Film Review: Judd Apatow’s ‘This is 40’ Clutters Truth with Cliché
CHICAGO– Judd Apatow’s “This is 40” is a true disappointment, a comedy that purports to say something honest and insightful about approaching middle age in the ‘10s but blurs truth by smothering it in...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Blu-ray, DVD Combo Packs to Sort-Of ‘Knocked...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 5 free Blu-ray and DVD combo packs up for grabs for the highly anticipated home...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Judd Apatow’s Underrated ‘This is 40’ Boasts A-Grade Extras
CHICAGO– Why should Judd Apatow and Lena Dunham have to apologize for making films about white upper-class people, considering they are indeed members of the white upper-class? Does their whiteness...
View ArticleFilm Review: Cussing Doesn’t Spell Out Comedy in ‘Bad Words’
CHICAGO– In his directorial debut “Bad Words”, Jason Bateman plays Guy Trilby, a foulmouthed 40 year old man who aggressively competes in local youth spelling bees. The children are confused, and their...
View ArticleFilm Review: Funny But Familiar Trip to Frat House in ‘Neighbors’
CHICAGO– I have a high tolerance for Seth Rogen, but he begins to show some signs of creative exhaustion in “Neighbors,” a raunchy frat house comedy that’s never quite as funny as it should be. Rogen’s...
View ArticleInterview: ‘Silicon Valley’ Actor Martin Starr at 2014 Chicago Critics Film...
CHICAGO– Martin Starr is an actor who is a player. After making an amazing TV debut in “Freaks and Greeks,” as Bill Haverchuck, he has parlayed that unforgettable breakthrough into a number of top...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to ‘Begin Again’ With Keira...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new music comedy/drama“Begin Again” from the writer and director of the...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Jason Bateman’s ‘Bad Words’ Not Better on Blu-ray
Looming over “Bad Words” is the potential it could have had, as is, were it released ten years ago. With its focus of R-rated behavior poking at the projected innocence of children, along with the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Amy Schumer Way Too Conventional in ‘Trainwreck’
CHICAGO– In one of the most anticipated comedies of the summer, Amy Schumer breaks out of her edgy role as a stand-up and sketch artist to put her spin on the film universe in “Trainwreck.” She plays...
View ArticleInterview: Alonzo Alcaraz on ‘One Night Stand’ at Chicago Latino Film...
CHICAGO– One of the most exciting days for any filmmaker is the World Premiere of their first feature film. Alonzo Alcaraz will be experiencing that excitement at the 2016 Chicago Latino Film Festival...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new music comedy“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” starring Andy...
View ArticleFilm Review: On-Air Reviews of ‘The King of Staten Island’ &’Working Man’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 11th, 2020, discussing new VOD releases “The King of Staten...
View ArticlePodtalk: Comedian Fritz Coleman in ‘Unassisted Living’ on Tubi
CHICAGO– The sound of laughter echos on streaming service TUBI, as veteran stand up comic Fritz Coleman presents “Unassisted Living,” his wacky journey with the vagrancies of getting older. The special...
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