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Blu-Ray Review: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ensemble Make Trip to ‘Synecdoche,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– With one of the most ambitious screenplays of 2008 and one of the most talented ensembles in years, “Synecdoche, New York,” now on Blu-Ray, is a must-see for fans of...
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DVD Review: Gabriel Byrne Shines in HBO’s Epic ‘In Treatment’
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Like therapy itself, HBO’s “In Treatment” requires a commitment. The award-winning program aired from Monday to Friday on HBO for nearly nine weeks and took up forty-three...
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TV Review: Sophomore Season of ‘In Treatment’ is Riveting, Rewarding Drama
Television Rating: 5.0/5.0CHICAGO– Quick - What’s the best show on television right now? “Lost” has its fans but I think that show’s taken a slight dip in the new season, as has the increasingly too...
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Blu-Ray Review: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson in Supernatural ‘Passengers’
CHICAGO– There have been several interesting movies about plane crashes, none more so than Peter Weir’s amazing “Fearless” with its career-best performance by Jeff Bridges. There’s something nearly...
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DVD Review: Second Season of HBO’s Brilliant ‘In Treatment’
CHICAGO– “In Treatment” is something of a TV miracle. It is a drama that focuses solely and purely on how what we say is as important as what we do. With real-time therapy sessions that play like...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 15 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Rabbit Hole’ With...
CHICAGO– In our latest drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 15 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Rabbit Hole” with Nicole Kidman,...
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Film Feature: The Best Supporting Performances of 2010
CHICAGO– It started with the best lead performances of 2010 yesterday and now we naturally move on to many of the stars who made those lead turns possible. For what is a great lead performance without...
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Film Review: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart Avoid Melodrama in Moving ‘Rabbit...
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– John Cameron Mitchell’s “Rabbit Hole” tells a story not uncommon to cinema in its exploration of the emotional minefield that comes after the loss of a child but it does so with...
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Blu-Ray Review: Raw Emotion of ‘Rabbit Hole’ Separates it From Standard...
CHICAGO– We weren’t kind enough to “Rabbit Hole.” Sometimes it takes years to realize when a film has fallen under the critical radar. Sometimes it’s only a few months. With the press assault for films...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘The Big Year’...
CHICAGO– In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Big Year” with Jack Black, Steve...
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Film Review: Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, Jack Black Flock Up in ‘The Big Year’
CHICAGO– “The Big Year” is advertised as a comedy. The subject is bird watching, or as the new film likes to express the proper term, “birding.” It stars comic legend Steve Martin, and funnymen Jack...
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Blu-ray Review: Remarkably Talented Ensemble Gets Small in ‘The Big Year’
CHICAGO– Given the wacky nature of Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin in their family comedies and the tendency of all three talented actors to over-act, people will probably be surprised at how...
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Film Review: The Dog Days of Diane Keaton in ‘Darling Companion’
CHICAGO– “If you want a friend in Washington,” Harry S. Truman once said, “get a dog.” The same can be said for the film industry, as they keep producing canine quandaries. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline,...
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Film Review: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ Misses Emotional Connection
CHICAGO– Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” has a warm, gooey center that’s admirable in a family movie way but what’s around it can’t hold together as the lack of focus in the narrative and...
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Blu-ray Review: Deadly Dull ‘Darling Companion’ Wastes Incredible Ensemble
CHICAGO– “Darling Companion” may be the first film consisting entirely of footage resembling the background action in an erectile dysfunction commercial. It has the score of a Campbell’s ad, the...
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Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Misfire ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ Falls Flat
CHICAGO– “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” is the sort of extravagantly wrong-headed misfire that perhaps only could’ve been made by talented people. The director is Peter Hedges, an accomplished...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Bring a Sister! 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Sisters’...
CHICAGO– Bring your sister! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy“Sisters” starring Amy Poehler and Tina...
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