James Ransone
Blu-ray Review: Brilliantly Acted ‘Starlet’ Portrays Beauty of Unlikely Bond
Submitted by mattmovieman on May 15, 2013 - 8:34am.CHICAGO – Besedka Johnson was 85 years old when she was discovered at a YMCA. After devoting her life to astrology, the genial woman was suddenly brought to the attention of indie filmmakers intrigued by her vintage movie star features. At 86, she delivered a tour-de-force film debut in Sean Baker’s marvelous drama, “Starlet.” And at 87, she passed away.
Film Review: Crime Thriller ‘Broken City’ Fictionalizes its Crime Without Most of its Thrill
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 20, 2013 - 9:36pm.CHICAGO – Rife with corruption and injustice, the setting for “Broken City” could have been picked from a litter of U.S. metropolitans. Said star Mark Wahlberg in a recent red-carpet interview with HollywoodChicago.com, it’s not Chicago.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Sinister’ From ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 3, 2012 - 11:14pm.CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the highly anticipated “Sinister” from the producer of “Paranormal Activity”!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘The Son of No One’ With Channing Tatum
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 29, 2011 - 9:22pm.CHICAGO – In our latest police thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Son of No One” starring Channing Tatum and Al Pacino!
DVD Review: ‘Generation Kill’ Defines New Face of American War
Submitted by BrianTT on December 17, 2008 - 2:26pm.CHICAGO – David Simon and Ed Burns, two of the television geniuses behind “The Wire”, turned their eyes and ears from the gang-ridden streets of Baltimore to the bullet-strewn bodies of Iraq in the incredible seven-part HBO mini-series “Generation Kill”, now available in a box set from HBO Home Video.
