CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Love & Basketball
Film Review: ‘Beyond the Lights’ Has a Respect for Storytelling
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2014 - 7:13pmCHICAGO – Writer/Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the creator of the cult favorite “Love & Basketball,” is back with another original story that she created, an intimate and romantic perspective on a singer on the path to nowhere, despite superstar-level fame. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as that singer in “Beyond the Lights.”
Interview: Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw is Directed ‘Beyond the Lights’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 12, 2014 - 12:26pmCHICAGO – The show business life is ripe for drama, and the new film “Beyond the Lights” explores the difficulties of the the superstar reaches of the music business, through a Beyoncé-type singer. Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Noni, and the film’s director is Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”).
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Beyond the Lights’ From ‘Love & Basketball’ Filmmaker
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 10, 2014 - 11:26pm- Adam Fendelman
- Aisha Hinds
- Belle
- Benito Martinez
- Beyond the Lights
- Danny Glover
- Darryl Stephens
- Elaine Tan
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- India Jean-Jacques
- Isaac Keys
- Love & Basketball
- Minnie Driver
- Nate Parker
- Relativity Media
- Richard Colson Baker
- Tyler Christopher
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new drama “Beyond the Lights” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Belle”) from the writer and director of “Love & Basketball”!
Interview: Actors Tyson Beckford, Boris Kodjoe Become ‘Addicted’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 14, 2014 - 7:42amCHICAGO – The stylings of author Zane, who has dominated the best seller list and pay cable networks for several years with her steamy and sensually oriented stories, gets to the big screen with the recently released “Addicted.” Actors Boris Kodjoe and Tyson Beckford are part of the ensemble cast.
