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HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Duchess of Langeais” with Guillaume Depardieu (Gerald Depardieu’s son):

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com critic Dustin Levell wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new play “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” at Chicago’s Raven Theatre:

Dustin Levell wrote:Chosen by Chicago’s Raven Theatre to close out its 25th year, director Michael Menendian and his cast of quick wits do the Neil Simon masterpiece great justice.

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Happening” from “The Sixth Sense” director M. Night Shyamalan starring Mark Wahlberg:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Incredible Hulk” starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth with cameos from Robert Downey Jr., Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno (the original Hulk):

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Savage Grace” with Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne:

HollywoodChicago.com critic Alissa Norby wrote in her 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new play “Relatively Close” at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre:

Alissa Norby wrote:Now comes “Relatively Close,” which is a new work by Chicago playwright James Sherman that has great aspirations yet is too convoluted to achieve any of them.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Edge of Heaven”:

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

I just received the following press release.

Steppenwolf Presents
Superior Donuts
By Ensemble Member Tracy Letts
Directed by Ensemble Member Tina Landau
June 19 - August 17, 2008

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “When Did You Last See Your Father?” with Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent:

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Love Guru” with Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Stephen Colbert, Verne Troyer and Deepak Chopra:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Get Smart” with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson:

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his review of the new musical “Shout! The Mod Musical”:

Adam Fendelman wrote:The musical is the story of five fab women in London being liberated as children of the swinging 60s with the hair, heart and soul of the twist-and-shout generation.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new documentary “Up the Yangtze” now playing at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed Richard Jenkins from the seminal HBO series “Six Feet Under” on his new film “The Visitor” and on working with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. McDonald wrote in the interview:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 5.0 out of 5.0 review (a rare perfect rating) of Disney’s new Pixar film “WALL-E” with Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver from writer and director Andrew Stanton:

In episode two of the HollywoodChicago.com podcast, our staffers discuss the blockbusters “WALL-E” and “Wanted,” which both open on Friday.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Wanted” with James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Common and David O’Hara:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.0 out of 5.0 review of the new French James Bond spoof “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed “Brick Lane” director Sarah Gavron and “Brick Lane” lead actress Tannishtha Chatterjee. McDonald, who scored the film with a 4.0 rating out of 5.0, wrote in the interview:

I just received the following press release.

CHUCK SMITH’S ALL-NEW AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ MAKES THE JOINT JUMP

***POWERHOUSE CHICAGO CAST INCLUDING E. FAYE BUTLER, PARRISH COLLIER, JOHN STEVEN CROWLEY, LINA KERNAN AND ALEXIS ROGERS

PERFORMS NEARLY 30 OF FATS WALLER’S TUNES***

HollywoodChicago.com critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed stars Michael Bunin, Kyle Howard and Reid Scott of the set-in-Chicago hit TBS television show “My Boys”. Read the full interview here!

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “My Winnipeg” from director Guy Maddin:

First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue with a special Chicago premiere screening of the Steppenwolf Films comedy ‘Diminished Capacity’ (directed by Terry Kinney) on Tuesday, July 1st at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, beginning at 6 p.m.

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.0 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Hancock” from director Peter Berg with Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman:

I just received the following press release.

Chicago Shakespeare Brings New Musical to Navy Pier: Roald Dahl’s Family Classic Willy Wonka From July 8 to August 17, 2008

In this unique HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: TV, 25 admit-two VIP passes will be given away to an exclusive Chicago screening party kicking off season four of the hit TNT television show “The Closer,” which stars Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick.

HollywoodChicago.com critic Patrick McDonald has interviewed star Josh Peck and director Jonathan Levine on the new film “The Wackness” with Peck, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby (from “Juno” fame), Mary-Kate Olsen and Method Man. Levine said in the interview:

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman wrote in his 2.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” from “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Seth MacFarlane, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Doug Jones, John Hurt and Jeffrey Tambo: