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CHICAGO THEATER & TV REVIEWS
CHICAGO – After a delay that lasted well in excess of a year, “24” returns to FOX this Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. with a two-hour “special event” (they used to just be called “TV movies”) called “24: Redemption”.
CHICAGO – “Wow! I feel like I’m at a rock concert!” “Me too. It’s like I want to rush the stage!”
While overhearing this conversation between two young women at the recent Chicago opening of “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” I realized there were no better words to sum up Drury Lane’s recent jukebox-blaring, toe-tapping homage to one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time.
CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSION
My Discussions Over the Weekend
I saw the movie Saturday night, how can you not if you are a film fan? After a slam-bang beginning, in which Lucas and Spielberg basically pay homage to their baby boomer roots (Shia looking like Marlon Brando in “The Wild One” was a hoot, for example), the movie settles into another path that wasn’t as compelling. A friend of mine summed it up succinctly when he said “it looked like a video game.” Bingo! There were times I expected the point values to appear on the screen.
A solid 3 out of 5 for me.
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