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Review: Maggie Moore(s) Uses a Coen-Like Approach to a Character-Driven Crime Drama

Borrowing heavily in tone and story from the Coen Brothers, but with a little less polish, writer Paul Bernbaum borrowed from a real-life event (the opening title card says something […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Sequel to a Standard-Issue Actioner, Extraction 2 Goes for Longer Fight Scenes and More Backstory

    The first Extraction film was an interesting animal. Back then, I rarely watched made-for-Netflix movies, unless they happened to also run in theaters, which was rare when this film was […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Elemental, Pixar Excels at Their Trademark Captivating Animation and World-Building

    The creatives at Pixar have covered a lot of ground in their nearly 30 years creating feature films, but one of the subjects they have rarely touched upon is love. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: The 20th Anniversary Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival Uplifts Black, Indigenous Culture

    This article was written by Sarah Luyengi. Finally! Summer is right around the corner and with it not only comes an array of outdoor concerts and cheap food trucks and […]

  • Sarah Luyengi
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV

    Preview: Music Box Theatre Celebrates Wes Anderson and Asteroid City With Four New Classics

    This Friday, in anticipation of filmmaker Wes Anderson’s upcoming Asteroid City, the Music Box Theatre hosts 4 by Wes; from Friday, June 16, to Tuesday, June 20, the Music Box […]

  • Sam Layton
  • June 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In The Flash, a Crowded Storyline, Cast and Sense of Nostalgia Overwhelm an Otherwise Interesting DC Comics Character Film

    The truth is, the long-delayed solo film The Flash is one of the more enjoyable experiences I’ve had recently with a DC Comics character on the big screen, and it […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 13, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Writer, Star and Comedian Dewayne Perkins on The Blackening, Subverting Horror Genre Expectations and the Most Chicago Thing About Him

    Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, The Blackening star/co-writer (with Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver) Dewayne Perkins graduated from Curie High School and was t he first […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 13, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Past Lives Filmmaker Celine Song on Relationships as Culture, Casting a Small, Perfect Ensemble, and Sticking to Personal Projects

    Fist-time writer/director Celine Song was only just beginning to make her name as a playwright when the pandemic shut down the New York run of her celebrated play Endlings just […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 13, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Daliland Explores the Surrealist Painter’s Later Life, in Odd and Mostly Meaningless Ways

    I’m genuinely confused about what we’re supposed to learn about the iconic enigma who was Salvador Dali or art in general or the period in which Daliland is set (most […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hot Glosses Over the Spicy Story of Creating a New Snack Sensation

    Once again, Hollywood has given us the origin story of a pop culture sensation that somehow managed to shift the way consumers and corporations looked at the world. In most […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV

    Review: Chile ’76 Portrays Political Radicalization in an Ordinary Life

    Chile had its own version of September 11, a national tragedy that scars the country to this day. On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led the Chilean armed forces in a coup d’etat […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • June 9, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Solid Action Flick, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Brings a Long-Anticipated Crew to the Big Screen

    Sometimes, a gifted director, a shorter runtime, and a unstoppable period soundtrack is all you need to pivot a franchise in the right direction. For the Transformers universe, the previous […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 8, 2023
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