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John Cusack is Mad Scientist’s Hunchbacked Lab Assistant in Animated ‘Igor’;...
CHICAGO– Chicago’s John Cusack will play a mad scientist’s hunchbacked lab assistant in the animated feature film “Igor” from The Weinstein Company. Igor’s greatest aspiration is to win a first-place...
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DVD Review: ‘Sam Kinison Unleashed’ Brings Comic Genius to DVD
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Anyone who has ever seen a Sam Kinison stand-up special knows the truth. The man was a genius. Finally, people unfamiliar with the mad preacher will get to see for...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 3 DVDs, Posters to Provocative Art Film ‘Exit...
CHICAGO– In our latest documentary edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, we have 3 DVDs and limited-edition theatrical posters up for grabs to “Exit Through the Gift Shop”! From director Banksy,...
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DVD Review: ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’ Tells Half the Story
CHICAGO– You may assume from that title that I’m referring to the “other half” of Conan O’Brien’s story being that of Jay Leno and his involvement in the debacle surrounding “The Tonight Show” but I...
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TV Review: ‘American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night’
CHICAGO– There is arguably no icon on a higher pedestal in the history of television than Johnny Carson, the man who didn’t just host “The Tonight Show” for three decades but became a cultural fixture....
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Blu-ray Review: TV Fans Need to See ‘Johnny Carson: King of Late Night’
CHICAGO– Any list of the most influential and important people in the history of television that doesn’t include Johnny Carson is simply incomplete. He was SUCH a force in the medium, coming into the...
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Interview: Reporter Jeremy Scahill on the Front Lines of ‘Dirty Wars’
CHICAGO– The creator behind the provocative new documentary “Dirty Wars” is veteran investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, and he is unafraid to reveal the dirt on the perpetual conflict under the...
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Film Review: Elegy for a Southern Boy in ‘Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me’
CHICAGO– Glen Campbell, the singer, actor and personality, is ingrained into a certain late 1960s/early ‘70s ethos. His sunny disposition and clean pop music rhetoric crossed over from country to the...
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Film Review: ‘Ted 2’ is a Funnier Film Than it Deserves to Be
CHICAGO– While it’s cruder and it can’t quite match the original “Ted,” “Ted 2” is still funnier than it has any right to be. It is unmistakably a Seth MacFarlane production, and there are a million...
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