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Sirens Flash Red For Woody Harrelson in ‘Rampart’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– The “thin blue line” is a police term. It represents the designation between the protection the police provides and the anarchy that is on the other side of that protection. The...
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‘Hotel Transylvania’ Proves Hyper Isn’t Always Funny
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– It was probably just a matter of time. With the current vampire craze dominating pop culture in flicks like “The Twilight Saga” and shows like “True Blood,” it was inevitable...
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Nothing Magical About ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– It’s this simple – “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” just isn’t funny. Sure, there are a few laughs here and there and some of the supporting cast works but the leads are...
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Pixar Scores Again With Delightful ‘Monsters University’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– Let’s everybody say it together, “the key to great animation is a great story.” This has to be the motto for Pixar Animation – now part of Disney. Their latest, “Monsters...
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‘Grown Ups 2’ is the Worst Comedy Since 2010’s Loathed ‘Grown Ups’
Rating: 0.0/5.0CHICAGO– There’s a time and a place where overacting is acceptable – musicals, children’s plays, Broadway – but there’s nothing worse than using it all the time in every wrong place....
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Adam Sandler’s ‘The Cobbler’ a Historical, Stupefying Disaster
Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– The newest Adam Sandler film that doesn’t feature him dressed like a chubby middle schooler is really bad, but in a special way. Similarly, it is an instant classic in the...
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Drac Pack Still a Drag in ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– For the younger set unable to experience the mystique of Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein in their original creations, “Hotel Transylvania 2” may prove to be an introduction to...
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Alec Baldwin Puts the Funny in ‘The Boss Baby’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– The young Alec Baldwin (think “Prelude to a Kiss”) never seemed as prevalent as the today’s Alec Baldwin. Taking his “30 Rock” persona to a different level, he voices the title...
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Chaos of Power in Hilarious ‘The Death of Stalin’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– If you want a film to take your mind off the current American power structure, that at the same time provides some truth to the situation, you won’t do better than “The Death of...
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'The Dead Don't Die' Offers Full-On Horror Homage But Little Else
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– Before Jordan Peele, before Mike Flanagan, before James Wan, and especially before all of Blumhouse, there were other masters of horror who paved the way for the filmmakers we...
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HollywoodChicago.com On-Air Reviews of ‘The King of Staten Island’ &’Working...
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 11th, 2020, discussing new VOD releases “The...
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Bridging the Divide! On-Air Film Review of ‘The Year Between’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker in for Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 3rd, 2023, reviewing “The...
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