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HollywoodChicago.com Podcast, Episode 3: ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army,’ DC...
CHICAGO– In episode three of the HollywoodChicago.com podcast, staffers Adam Fendelman, Dustin Levell, Patrick McDonald and Lauren Fendelman discuss “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (which opened on...
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Red Carpet: Willem Dafoe at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival in...
CHICAGO– Willem Dafoe, the intense and excitable actor in so many classic films, walked the red carpet at the Chicago International Film Festival October 12th, representing the premiere of his new film...
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Video Game Review: ‘Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2’ Delivers Amazing Action
Video Game Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– For every “Iron Man” or “The Dark Knight,” there are a half dozen movies like “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” or “Elektra” littering the marketplace....
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Video Game Review: Fighting Excellence of ‘Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two...
CHICAGO– “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds” plays like a comic and video game geek’s fan fiction come true. What would happen if your favorite comic characters like Spider-Man, Iron Man, and...
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Film Feature: The Marvel Comics Movie Awards
CHICAGO– When “Thor” hits theaters this Friday, it will be 22nd Marvel Comics movie to make it to the big-screen since “Blade” rebooted Marvel’s box office potential back in 1998. There have been more...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 ‘Spider-Man’ Trilogy DVDs For ‘The Amazing...
CHICAGO– In our latest blockbuster trilogy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: DVD, we have 10 trilogy DVDs up for grabs for the “Spider-Man” trilogy in support of “The Amazing Spider-Man” “Secrets...
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Blu-ray Review: Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ Films Re-Released in Time For Reboot
CHICAGO– Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man,” “Spider-Man 2,” and “Spider-Man 3” were just released on Blu-ray to coincide with the upcoming theatrical release of Mark Webb’s reboot, “The Amazing Spider-Man,”...
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Blu-ray Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Lacks Charm of Predecessors
CHICAGO– Gritty realism proves to be a perfect fit for some superhero franchises, but “Spider-Man” isn’t one of them. The more grounded and practical the world of Peter Parker becomes, the sillier the...
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Interview: Actor Thomas Haden Church is Character Driven in ‘Max’
CHICAGO– Thomas Haden Church has the recognizable name, and a long career of character roles in comedy and drama. His laid-back persona gets a bit more intense as a conflicted father in the new film...
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Film Review: Epic Comic Book Story in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
CHICAGO– Coming off the multi-textured “Black Panther,” Marvel Studios now turns its assignment towards an Avengers movie, and man, everything is on the table. This overstuffed, somewhat overindulged...
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Film Review: Spreading Comic Book Fatigue to Everyone, ‘Venom’ Poisons the Well
CHICAGO– I was one of the last sentinels; a conscientious objector in the war against comic book films. The handful of these that come out yearly had yet to weigh heavy on my film soul, especially when...
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Entertainment News: Stan Lee, of Marvel Comic Fame, Dies at 95
LOSANGELES– The last of the great comic book creators has flown to the beyond. Stan Lee, who led the resurgence of comic book culture – especially in the movies – created legendary superheroes for...
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Film Review: Multi-Dimensional ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
CHICAGO– This animated take on Spider-Man gets a little stuck in a web entirely of its own making. Digging deeper into the weeds of the extended mythology of the comics, “Spider-Man: Into The...
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Film Review: Tom Holland Daze! On-Air Review of ‘Cherry’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on February 26th, 2021, reviewing the new release “Cherry,” streaming on...
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Audio Film Reviews: ‘Stan Lee’ and ‘Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film reviews for the new biography documentaries “Stan Lee,” an overview of the Marvel Universe creator (on Disney+ since June 16th) and...
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Audio Film Review: Tangled Weave for Marvel’s ‘Madame Web’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Madame Web,” a spin-off (grin) of Spider-Man, who first appeared in Marvel Comics back in 1980. This origin story also features...
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