CHICAGO – One the brightest comedies set in Chicago is “South Side,” created by Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle. The pair moved the show from Comedy Central to HBO Max, and Season Two dropped for streaming on November 11th, 2021, with the same free-wheeling and hilarious misadventures of Simon and Kareme.
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Film Review: HollywoodChicago.com Reviews of ‘The High Note,’ ’The Vast of Night,’ Bonus
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 1, 2020 - 9:04amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 29th, 2020, discussing new releases “The High Note” (VOD) and “The Vast of Night” (Amazon Prime) and BONUS review.
Film Review: Final Chapter of ’Fifty Shades Freed’ for Masochists Only
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 10, 2018 - 9:51amCHICAGO – Only masochists and other gluttons for punishment will be heading to the theaters for “Fifty Shades Freed.” But be sure to grab a blindfold, because you can at least get 40 winks while the incompetent and unintentionally hilarious Fifty Shades Trilogy reaches its deadly dull climax.
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- Arielle Kebbel
- Brant Daugherty
- Bruce Altman
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Dakota Johnson
- E.L. James
- Eloise Mumford
- Eric Johnson
- Fifty Shades Freed
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
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- James Foley
- Jamie Dornan
- Luke Grimes
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Max Martini
- Niall Leonard
- Rita Ora
- Robinne Lee
- Universal Pictures
- Victor Rasuk
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “Fifty Shades Freed” starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan!
Film Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ is More Silly Than Sexy
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 10, 2017 - 9:24amCHICAGO – While offering a veritable sex scene smorgasboard, “Fifty Shades Darker” fails to offer much in the way of anything that is actually sexy. As the mousy Anastasia Steele and the billionaire Mr. Grey, Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are slightly more comfortable in their roles than they were the first time around.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ With Dakota Johnson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 6, 2017 - 11:01am- Adam Fendelman
- Bella Heathcote
- Dakota Johnson
- E.L. James
- Eric Johnson
- Fifty Shades Darker
- Fifty Shades of Grey
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- Jamie Dornan
- Jennifer Ehle
- Kim Basinger
- Luke Grimes
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- Max Martini
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- Rita Ora
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- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “Fifty Shades Darker” starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan!
Film Review: Shapeless ‘How to Be Single’ is Dreadfully Unfunny
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 13, 2016 - 2:07pmCHICAGO – Rebel Wilson’s raunchy and vulgar schtick is now way past its freshness date, but she’s the only one able to elicit any chuckles in this otherwise woebegone women-behaving-badly, anti-romantic comedy, “How to Be Single.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to ‘How to Be Single’ With Rebel Wilson, Dakota Johnson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 6, 2016 - 12:12pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new romantic comedy “How to Be Single”!
Film Review: Johnny Depp is Ghoulish in Mob Saga ‘Black Mass’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 17, 2015 - 3:55pmCHICAGO – “Black Mass” is a well crafted, if somewhat conventional crime tale. It won’t win any awards, but it’s entertaining enough. The story of real life Boston crime boss “Whitey” Bulger has no shortage of juicy details, and while the saga of this mob boss slash FBI turncoat falls short of greatness, Johnny Depp turns him into an otherworldly presence.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Blass Mass’ With Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 12, 2015 - 12:32pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new crime drama “Black Mass” starring Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch!
Film Review: Beneath its Curious Surface, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ a Dangerous Menace to Society
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 14, 2015 - 4:29pm- Adam Fendelman
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Dakota Johnson
- Dana Brunetti
- Dylan Neal
- E.L. James
- Eloise Mumford
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Focus Features
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jamie Dornan
- Jennifer Ehle
- Kelly Marcel
- Luke Grimes
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Max Martini
- Michael De Luca
- Movie Review
- Rita Ora
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Universal Pictures
- Victor Rasuk
CHICAGO – Strike one of far too many: “Fifty Shades of Grey” author Erika Leonard (better known as E.L. James) has never lived the BDSM lifestyle. And therefore, nor should she be writing about, romanticizing and profiteering on it. On a $40 million budget, the film earned $30.2 million on its opening Friday and is on track for a record-breaking international weekend grab of $158 million.
