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).
D.J. Caruso
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of IMAX Passes to ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ With Vin Diesel
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 17, 2017 - 2:16amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening IMAX movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” starring Vin Diesel!
Blu-Ray Review: Derivative, Generic ‘I Am Number Four’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 1, 2011 - 8:59pmCHICAGO – Very few films have felt more made my a movie-making machine than the dull “I Am Number Four,” a film that hopes so desperately to feel like something that you’ve seen before and that you’ll like the familiarity that it never develops a personality of its own. With a dull lead, lackluster romance, goofy dialogue, and melodramatic storytelling, “I Am Number Four” disappoints in nearly every way that a movie can.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 6 ‘I Am Number Four’ Blu-Rays From Producer Michael Bay
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 15, 2011 - 11:37pmCHICAGO – In our latest superhero edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Blu-ray, we have 6 Blu-rays up for grabs to “I Am Number Four” from the director of “Disturbia” and producer Michael Bay!
Film Review: Michael Bay-Produced ‘I Am Number Four’ a Solid Block of Superhero Gouda
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 18, 2011 - 1:01amCHICAGO – While the new sci-fi/superhero film “I Am Number Four” can be easily dismissed as yet another “Twilight” knockoff, the power of two mega-producers arms the film with nearly as much right as it does wrong.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Eagle Eye’ Makes Modern Paranoia Ridiculous
Submitted by BrianTT on December 30, 2008 - 12:20pmCHICAGO – “Eagle Eye,” the second collaboration between new star Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso after the surprise success of “Disturbia,” isn’t nearly as successful a diversion, stretching the very concept of suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.
News You Need: Mackie in ‘Eagle Eye,’ ‘Star Trek’ Beams in New Captain, Strike Pauses ‘24’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 8, 2007 - 3:08amWe! Are! Terrorist Cell!: We already told you about Billy Bob Thorton being cast in “Eagle Eye,” which is shooting now in Chicago and is directed by D.J. Caruso.
Confirmed: ‘Eagle Eye’ Filming in Chicago From Nov. 6 to 16
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 6, 2007 - 1:52pmSince actor Shia LaBeouf popped up on the Chicago grid this weekend and was arrested following an incident at a Walgreens on the Magnificent Mile, we questioned which film he was in town to film.