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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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 ‘Get on Up’ Blu-ray Combo Packs With Chadwick Boseman as James Brown
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 7, 2015 - 10:03pm- Adam Fendelman
- Brandon Smith
- Brian Grazer
- Chadwick Boseman
- Craig Robinson
- Dan Aykroyd
- Fred Melamed
- Get on Up
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack
- James Brown
- Jez Butterworth
- Jill Scott
- John-Henry Butterworth
- Josh Hopkins
- Lennie James
- Mick Jagger
- Nelsan Ellis
- Octavia Spencer
- Tate Taylor
- The Help
- Viola Davis
CHICAGO – In our latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack giveaway, we have 10 free Blu-ray and DVD combo packs up for grabs for the home release of the Grammy-nominated James Brown story “Get on Up” starring Chadwick Boseman (“42,” “Draft Day”)!
Film Review: James Brown Bio ‘Get On Up’ Stuck in a Funk
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 1, 2014 - 4:25pmCHICAGO – “Get On Up” contains one dynamite performance trapped in a frustratingly mediocre movie. James Brown’s life and music offer a wealth of material to work with, that doesn’t necessarily adhere to the conventions of a formulaic musical biopic.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to James Brown Story ‘Get on Up’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 27, 2014 - 1:18am- 42
- Adam Fendelman
- Brandon Smith
- Brian Grazer
- Chadwick Boseman
- Craig Robinson
- Dan Aykroyd
- Fred Melamed
- Get on Up
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Jagged Films
- James Brown
- Jez Butterworth
- Jill Scott
- John-Henry Butterworth
- Josh Hopkins
- Lennie James
- Mick Jagger
- Nelsan Ellis
- Octavia Spencer
- Tate Taylor
- The Help
- Universal Pictures
- Viola Davis
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new music biography “Get on Up” starring Chadwick Boseman (“42,” “Draft Day”) as James Brown!
TV Review: HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Has Lost Its Pulse
Submitted by BrianTT on June 16, 2013 - 10:56amCHICAGO – Does anyone else remember when “True Blood” was fun? When it was about a special girl falling for a brooding vamp and not ALWAYS about the fate of the entire world? When it had a sense of humor, especially in characters like Jason & Lafayette?
Blu-ray Review: Fantastic Set For HBO’s Beloved ‘True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 15, 2012 - 12:32pmCHICAGO – HBO used to be a company that kind of let the quality of their TV shows speak for themselves. They would release DVD box sets that often included nary a special feature. Bonus material? Look to one of those “lesser” networks. Our shows are bonus enough. With the advent of Blu-ray however and an increasingly competitive collector’s market, HBO has gone in the complete other direction, releasing increasingly impressive TV on Blu-ray sets. The one just launched for their massive hit “True Blood,” the fourth season, is one of the best to date. It’s a shame the actual season is the worst yet for the show because the Blu-ray set is spectacular.
TV Review: Chaos Continues to Dominate HBO’s Intense ‘True Blood’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 8, 2012 - 1:51pmCHICAGO – “We done with all the supernatural bulls**t, you heard me?!?!” — Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis). Does a pissed off Lafayette speak for you? Are you tired of all of the chaos on HBO’s “True Blood”? Do you wish the show would stop with so many cluttered subplots and settle down?
TV Review: Strong Season Premiere For HBO’s Beloved ‘True Blood’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 25, 2011 - 6:41pmCHICAGO – Let’s be honest “True Blood” fans — the end of last season was a plasma-soaked mess. It almost felt as if the writers of this often-great show had just set too many plates in motion over three years of seasons in which the plots ran consecutively.
Blu-Ray Review: Third Season of HBO’s Sex-Soaked Smash ‘True Blood’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 17, 2011 - 3:00pmCHICAGO – The most blood and sex-soaked program on television returns at the end of this month for another round of supernatural chaos but there’s still time to catch up with the third season of HBO’s “True Blood,” recently released in a bonus-packed DVD and Blu-ray set.
Interview: Director Randall Wallace Returns With ‘Secretariat’
Submitted by BrianTT on October 7, 2010 - 9:48amCHICAGO – Randall Wallace began his screenwriting career at the top of the ladder, penning the script for the Best Picture-winning “Braveheart” and earning an Oscar nomination himself. He went on to direct “The Man in the Iron Mask” and “We Were Soldiers,” and returns this week with the inspirational “Secretariat,” the true story of the legendary horse starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich.
TV Review: ‘True Blood’ Promises Bloody Good Time This Summer
Submitted by BrianTT on June 11, 2010 - 3:50pmCHICAGO – Vampire and werewolf fans may be counting the days until the release of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” at the end of this month but HBO’s spectacular “True Blood” returns this weekend with an excellent start to a third season of one of the most unusual and consistently entertaining shows on television.