CHICAGO – When two brothers confront the sins of each other and it expands into a psychology of an entire race, it’s at a stage play found in Chicago’s Invictus Theatre Company production of “Topdog/Underdog,” now at their new home at the Windy City Playhouse through March 31st, 2024. Click TD/UD for tickets/info.
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Film Review: Gothic Originality in ‘We Are What We Are’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 12, 2013 - 8:01amCHICAGO – Finding something truly original in the horror genre is rare. The most effective scare tactics are ones that touch the heart of our familiarity and psychosis. Re-imagining a Mexican film from 2010, director Jim Mickle gets right to the gothic heart of it all in “We Are What We Are.”
Interview: Director Jim Mickle of ‘We Are What We Are’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 7, 2013 - 5:35pmCHICAGO – One of the more unique horror film stories is in the upcoming release of “We Are What We Are,” a re-imagining of a 2010 Mexican film, co-written and directed by Jim Mickle. In moving the story to America, Mickle changes the mood of how the rituals transpire, and attaches those rituals to extreme religion.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Free ‘Top Gun’ 3D Blu-rays With Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 16, 2013 - 2:24pmCHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Blu-ray, we have 5 free Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray combo packs up for grabs for the highly anticipated home entertainment release of “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer!
Blu-ray Review: Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ Offers Slow Burn Horror
Submitted by BrianTT on May 1, 2012 - 2:37pmCHICAGO – Ti West’s “The Innkeepers” is one of the most divisive films of the year, a love-it-or-hate-it affair — my favorite kind of movie. I see both sides. I get how the slow burn doesn’t work for some people (and, honestly, it didn’t really work for me in West’s “House of the Devil”) and I get how modern horror fans might be upset at the lack of a sure payoff in this ghost story.
Film Review: Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ is Terrifying Horror Gem
Submitted by BrianTT on February 2, 2012 - 11:26amCHICAGO – Ti West’s “The Innkeepers” is one of the most effective horror movies of the last several years, a true gem of the genre that reminds a scary movie junkie like myself why I fell in love with them in the first place.
Interview: Director Ti West, Actress Sara Paxton of ‘The Innkeepers’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 1, 2012 - 9:17amCHICAGO – Director Ti West has formulated a career re-imagining some of the scare tactics used in the classic horror films of the late 1970s and early ‘80s. His deliberately paced style created a frightening “House of the Devil” in 2009, and now he’s back with up-and-coming Sara Paxton for “The Innkeepers.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘The Innkeepers’ With Sara Paxton
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 26, 2012 - 5:41pmCHICAGO – In our latest horror/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “The Innkeepers” starring Sara Paxton from “The House of the Devil” director Ti West!
Blu-Ray Review: 25th Anniversary Edition of Blockbuster ‘Top Gun’
Submitted by BrianTT on September 8, 2011 - 2:41pmCHICAGO – “Top Gun” is one of those movies that defies critical analysis. It’s purposefully stupid, playing off and even redefining macho archetypes in such a way that I would argue that it’s one of the most influential blockbusters of the ’80s. But is it a “good” movie? Not really. But who cares? It’s fun and the 25th Anniversary Edition plays right into the wallets of fan’s need for speed.