CHICAGO – Society, or at least certain elements of society, are always looking for scapegoats to hide the sins of themselves and authority. In the so-called “great America” of the 1950s, the scapegoat target was comic books … specifically through a sociological study called “The Seduction of the Innocent.” City Lit Theater Company, in part two of a trilogy on comic culture by Mark Pracht, presents “The Innocence of Seduction … now through October 8th, 2023. For details and tickets, click COMIC BOOK.
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On-Air Film Review: The Web of ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 1, 2023 - 7:52pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 1st, reviewing “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” another animated adventure for the web slinger in the multi-verse. In theaters on June 2nd.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ With Anna Kendrick
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 18, 2017 - 10:23amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to “Pitch Perfect 3” starring Anna Kendrick!
Film Review: Edge Ebbs & Flows in ‘The Edge of Seventeen’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 17, 2016 - 12:57pmCHICAGO – “The Edge of Seventeen” does attempt to do some different things with the growing-up-too-soon teenager soap opera – it throws in a authentic parent, contemporary sex issues and truthful awkwardness. But it can’t help being too heroic, and too “everything’s all right.”
Private Video Interview: Oscar-Nominated Actress & Singer Hailee Steinfeld for ‘The Edge of Seventeen’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 25, 2016 - 10:07amCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com publisher Adam Fendelman brings you this private interview with Oscar-nominated actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld for the new film “The Edge of Seventeen” with Hailee, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson and Hayden Szeto.
Film Review: Sequel’s Tune is Off Key in ‘Pitch Perfect 2’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 15, 2015 - 5:56pmCHICAGO – “Pitch Perfect 2” wasn’t bad. There was the same off-kilter weirdness and funny lines of the first film, but in this sequel there were also stretches of boring, seemingly made-up stuff to slog through. I guess repeating a premise about college singing groups doesn’t offer much more to say.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ With Anna Kendrick
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 10, 2015 - 12:09amCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated sequel “Pitch Perfect 2” starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson!
Film Review: Feminism Humbles Tommy Lee Jones in Heartfelt Western ‘The Homesman’
Submitted by NickHC on November 22, 2014 - 7:54pmCHICAGO – In Tommy Lee Jones’ passion project “The Homesman,” the wild west provides a vivid setting for a battle in man’s endless war against women, as the film firmly occupying a genre strictly known for cowboys and pioneer machismo. It’s a sorrowful western from actor/writer/director Jones that often shines in its twilight, hoping to slightly reconcile the maltreatment unleashed on half of the world’s most powerful species.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to ‘Begin Again’ With Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 22, 2014 - 5:53pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new music comedy/drama “Begin Again” from the writer and director of the Oscar-winning film and Broadway musical “Once”!
Blu-ray Review: Kevin Costner Actioner ‘3 Days to Kill’ is Slick, Forgettable
Submitted by NickHC on June 9, 2014 - 1:47pmCHICAGO – “3 Days to Kill” is a bit like “Taken,” in that it was co-created by French action maestro Luc Besson, but directed by somebody else. However, it is indeed not like “Taken” in that this movie never roars out of the gate, which is also about a multi-tasking American dad abroad looking for answers as a clock ticks.
Film Review: Stereotypical ‘3 Days to Kill’ Tonally Uneven
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 21, 2014 - 4:14pmCHICAGO – As a director, Kevin Costner comes across as a patient guy who waits for the right material to come along. Considering the last movie he helmed is a little over ten years old (“Open Range”), one might also consider him picky too.
