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‘Food, Inc.’: An Undercooked Documentary With Simply Too Much on Its Plate

Submitted by Ebeth on June 19, 2009 - 12:11pm.

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CHICAGO – The side effect of a well-executed horror film is lack of sleep. The side effect of a well-executed documentary on corruption of our food supply is lack of appetite. Personally? I left “Food, Inc.,” went straight to lunch and had a big ole’ fried-chicken salad.

Death-Defying Audacity Walks Between the Twin Towers in New Documentary ‘Man on Wire’

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 18, 2008 - 9:00pm.

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CHICAGO – Where have all the true eccentrics gone? Where are all those people who achieve a Zen purpose just because the challenge is there?

“Man on Wire” is a documentary that tells of such a challenge 34 years ago in another place and time.

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