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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘Mother’ Chicago Passes From Award-Winning...
CHICAGO– In our latest murder mystery edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Mother” from the award-winning director...
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Interview: From Norman Bates to ‘Mother’ With Director Bong Joon-ho
CHICAGO– The masterful young director of “Memories of Murder” and “The Host,” two of the best films of the ’00s, has done it again with the incredible thriller “Mother,” opening in Chicago tomorrow,...
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Every Day is Her Day in Director Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mother’
CHICAGO– The concept of family is a fascinating subject for notable South Korean director Bong Joon-ho. His monster movie “The Host” celebrated those familial bonds, and now an even closer relationship...
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Blu-Ray Review: Riveting Moral Drama of Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Mother’
CHICAGO– Korean Bong Joon-Ho is one of our best working filmmakers with three films that deserve consideration among the best of the last decade — the procedural thriller “Memories of Murder,” the...
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Blu-Ray Review: Stylish, Fascinating ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’
CHICAGO– Our film critic Matt Fagerholm may have felt that “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” valued style over substance to a fault (read his review) but this critic still holds it as one of the best...
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Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2010
CHICAGO– When we look back on this past year in cinema, what will we remember? Ironically, a year after “Avatar” was supposed to change the movie paradigm forever, it’s the human faces that I most...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘The Guilt Trip’ Marred by Maddeningly Formulaic Script
CHICAGO– “The Guilt Trip” is hideously uninspired dreck of the most shameful variety. It casts two major yet mismatched talents and refuses to utilize their distinctive gifts for the entirety of its...
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Film Review: ‘Snowpiercer’ a Problematic But Wild Ride Dystopia
CHICAGO– Travelers. We are travelers in this life, and metaphorically we’re mostly in coach, but sometimes manage to get some first class treatment. What if all this traveling were confined to one...
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Film News: Remembering Debbie Reynolds, in 2009 Interview
LOSANGELES– The shocking news of the passing of Debbie Reynolds, hours after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away, is still resonating in the 2016 atmosphere. Ms. Reynolds died of a massive stroke on...
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Theater Review: John Michael is Really Cooking in ‘Meatball Seance’
CHICAGO– Currently, one of the best monologists in Chicago – and certainly one of the nuttiest – is John Michael. After notorious and successful runs of his last two one-man shows, “Harry Potter and...
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Podcast Interview: John Michael Conjures Up ‘Meatball Seance’
CHICAGO– When interviewing the Chicago monologist John Michael, it’s best to hear it straight from the source. HollywoodChicago.com presents a podcast interview with John Michael, whose current one-man...
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Podcast: John Michael Revives ‘Meatball Seance’ at Mary’s Attic Chicago on...
CHICAGO– John Michael is back! Chicago’s favorite monologist is reviving his latest show, “Meatball Seance.” For the next two Mondays, July 31st and August 7th, 2017, Michael will perform at at Mary’s...
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Podtalk: Monologist John Michael Books a Summer Canadian Tour With ‘Meatball...
CHICAGO– John Michael is kicking out the pandemic and going on the road! Chicago’s favorite monologist is reviving his show, “Meatball Seance” for a Canadian Festival Tour. It kicks off on June 18th,...
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Podtalk: ‘Trauma Clown’ John Michael is Back with ‘Meatball Seance’
CHICAGO– After a triumphant tour of Canada, the unforgettable Chicago monologist John Michael is back in the Windy City to perform his award-winning “Meatball Seance.” The internationally staged...
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Podtalk: John LaFlamboy, Proprietor of HellsGate Haunted House
CHICAGO– It began with a boy and his dream (nightmare?). John LaFlamboy, to be exact, as he took an idea he had in college and made it his life’s work. He owns and operates the HellsGate Haunted House...
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Pride2024: John Michael’s ‘Spank Bank Time Machine’ at Steppenwolf
CHICAGO– Pride Weekend is upon us, and what better way to celebrate then with “Trauma Clown” John Michael, showcasing his latest one-man performance of “Spank Bank Time Machine“ at Chicago’s...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Sarah Lasley for ‘Welcome to the Enclave’
CHICAGO– Scheduled within the recent 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival was “Shorts Program #2.” During that event … curated by CCFF shorts programmer Collin Souter … the Windy City was introduced to...
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