Film News: ‘12 Years a Slave’ Leads 2013 Chicago Film Critics Nominees
Steve McQueen’s harrowing “12 Years a Slave” leads the 2013 nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association, announced this morning, with a stunning 11 nominations, including Best Picture,...
View ArticleFilm Feature: The Best Films of 2013
It was too good a year for ten. The best year in cinema since 2007 saw such a diverse, fascinating array of art that included amazing works from some of our most well-known directors (Joel & Ethan...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of...
CHICAGO– Highly anticipated! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening passes plus 3 soundtracks up for grabs for...
View ArticleFilm Review: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is Cinematic Adrenalin
Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives completely, entirely in the moment. It’s not that there’s no tomorrow, there’s not even “later that same day” in his world. People who make their living on the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ a Deliciously Gluttonous...
CHICAGO– No matter how painfully bad it may be, I never walk out of a screening. It’s a professional rule I’ve set and keep it at all costs. But with Martin Scorsese’s latest stroke of genius, I...
View ArticleFilm Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2013, Part Two
CHICAGO– The year caught up with me. 2013 was characterized by a soft start and a strong finish, but overall there were impressive contenders throughout the year and some fine examples of great...
View ArticleFilm Feature: 13 Films That Define 2013
Including films that achieve the correct button-mashing combo to earn fancy kudos and are positively lauded, there are only a select few from the whole bunch that have the significance of “definitive.”...
View ArticleFilm Feature: Predictions For the 2014 Oscar Nominees
It’s that most wonderful time of the year in which one group of people (journalists) try to figure out what another group of people (Academy members) think are the best films and performances of the...
View ArticleFilm News ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Lead Oscar Nominees
After an intense season of outside-industry kudos delivery, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has proclaimed its favorites of a memorable award season. “12 Years a Slave” continues its...
View ArticleWhat to Watch: March 25-April 11, 2014
What to Watch is back in two-week form this time around, hitting the most important Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming offerings from both March 25th and April 1st. No April Fool’s Day jokes here. We’re above...
View ArticleFilm Review: Dark, Stunning Tale of American Dream in ‘The Immigrant’
CHICAGO– Just in time for a national holiday is the release of two films about surviving as “the outsider” in a tumultuous American society. “X-Men: Days of Future Past” isn’t the only movie that...
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