CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Film Review: ‘Beyond the Lights’ Has a Respect for Storytelling
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2014 - 7:13pmCHICAGO – Writer/Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the creator of the cult favorite “Love & Basketball,” is back with another original story that she created, an intimate and romantic perspective on a singer on the path to nowhere, despite superstar-level fame. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as that singer in “Beyond the Lights.”
Interview: Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Directed ‘Beyond the Lights’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 12, 2014 - 12:26pmCHICAGO – The show business life is ripe for drama, and the new film “Beyond the Lights” explores the difficulties of the the superstar reaches of the music business, through a Beyoncé-type singer. Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Noni, and the film’s director is Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”).
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Beyond the Lights’ From ‘Love & Basketball’ Filmmaker
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 10, 2014 - 11:26pm- Adam Fendelman
- Aisha Hinds
- Belle
- Benito Martinez
- Beyond the Lights
- Danny Glover
- Darryl Stephens
- Elaine Tan
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- India Jean-Jacques
- Isaac Keys
- Love & Basketball
- Minnie Driver
- Nate Parker
- Relativity Media
- Richard Colson Baker
- Tyler Christopher
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new drama “Beyond the Lights” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Belle”) from the writer and director of “Love & Basketball”!
Slideshow: 50th Chicago International Film Festival Opening Night, Black Perspectives Gala
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 16, 2014 - 10:24am- Andrew Davis
- Beyond the Lights
- Black Perspectives Gala
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Collin Farrell
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Grace McPhillips
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
- Jessica Chastain
- Joe Arce
- Kathleen Turner
- Liv Ullmann
- Michael Kutza
- Miss Julie
- Opening Night
- Patrick McDonald
- Red Carpet
CHICAGO – The 2014 edition of the 50th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off on October 9th with a spectacular presentation of “Miss Julie,” directed by the legendary Liv Ullmann, featuring Colin Ferrell and Jessica Chastain. The following evening was the Black Perspective Gala, at which the spotlight was on “Beyond the Lights,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to Film Festival Hit ‘Belle’ With Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 4, 2014 - 8:31pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the film festival hit “Belle” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Dr. Who”) and Tom Wilkinson (“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”)!
TV Review: FOX’s ‘Touch’ With Kiefer Sutherland Comes With Heavy Hand
Submitted by BrianTT on January 25, 2012 - 11:09amCHICAGO – With elements of “Pay It Forward,” “The Number 23,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” classic inspirational TV fare like “Touched by an Angel,” and the later seasons of “Heroes,” FOX’s new drama, “Touch,” is an absolute mess.
Film Review: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Repurpose ‘Larry Crowne’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 1, 2011 - 6:16amCHICAGO – Movie stars need certain types of films to keep their star power safe and audiences expect certain things from them, with limitations, to create summer movie comfort. Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts fill the bill in “Larry Crowne.”
TV Review: J.J. Abrams-Produced ‘Undercovers’ is Stylish, Familiar
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 22, 2010 - 7:35amCHICAGO – The timing of “Undercovers” might be inopportune — the notion of CIA super spies adding to the deficit by overextending their expense accounts — yet the show itself is bright and exciting with beautiful actors and settings. But despite the presence of J.J. Abrams of “Lost,” it doesn’t break any new ground.