This is just the news I was waiting to hear! Beginning Saturday, January 24, "The Interview" will be available to Netflix streaming subscribers in the US and Canada. Now, I don't have to go out of my way to see a movie slammed by critics but popularized after a hacking scandal at Sony, due to the comedic film's central plot about assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, … [Read more...] about Netflix lands ‘The Interview’
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‘Shameless’ star Shanola Hampton flickers in ‘Things Never Said’
Showtime "Shameless" fan of Shanola Hampton (plays "Veronica Fisher" aka "Vee")? Check! Spoken word/slam poetry fan? Check! That's all the convincing I needed to check out a screening of "Things Never Said" during the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival. The film features character Kalindra Stepney (Shanola Hampton) who has turned to spoken word poetry as an emotional outlet for the … [Read more...] about ‘Shameless’ star Shanola Hampton flickers in ‘Things Never Said’
Robert Townsend kicks off Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens series, screens ‘Hollywood Shuffle’
Best known for films such as "The Five Heartbeats" and TV series such as "The Parent 'Hood," writer, actor, director, producer, and Chicago native Robert Townsend attended the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival to support the newly added Black Lens category to this year's programming. In the spirit of celebrating the role African-Americans have played in front of and behind the … [Read more...] about Robert Townsend kicks off Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens series, screens ‘Hollywood Shuffle’
Eastern and Western marital customs clash in witty documentary ‘Meet the Patels’
Don't let the fact that "Meet the Patels" is a documentary conjure up some highly intellectual snooze fest that sends you running because this one is loaded with entertainment value. "Meet the Patels" features the hilarious actor Ravi Patel, who played Amir on NBC's "The New Normal," on a quest for true love and appease his traditional Indian parents Champa Patel and Vasant … [Read more...] about Eastern and Western marital customs clash in witty documentary ‘Meet the Patels’
Theater in Chicago: ‘Death Tax’ is scandalously delightful
“People who have money are preserved…People who do not have money are not preserved. If one does not get preserved, things get messy” is an excerpt from Maxine’s opening lines that epitomize the dark, comedic yet scandalously delightful play “Death Tax” written by Lucas Hnath. The play, under the direction of Heidi Stillman, is currently showing Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre … [Read more...] about Theater in Chicago: ‘Death Tax’ is scandalously delightful