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Jack Black Drops Biblical ‘Year One’ Bomb in ‘Be Kind Rewind’ Interview
CHICAGO– Though actors aren’t supposed to chat it up about their other films when they’re being interviewed specifically for one, every now and then they do and the focus of the interview changes...
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Judd Apatow Again Fashions Gimmick Into Gold in Uproarious ‘Forgetting Sarah...
CHICAGO– After being blitzed by an onslaught of attention-demanding advertising that begged the question “who is Sarah Marshall?” even before you realized it’s a film, anticipation was ravenous.It...
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Adam Sandler is White Ladies Man in Judd Apatow’s ‘You Don’t Mess With the...
CHICAGO– In the relatively anemic anthology of recent Adam Sandler flops, “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” hangs above with comedic charm and a nonsensically amusing plotline. The story is divisively...
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God’s Vajoojoo Tastes Like Semi-Glorious ‘Pineapple Express’ in Judd Apatow,...
CHICAGO– If god had a vajoojoo, Judd Apatow and company think it’d taste something like smoking “Pineapple Express”. There’s no question “Pineapple Express” is ultimately a stoner film, but is it the...
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Slideshow: 30-Image Gallery For ‘Funny People’ With Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen
Previous | Image 1 of 30 | Next(L to R) Seth Rogen as Ira, writer/director/producer Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler as George.CHICAGO– This 30-image slideshow contains the official press images for “Funny...
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Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen Star in Ambitious But Flawed ‘Funny People’
CHICAGO– Judd Apatow’s “Funny People,” starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann, is like watching a friend try out a new stand-up routine. As with a lot of attempts at trying something...
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DVD Review: Beautiful Series Set For ‘It’s Garry Shandling’s Show’
CHICAGO– A lot of classic TV comedies are often pointed to as being “ahead of their time”. The quirky, weird, and memorable “It’s Garry Shandling Show” wasn’t really ahead of its time because there’s...
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Funny People’ Disappointing Movie, Amazing Blu-Ray
CHICAGO– Whatever problems I may have with Judd Apatow’s “Funny People” (and I’ll get to those, trust me), the Blu-Ray release for the comedy is easily one of the most extensive and impressive of the...
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Interview: Jay Baruchel, Nate Torrence on ‘She’s Out of My League’
CHICAGO– Jay Baruchel and Nate Torrence, two of the leads of the romantic comedy “She’s Out of My League” dropped by Chicago recently to talk about their new film that has been compared to both “The...
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Russell Brand, Jonah Hill Rock in Very Funny ‘Get Him to the Greek’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Taking a character who was created as an obnoxious supporting one and giving him his own spin-off movie sounds like a recipe for disaster. Despite generally liking its stars and...
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Blu-Ray Review: Very Funny ‘Get Him to the Greek’ With Jonah Hill
CHICAGO– Like a lot of comedies, “Get Him to the Greek,” now available on Blu-ray and DVD, actually plays better at home than it did in theaters. It doesn’t hurt that the Universal Blu-ray is a beauty,...
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Interview: Director Lena Dunham Arranges Her ‘Tiny Furniture’
CHICAGO– The coming-of-age film has evolved over the years, from Andy Hardy to “Splendor in the Grass” to “The Graduate,” up through “American Pie.” Filmmaker Lena Dunham offers her own post-collegiate...
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Interview: Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones Issue Comedy ‘Hall Pass’
CHICAGO– After a brief hiatus, Bobby and Peter Farrelly are back with the comedy “Hall Pass,” starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, and Christina Applegate. Wilson and Sudeikis play a...
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Film Review: Kevin James in ‘Zookeeper’ is Zany Family Fun
CHICAGO– Not being familiar with the Kevin James filmography really helped in assessing his latest, “Zookeeper.” His appeal is very evident, and the filmmakers do some funny bits with the old “talking...
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Interview: Jonah Hill Makes Career Transition in Dramatic ‘Moneyball’
CHICAGO– I’ve done hundreds of interviews and rarely felt more like I was talking to an actor at a career turning point than when I sat with Jonah Hill of “Moneyball” last week. Having spoken to him at...
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Interview: Kimberly Peirce Discusses ‘The Godfather,’ Her New Crime Thriller
CHICAGO– If Robert K. Elder’s book, “The Film That Changed My Life,” is indeed providing a blueprint for the screening series continuing this month at the Music Box, then cinephiles have every right to...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Wanderlust’ With...
CHICAGO– In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the raucous new comedy “Wanderlust” starring Paul...
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Film Review: Darkly Comic Jason Segel in ‘The Five-Year Engagement’
CHICAGO– There are some major laughs in “The Five-Year Engagement,” good old fashion you-can’t-breathe laughs. But is it also dark and serious at times, and makes some surprising contemporary...
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Film Review: Middling ‘Mansome’ Suffers From Skin-Deep Insight
CHICAGO– Morgan Spurlock is an awfully likable guy. I’ll never forget the day when he held a special screening of “Super Size Me” for an auditorium full of college kids. After participating in an...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to Sort-Of ‘Knocked Up’...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “This is 40,” which is the...
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