel is usually fun to watch in just about anything, but he sure isn’t fun in “Sex Tape,” a big studio summer comedy with a fatal flaw - it doesn’t seem to know what’s funny. So like a...
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Film Review: Kevin Hart Takes a Plunge in ‘The Wedding Ringer’
CHICAGO– “The Wedding Ringer” is a Wedding Stinker. It’s a misogynistic trip through a barren land of hackneyed premises, stock characters, female stereotypes and strained physical gags that...
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Film Review: Consciousness Morality for Robots in Odd ‘Chappie’
CHICAGO– Who would think a robot movie would teach us about being more intuitively “human”? “Chappie” is a very peculiar film – with fighting robots, violence and grit on one side, and the tenderness...
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Film Review: Adolescence Boldly Drawn in ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’
CHICAGO– Real boldness, real truth, is hard to fine in teenage stories. The confusing and hormonal time is often trivialized, or used as a prop for unlikely situations. “Diary of a Teenage Girl” pulls...
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Film Review: Drac Pack Still a Drag in ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’
CHICAGO– For the younger set unable to experience the mystique of Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein in their original creations, “Hotel Transylvania 2” may prove to be an introduction to the legendary...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of IMAX Passes to ‘The Walk’ With...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening IMAX passes up for grabs to the true story“The Walk” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Philippe Petit from...
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Film Review: Not Too Many Good Reasons to Experience ‘The Walk’
CHICAGO– I am not opposed to dramatic retellings of true events from history, but I think the drama should at least be as entertaining as a PBS documentary on the same subject. “The Walk” tells the...
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Film Review: ‘The 5th Wave’ Crashes, Then Slowly Dissipates
CHICAGO– Is there ever an end to the Young Adult Dystopia genre (“Hunger Games,” “Maze Runner,” etc.)? Or are we cursed with the end of the world every year, if it weren’t for those meddling kids? “The...
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Film Review: Hard to Find a Point to ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’
CHICAGO– Having not read this best-selling source novel, I had a hard time understanding the point of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.’ Amazingly, it falls short as both a zombie movie and a satire of...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Risen’ With Joseph Fiennes
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new film “Risen” starring Joseph Fiennes! “Risen” is an epic Biblical...
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Film Review: Approach of ‘Money Monster’ is Pure Fraud
CHICAGO– In our society there is one eternal truth…the rich will ALWAYS win, that’s one of the reasons that they are rich. So when “Money Monster” attempts to take them down a peg with a ridiculous...
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Film Review: ‘Sausage Party’ is a Hard R-Rated Raunchy Good Time
CHICAGO– First things first. Don’t let the fact this is animated fool you, “Sausage Party” is most definitely, absolutely NOTFORCHILDREN. This is a hard R-rated Seth Rogen raunch fest that may induce...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Don’t Breathe’ From ‘Evil...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Don’t Breathe” from the creators of “Evil Dead” and...
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Interview: Actor Stephen Lang, Director Fede Alvarez Advise Their Audience to...
CHICAGO– The horror genre in film is always looking for a shot in the old fear factor, and the new release “Don’t Breathe” delivers that injection (heh-heh). The second film by director Fede Alvarez...
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Film Review: ‘Don’t Breathe’ is a Terrifying Sensory Experience
CHICAGO– The horror genre can be a complex creature. The great films can show you the difference between ‘horror’ and ‘terror’. Some horror is all shock and no substance, while terror can be all fear,...
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Film Review: ‘When the Bough Breaks’ is in Need of Repairs
CHICAGO– Popular nursery rhymes are told to children as a way to calm them, but also as some kind of cautionary tale. Most of us could hear the melody and be able to sing the words along with it. This...
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