CHICAGO – It began with a boy and his dream (nightmare?). John LaFlamboy, to be exact, as he took an idea he had in college and made it his life’s work. He owns and operates the HellsGate Haunted House in Lockport (Illinois), which was designed, built and put together by Haunted House experts expressly for the spookiest month of the year. For info on how to purchase tickets, click HellsGate.
George Tillman Jr.
Slideshow, Audio: Red Carpet for ‘The Hate U Give’ at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 15, 2018 - 10:42amCHICAGO – With a film that is seemingly ripped from the headlines, “The Hate U Give,” made its Red Carpet debut at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday, October 11th, 2018. The lead actor in the film, newcomer Amandla Stenberg, along with veteran director George Tillman Jr. (“Soul Food”) and producer Robert Teitel, walked the carpet.
Film Review: ‘The Longest Ride’ is a Journey to Nowhere
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 10, 2015 - 12:20pmCHICAGO – “The Longest Ride” is sentimental schlockmeister Nicholas Sparks’ latest attempt to remix “The Notebook.” It’s got an old man recounting lost love, handwritten letters, young lovers kissing in the rain, breakups, reunions, corny dialogue and of course those North Carolina backdrops. He’s playing all the same notes, but this time he’s lost the melody.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Longest Ride’ From Nicholas Sparks
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 5, 2015 - 2:35pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new romantic drama “The Longest Ride” from “The Notebook” and “Dear John” novelist Nicholas Sparks!
Slideshow: Exclusive Portraits of 2013 Chicago International Film Festival Black Perspectives Night
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 13, 2013 - 9:16pm
Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson of ‘The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete.’CHICAGO – Black Perspectives Night is in its 17th year at the Chicago International Film Festival, and the 2013 event featured the new film, “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete,” starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and directed by George Tillman Jr., a filmmaker based in Chicago. The festivities took place on the second day of the Festival, Friday October 11th.
Feature: Jane Lynch, Paul Sorvino at 2013 Chicago Film Critics Awards Press Conference
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 15, 2013 - 7:35pmCHICAGO – As the stars, presenters and award recipients gathered at the Chicago Film Critics Awards on February 9th, they took some time out to mix with the media at a pre-show press conference. Jane Lynch, Paul Sorvino, Joe Piscopo, Nadine Velazquez, Regina Taylor and the other award winners offered their perspectives.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Chicago Passes to ‘Faster’ With Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 16, 2010 - 2:08amCHICAGO – In our latest action/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Faster” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton!
Blu-Ray Review: Legendary Rap Icon Given Standard Biopic Treatment in ‘Notorious’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 29, 2009 - 9:43pm Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Biggie Smalls deserves better than ‘Notorious’. It’s not that there’s anything drastically wrong with this reasonably well-made and very well-performed biopic but it’s a by-the-numbers, predictable film about an icon who was simply one of the best that ever lived. The ‘Big Poppa’ who could ‘Hypnotize’ with his rhymes should have more than an average biopic.
