CHICAGO – The great and lofty Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago has brought the current political season right on target with “POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” now extended through December 17th. Click POTUS.
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Allied’ With Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 16, 2016 - 12:17pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated film “Allied” starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard from “Forrest Gump,” “Cast Away” and “Flight” director Robert Zemeckis!
Film Review: Following a Two-Year Delay, ‘Seventh Son’ Should Have Been Shelved
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 8, 2015 - 3:47pmCHICAGO – I can’t decide which is worse: the “fake deep talk” from Jeff Bridges in “Seventh Son” or the “angry whisper talk” from Eddie Redmayne in “Jupiter Ascending,” which also opened on Friday. Both speech impediments are ugly fish out of water, both films are getting punished by critics and both are underperforming at domestic box offices.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 75 Pairs of IMAX Passes to ‘Seventh Son’ With Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 1, 2015 - 1:21pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 75 pairs of advance-screening IMAX movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated epic action/adventure “Seventh Son” starring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges!
Film Review: Tom Hardy’s Mesmerizing ‘Locke’ Makes You Question Who You Are
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 3, 2014 - 7:43pmCHICAGO – It’s impossible to simply play spectator through the forward-moving experimental indie “Locke” without analyzing your own past. And only a zombie could sit through this one-man film without questioning what choices you’d make in Tom Hardy’s shoes.
Film Review: Tom Hardy Drives for His Life in Minimalist Thriller ‘Locke’
Submitted by NickHC on May 1, 2014 - 9:10pmCHICAGO – The de facto dazzle of isolated survival movies, regardless of their special effects, comes from pulling off their most impressive practical stunt: envisioning yet deconstructing high stakes drama with alternative spare plot resources, while featuring only a few on-screen characters, if even more than two. Though it entails Tom Hardy taking phone calls while safely driving at night on the highway (and if we’re talking straight arc, it’s only that), “Locke” is a movie that continues minimalism’s deconstruction of the large scope expectations audiences have for their thrill rides.
Interview: Director Steven Knight Clicks on ‘Locke’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 1, 2014 - 11:37amCHICAGO – Driving all night has taken on a different reality, with the invention of the mobile phone. There is no sanctuary within the confines of the automobile, which is now a rolling office or coordination tank. Writer/director Steven Knight portrays this new reality in a fascinating and unique new film called “Locke.”
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Locke’ With Tom Hardy
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 26, 2014 - 6:40pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new experimental thriller “Locke” starring Tom Hardy (who played Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises”)!
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Closed Circuit’ with Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 22, 2013 - 8:37pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new mystery “Closed Circuit” starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall!
