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.
Morris Chestnut
Film Review: ‘When the Bough Breaks’ is in Need of Repairs
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 13, 2016 - 7:17pmCHICAGO – Popular nursery rhymes are told to children as a way to calm them, but also as some kind of cautionary tale. Most of us could hear the melody and be able to sing the words along with it. This predictability is both its greatest strength and weakness, but the predictability that is the nursery cautionary tale in “When the Bough Breaks” is anything but a strength.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 ‘The Best Man Holiday’ Blu-ray Combo Packs with Taye Diggs
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 16, 2014 - 5:10pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 10 free Blu-ray and DVD combo packs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of the new comedy “The Best Man Holiday” starring Taye Diggs!
Film Review: The Gang Happily Reunites in ‘The Best Man Holiday’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 15, 2013 - 5:52pmCHICAGO – Like a black “Big Chill,” the gang from the 1999 essential film “The Best Man” reunite to see old friends, celebrate the season, open old wounds and bury the past in a surprisingly serious yet emotionally spiritual sequel “The Best Man Holiday.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to Sequel ‘The Best Man Holiday’ with Taye Diggs
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 3, 2013 - 9:29pm- Adam Fendelman
- Eddie Cibrian
- Harold Perrineau
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- John Michael Higgins
- Malcolm D. Lee
- Melissa De Sousa
- Millie Davis
- Monica Calhoun
- Morris Chestnut
- Nia Long
- Regina Hall
- Richie Lawrence
- Sanaa Lathan
- Taye Diggs
- Terrence Howard
- The Best Man
- The Best Man Holiday
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to “The Best Man” sequel “The Best Man Holiday” starring Taye Diggs!
Film Review: Disappointing ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Replaces Style with Vulgarity
Submitted by BrianTT on August 15, 2013 - 12:55pmCHICAGO – More vulgar, violent, and generally vile than the first film, “Kick-Ass 2” is one of those incredibly annoying films that actually will mar the legacy of its predecessor by association. Writer/director Jeff Wadlow entirely misplaces the priorities of the first film, thinking that the sequel needs to be more extreme, even if that’s at the expense of style and intelligence.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Tix with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 9, 2013 - 11:16pm- Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Adam Fendelman
- Amy Anzel
- Augustus Prew
- Chloe Grace Moretz
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse
- Clark Duke
- Claudia Lee
- Donald Faison
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- Jeff Wadlow
- Jim Carrey
- John Leguizamo
- Kick-Ass
- Kick-Ass 2
- Mark Millar
- Morris Chestnut
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated sequel “Kick-Ass 2” with Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kick-Ass and Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit-Girl!
Blu-ray Review: Good Turn From Halle Berry Wasted on ‘The Call’
Submitted by BrianTT on July 2, 2013 - 1:11pmCHICAGO – I love Brad Anderson and the vision he showed in films like “Session 9,” “Transsiberian,” and his amazing episode of “Masters of Horror,” “Sounds Like.” He’s also done great work on television on shows like “Fringe” and “Boardwalk Empire.” And so while it seemed clear that “The Call,” recently released on Blu-ray and DVD, was little more than a director-for-hire gig, there was no denying they hired a really talented director. Sadly, even Anderson can’t save a remarkably boneheaded script that exploits more than scares and really falls apart in a final act that needed a full rewrite. Halle Berry gives it her all but this just doesn’t work.
Film Review: Tense Thriller Has Halle Berry Answering ‘The Call’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 16, 2013 - 12:31amCHICAGO – “The Call” rises above the usual crime drama for a couple of reasons. First, it is a thriller that runs at a breakneck speed, using the driving culture of Los Angeles in a cat-and-mouse chase. Secondly, it symbolically emphasizes the plight of women, and honors their empowerment.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Call’ With Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 12, 2013 - 8:13pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “The Call” starring Halle Berry from the director of “The Machinist”!
Interview: Halle Berry, Morris Chestnut Answer ‘The Call’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 11, 2013 - 12:35pmCHICAGO – Halle Berry has had a career of diverse and award-winning roles, and takes on another provocative character in the new movie, “The Call.” Her co-star in the film is Morris Chestnut, a versatile lead and character actor with films as varied as “Boyz n the Hood’ and “The Best Man.” They both honor the acting craft.