Blu-Ray Review: ‘Quantum of Solace’ Offers Action Ride, Average Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– “Quantum of Solace,” the second Daniel Craig 007 movie after the earthquake to the franchise that was the brilliant “Casino Royale,” didn’t make quite the same waves in...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Chicago Passes to ‘The Next Three Days’ With...
CHICAGO– In our latest crime/thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Next Three Days” with Russell Crowe...
View ArticleFilm Review: Russell Crowe Goes Hitchcockian in ‘The Next Three Days’
CHICAGO– The suspense thriller is a delicate art that depends on situational realism and unlikely circumstances cohabiting in a heart-pounding plot. The Master of the genre was Alfred Hitchcock, who...
View ArticleDVD Review: Russell Crowe Shines in Taut Remake ‘The Next Three Days’
CHICAGO– Two equally ignored Oscar bait contenders from 2010 centered on the same basic question: to what extent would you go to free your beloved from prison? Tony Goldwyn’s “Conviction” and Paul...
View ArticleInterview: Writer/Director Paul Haggis Creates ‘Third Person’
CHICAGO– Not many Oscar winning screeenwriters change the course of their professional lives because of a dream (story below), but Paul Haggis is an exceptionally brilliant writer whose credits include...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Third Person’ an Intriguing Yet Foreseeable Labyrinth
CHICAGO– Don’t you hate it when you figure out where a film is going long before it gets there? That could be a problem with “Third Person,” but writer/director Paul Haggis (“Crash”) also adds enough...
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