DVD Review: Fifth Installment of ‘Nip/Tuck’ an Imperfect Season, DVD
CHICAGO– “Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.” Doctors, I don’t like what you’ve done to a once-fascinating show. Ryan Murphy and the team behind “Nip/Tuck” missed a great opportunity with the...
View ArticleMid-Season Premiere of ‘Nip/Tuck’ Hints at Series Face-Lift
CHICAGO– After recently lamenting the decline of “Nip/Tuck” in my review of the Season Five, Part One DVD, no one is more shocked than I am at the creative success of the mid-season premiere, airing...
View ArticleTV Review: Final Season of ‘Nip/Tuck’ Starts With Lackluster Premiere
CHICAGO– Let’s be honest: “Nip/Tuck” has been in need of a face lift for years. The show arguably jumped the shark when The Carver took over (in season three) and has never quite looked the same since....
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Nip/Tuck’ Begins Final Season Without Much Fanfare
CHICAGO– Ryan Murphy’s “Nip/Tuck” begins its final cosmetic procedure this evening, starting a nine-episode arc that will end this once-promising series that has been in need of a face lift for a few...
View ArticleDVD Review: ‘Nip/Tuck: The Complete Series’ Captures Once-Promising Show
CHICAGO– Having started writing about television and DVD right around the time that “Nip/Tuck” premiered on FX and always having lovely contacts at both the network and Warner Brothers, who released...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Anonymous’ Such Stuff as Bad Movies Are Made On
Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– Roland Emmerich has been commonly mocked for his larger-than-life blockbusters that include “Godzilla,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” and “2012.” I would rather sit through a...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘Endless Love’ with Alex...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening passes up for grabs to the new romantic drama“Endless Love”...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Endless Love’ Remake Feels Like Endless Slog
CHICAGO– It’s Valentine’s Day movie remake weekend! Hot on the heels of the “About Last Night” redo, comes our love, our “Endless Love” – and it’s interesting that the film doesn’t use that song at...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 ‘Endless Love’ Blu-ray Combo Packs With Alex...
CHICAGO– In our latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack giveaway, we have 5 free Blu-ray and DVD combo packs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of the romantic drama“Endless Love”...
View ArticleFilm Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dour Zombie Drama ‘Maggie’
CHICAGO– A common quagmire during a zombie outbreak, as expressed in the 367 films about the topic made about such an event since 2000, concerns what to do when your loved one is infected. For many...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Papa Hemingway in Cuba’ is Sadly Inauthentic
CHICAGO– Getting the opportunity to trod upon the very ground that Ernest Hemingway once trod must have been a heady experience for the producers of “Papa Hemingway in Cuba.” But location simply isn’t...
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