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Event: 'Long Live Jonathan Rosenbaum' Start: 15:00 End: 17:00 On May 4, 2008 at 3 p.m. at Facets Cinematheque (1517 W. Fullerton in Chicago), Jonathan Rosenbaum’s passage from his longtime tenure at the Chicago Reader will be celebrated. They say: 'Sweeney Todd' the musical Start: 18:30 End: 21:00 HollywoodChicago.com theater critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now performing in Chicago: Theater: 'In a Dark Dark House' Start: 20:00 End: 22:00 On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers find themselves face-to-face with each other’s involvement in their traumatic past. In court-ordered rehab, Drew calls on his brother, Terry, to corroborate his story of abuse.

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Swing Vote’ Wastes Great Cast on Predictable Script

CHICAGO – Joshua Michael Stern’s “Swing Vote” hit theaters at the peak of the Presidential campaign and it’s no coincidence that the Blu-Ray release lands in stores a week before President-Elect Obama takes office. With a great ensemble and old-fashioned sensibility, “Swing Vote” is a film that should work. Like a misguided campaign for office, it just doesn’t come together.
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