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Interview: Ryan Reynolds, Director Rodrigo Cortés Uncover ‘Buried’
CHICAGO– “Buried” is an unconventional film, a so-called (by director Rodrigo Cortés) impossible film to make. Ryan Reynolds is the only actor on-screen in the whole film, and he plays a man buried...
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Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gets Beneath it in Tense Thriller ‘Buried’
CHICAGO– In one of the most unusual settings for a film, actor Ryan Reynolds performs as a one-man tour de force as the only on-screen character in the new film “Buried.” Set in a coffin buried beneath...
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Film Review: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts Revive Valerie Plame in ‘Fair Game’
CHICAGO– The key line in “Fair Game,” a distillation of Valerie Plame’s outing as a CIA operative in 2003, is intoned by character actor Bruce McGill, in a scene reminiscent of the “Mr. X” moment in...
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Film Review: ‘The Devil’s Double’ Magnifies the Sorrows of Iraq
CHICAGO– There is evil all over the world, as long as there are human beings whose lust for power overcomes any semblance of morality. Iraq seems to be ground zero for those consequences, broken from...
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Film Review: ‘The Patience Stone’ Reveals Eternal Truths
CHICAGO– Despite any manmade restrictions through governments, religion, commerce or trumped-up morality, the truth has a way of mightily conquering all. “The Patience Stone” is a perfect example of...
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Interview: ‘The Girls on Liberty Street’ at 2013 Chicago International Film...
CHICAGO– In a situation that has happened in many U.S. households over the last ten years, the new film “The Girls on Liberty Street” explores the days leading up to a family shipping on of their own...
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Exclusive Portrait: Former President George W. Bush in Chicagoland
CHICAGO– Former president George W. Bush appeared in Naperville, Ill., at Anderson’s Bookshop to promote his book, “41: A Portrait of My Father.” The tome is a memoir of the Bush patriarch, George H.W....
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Film Review: ‘Vice’ Proves It’s Okay to Laugh at Dick Cheney
CHICAGO– “Vice” is an occasionally very funny attempt to demystify the life and legacy of former Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney. Using some of the same gimmicks and narrative trickery...
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