CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Battleship’ is One Long Special Effect
Submitted by BrianTT on September 14, 2012 - 10:05amCHICAGO – Critics like to complain that some Hollywood blockbusters skew the balance from character to special effects. With “Battleship,” it’s almost as if director Peter Berg decided, after a brief bit of character set-up, that he would just give up entirely on the human element of his movie. It’s CGI overload, an orgy of special effects designed to rattle your brain like a hyperactive video game.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Free ‘Battleship’ Blu-rays With Taylor Kitsch From ‘Hancock’ Director
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 24, 2012 - 12:33amCHICAGO – In our latest blockbuster edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Blu-ray, we have 5 free Blu-rays up for grabs for the highly anticipated home entertainment release of “Battleship” starring Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna and Liam Neeson from “Hancock” director Peter Berg!
Film Review: Boredom Awaits During ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ with Cameron Diaz
Submitted by BrianTT on May 18, 2012 - 11:16amCHICAGO – “Battleship” is getting a lot of flack this week for having little to do with its alleged source. I would argue that the awful “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” is even more dishonest when it comes to its inspiration.
Film Review: Despite Rihanna, Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’ Lands as One of the Best Popcorn Flicks Ever
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 18, 2012 - 1:01amCHICAGO – “Battleship” certainly could simplistically be reduced to a 131-minute propaganda piece of why you might want to enlist in the U.S. Navy – that is, if Earth had to ward off lizard-like creatures from a deep-space solar system we can only reach by slingshotting a highly amplified “What’s up, aliens?” broadcast to them.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 8, 2012 - 6:18pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the highly anticipated new comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Battleship’ From ‘Hancock’ Director
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 4, 2012 - 1:53pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the highly anticipated blockbuster “Battleship” from “Hancock” director Peter Berg!
Blu-Ray Review: Adam Sandler’s ‘Just Go with It’ Not Worth the Time
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 9, 2011 - 12:26pmCHICAGO – In the realm of wasting time watching terrible movies, Adam Sandler provides a nearly 24 hour festival. His latest effort, just released on Blu-ray and DVD, is the horrendous, talent wasting “Just Go with It.”
Film Review: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston Hit Career Lows in ‘Just Go With It’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 11, 2011 - 9:13amCHICAGO – If you have a masochistic desire to see unlikable morons on a vacation you probably can’t afford, check out one of the worst movies in a long time, Adam Sandler’s horrendous “Just Go With It.”
