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.
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Podtalk: Director Felix Van Groeningen of ‘Beautiful Boy’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 21, 2018 - 11:13amCHICAGO – In a film certain to get Oscar buzz, “Beautiful Boy” opened on October 19th in Chicago, and opened the recent Chicago International Film Festival. The delicate and sensitive portrayal of addiction features fine performances from Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, guided by director Felix Van Groeningen.
What to Watch: March 25-April 11, 2014
Submitted by BrianTT on April 1, 2014 - 12:52pmWhat to Watch is back in two-week form this time around, hitting the most important Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming offerings from both March 25th and April 1st. No April Fool’s Day jokes here. We’re above that. Sorta. What you will find is one of the best movies of last year, a fantastic comedy series, a foreign film you really should see, and further proof that John Cusack is merely slipping into straight-to-DVD oblivion like that damn horse in “The Neverending Story”. Pick one of the six. What the Hell, pick two.
TV Review: USA Opens ‘Graceland,’ Begins Closure of ‘Burn Notice’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 6, 2013 - 12:43pmCHICAGO – USA and TNT have owned Summer television for the last several years with hits like “White Collar,” “Burn Notice,” “Royal Pains,” and “The Closer”.
TV Review: Sigourney Weaver Carries USA’s Disappointing ‘Political Animals’
Submitted by BrianTT on July 15, 2012 - 2:40pmCHICAGO – I’m a political junkie who naturally loves to follow the world of journalism as well and so I was psyched about the premiere of USA’s mini-series, “Political Animals,” a star-studded affair about how a powerful Washington family deals with a headstrong reporter and the secrets they still hope to keep.
TV Review: USA Heats Up Summer with ‘White Collar,’ ‘Covert Affairs’
Submitted by BrianTT on July 10, 2012 - 9:57amCHICAGO – Two of cable’s sexiest shows return tonight with the season premieres of USA’s “White Collar” and “Covert Affairs,” airing back-to-back at 8pm and 9pm CST, respectively. Whatever one can say critically about these inconsistent programs, it’s impossible to deny the fact that women swoon for Matt Bomer and men drool over Piper Perabo.
TV Review: USA’s ‘Royal Pains’ Returns For Breezy Summer Fun
Submitted by BrianTT on June 6, 2012 - 10:15amCHICAGO – USA’s highest rated series returns tonight with the fourth season premiere of the wonderfully breezy “Royal Pains.” I used to love and defend this show but I’m starting to grow concerned that it’s been out in the Hamptons sun for too long and grown complacent.
DVD Review: Latest Seasons of USA Hits ‘Burn Notice,’ ‘White Collar’ ‘Fairly Legal’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 5, 2012 - 2:20pmCHICAGO – USA and TNT have battled for Summer dominance and they’re both set to bring back several of their biggest hits in the coming weeks. Timed to get fans even more excited for the USA stable, Universal and Fox have released the most recent seasons of hits “Burn Notice,” “White Collar,” and “Fairly Legal” today and all should satisfy hardcore fans even if it is a bit surprising that none of them are being released in HD.
TV News: USA Network Gets ‘Modern Family,’ Readies Other Comedies
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 9:34amCHICAGO – USA Network, having recently acquired the rights to the syndicated run of “Modern Family,” announced a couple of other comedies recently from some pretty big names in the genre, as well as some interesting choices.
TV News: USA Serves Up Culinary Assassins, Dick Wolf Drama
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 9:29amCHICAGO – The USA Network is pretty excellent at taking ridiculous ideas and making them quality entertainment. The network that brought us the OCD Detective Monk and managed to squeeze a Christmas episode out of Stephen King’s ‘The Dead Zone’ is back at the quirky drama cafe yet again after offering up a preview of it’s 2012 Drama slate.
TV News: USA Welcomes Real Characters with Reality TV Initiative
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 9:20amCHICAGO – USA Network, most known for it’s WWE programming and a bunch of really good character focused comedy-drama’s you’ve wanted to get around to watching (but haven’t), announced several new reality TV programs it plans to bring to the network in 2012.