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Toni Collette Shines on Intriguing ‘United States of Tara’
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Writer Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning scribe of “Juno,” Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, and the Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette have joined forces for the...
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The 10 Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2009
CHICAGO– Stories are released every year about the gap between the Oscars and public opinion. It’s a chasm that seems to be growing with every passing year. For the 81st-annual Academy Awards, this...
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DVD Review: Anne Hathaway’s ‘Rachel Getting Married’ Deserves Huge Audience...
DVD Rating: 5.0/5.0CHICAGO– Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married” was easily one of the best films of 2008, featuring Oscar-worthy work by Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, screenwriter Jenny Lumet,...
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TV Review: Toni Collette Continues to Shine on ‘United States of Tara’
CHICAGO– I personally think the show is slightly inferior to its hour-partner “Nurse Jackie,” but Toni Collette does such spectacular work on “United States of Tara” that her performance alone demands...
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DVD Review: Toni Collette, Diablo Cody Shine in ‘United States of Tara: The...
CHICAGO– It’s difficult to think of a role better suited for the chameleon-like abilities of Toni Collette than Tara Gregson, a devoted wife and mother struggling with dissociative identity disorder....
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TV Review: ‘United States of Tara’ Offers Showcase For Toni Collette
CHICAGO– I’ve said for two seasons now that Showtime’s “United States of Tara” isn’t as good as it should be, partially because the writing and parts of the ensemble don’t live up to the Emmy-winning...
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Blu-Ray Review: Ben Affleck Stars in Timely ‘The Company Men’
CHICAGO– John Wells has been one of the most important voices in television for the last two decades, shepherding “Third Watch,” “The West Wing,” “ER,” “Southland,” “Shameless,” and many more. It’s...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 60 Pairs of Chicago Passes to Emily Blunt’s...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 60 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new comedy “Your...
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Interview: ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Director Lynn Shelton on Fast-Paced Production
CHICAGO– The characters in a Lynn Shelton movie live relatively content lives until an unexpected event ruptures their sense of self. A self-absorbed writer awakens to the fact that he’s been a...
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Film Review: Great Trio Elevates Lynn Shelton’s ‘Your Sister’s Sister’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Lynn Shelton’s “Your Sister’s Sister” is a character-driven piece about hidden feelings and complex relationships. Like her work on “Humpday,” Shelton has a keen ear for the way...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Watch’ With Vince...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 30 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the new sci-fi/comedy...
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Film Review: Ben Stiller in ‘The Watch’ Needs a Better Mechanism
CHICAGO– Star studded, special effects ladened “comedies” featuring aliens should have been put to rest after last year’s “Paul.” But “The Watch” is here, and it features Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn,...
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Film Review: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ Misses Emotional Connection
CHICAGO– Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” has a warm, gooey center that’s admirable in a family movie way but what’s around it can’t hold together as the lack of focus in the narrative and...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Sets High Bar for Indie Filmmaking
CHICAGO– Give Lynn Shelton a few days, a dozen crew members, a picturesque cabin and three terrific actors, and just look at what she’s capable of making. “Your Sister’s Sister” is clearly the work of...
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Film Review: Beguiling Ensemble Nearly Salvages Frustrating ‘Nobody Walks’
CHICAGO– From the very beginning of her screen career, Olivia Thirlby has specialized in playing youthful seductresses intent on jump-starting their male partners’ sexual coming-of-age. She exuded...
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Film Feature: The Best Supporting Performances of 2012
CHICAGO– A mother trying to protect her son from an assassin, a man who coordinates lap dances for a living, a woman whose dreams have died, a gambler betting on his son, and two people at the heart of...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Promised Land’ With Matt...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “Promised Land” with Matt...
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Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Misfire ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ Falls Flat
CHICAGO– “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” is the sort of extravagantly wrong-headed misfire that perhaps only could’ve been made by talented people. The director is Peter Hedges, an accomplished...
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Film Review: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Promised Land’ Breaks Promise to Audiences
CHICAGO– When a Gus Van Sant picture works well, it can be as rousing as “Milk” or as thrillingly experimental as “Elephant.” Few filmmakers have straddled the mainstream and independent realms with...
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DVD Review: Sundance Hits with Different Results in ‘Hello I Must Be Going,’...
CHICAGO– As I learned on my inaugural trip to Sundance (check out all the coverage here) this year, there is common discussion as to how things will play outside of the thin mountain air of Park City....
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