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First-Look Production Still: ‘Leaves of Grass’ With Edward Norton, Richard...
CHICAGO– HollywoodChicago.com has just received a first-look production still for the comedic thriller “Leaves of Grass” in which Edward Norton stars as twin brothers. The film recently wrapped...
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Interview: Director Tim Disney on Incarceration Laws in ‘American Violet’
CHICAGO– In his third film, “American Violet,” director Tim Disney tackles the subject of unfair incarceration laws involving a poor African-American housing project in a rural Texas town. The...
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Interview: Writer Bill Haney, Regina Kelly on the Struggle, Uplift in...
CHICAGO– In a previous interview, director Tim Disney of the new film ‘American Violet’ called his film one where “change begins, and change is possible, when individuals make choices and stand behind...
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DVD Review: Uneven ‘Leaves of Grass’ Delves Into High-Minded Farce
CHICAGO– As special effects technology continues to become more advanced, filmmakers have found increasingly convincing ways of allowing actors to give dual performances in the same movie, and often in...
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TV Review: Freddy Rodriguez Stars in Quirky Spy Series ‘Chaos’
CHICAGO– The main problem with reviewing television is that we’re often sent only the premiere and asked to judge a show overall. And yet we’d all agree that programs regularly improve or slide in...
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?,’ ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’
CHICAGO– Touchstone Pictures have reached into the vault and pulled out two of their modest hits, a pair of films with little in common other than studio and that they’re both around ten years old. For...
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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: ‘Flypaper’ Falters With Paper-Thin Characterizations
CHICAGO– After the not-so-surprising success of the heavily marketed farce “The Hangover,” Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have quickly become Hollywood’s most overrated screenwriters. They specialize in...
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Film Review: Whale of a Tale For Drew Barrymore in ‘Big Miracle’
CHICAGO– Whale of a tale (chuckle), no other headline writer has thought of that. “Big Miracle” is a family movie with Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson and the voice of Ronald...
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Film Review: Frustrating Distance Travelled by ‘Blue Caprice’
CHICAGO– Alexandre Moors’ “Blue Caprice” presents no easy answers to a situation that likely doesn’t have any. I get that. I don’t need a traditional, TV-movie dissection of the D.C. sniper. However,...
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Film News: 10th Year of Midwest Independent Film Festival Kicks Off Feb. 4, 2014
CHICAGO– One of the finest film fest gathering places in Chicago is the Midwest Independent Film Festival, a year-long event that meets every first Tuesday of the month. The festival’s 10th year kicks...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Kill the Messenger’ With...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new dramatic thriller “Kill the Messenger” starring Jeremy Renner based...
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Film Review: Feminism Humbles Tommy Lee Jones in Heartfelt Western ‘The...
CHICAGO– 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...
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Film Review: Predictable, Unfunny ‘The Hustle’ Has No Game
CHICAGO– As the “Oceans Eight” remake of last year proved, it is simply not enough to redo a film and flip the gender focus. Anne Hathaway may be the kiss of death for this genre, as she appeared both...
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Podtalk: Tim Blake Nelson, Karan Kendrick of ‘Just Mercy’
CHICAGO– Getting the right chemistry in casting a film is crucial in a drama, and the new film “Just Mercy” anchors lead actors Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx with two vital characters actors. Karan...
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