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Chicago – Bring your sister! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “Sisters” starring Amy Poehler and Tina Fey! Bring your biological or sorority sister!

“Sisters,” which opens on Dec. 18, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Maya Rudolph, John Leguizamo, James Brolin, Bobby Moynihan, Dianne Wiest, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena and Greta Lee from director Jason Moore (“Pitch Perfect”) and writer Paula Pell. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.

To win your free passes to “Sisters” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

12 December 2015 12:17 PM, PST

Chicago – When a film tries to be philosophical, it easily can devolve into heavy handedness. But the exception is the latest from writer/director Paolo Sorrentino, the richly presented “Youth.” It treads upon many definitions of the title, and lands upon all of them, because that’s life.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Sorrentino’s last feature film was the underrated “This Must Be the Place” (2011), another meditative work that featured Sean Penn. This film features older actors Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel and Jane Fonda as representatives of different life phases in their golden age, each searching for something that remains a bit elusive. The great young actor Paul Dano adds his particular spice, this time in a reactive character rather than a antagonist, and he handles one of the most surprising scenes with perfect energy. The film is awash with imagery that fortifies the director’s point of view in the story, and »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

11 December 2015 7:33 AM, PST

Chicago – This is a rare film that will fill you with anger, while making you laugh at the absurdity of 21st Century life. “The Big Short” is an inside look at the mortgage meltdown that began in 2007, that cost eight million jobs and an untold amount of foreclosures, and the men who knew it was coming.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

It also exposes how the financial world is basically a large scale casino, with the crime bosses in better clothing. Comedy director Adam McKay (“Anchorman”) makes his first “dramatic’ film, and it took a man who sees the farcical nature of life to express the complexity of what these sharks did to the economy. It’s a reminder of how there is always a certain level of human greed and arrogance, and explains what we already should know – it’s a jungle out there, and basically it is about killing or being killed. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

10 December 2015 9:25 PM, PST

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new animated comedy “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” starring Kaley Cuoco and Jason Lee!

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” which opens on Dec. 18, 2015 and is rated “PG,” also stars Anna Faris, Bella Thorne, Christina Applegate, Justin Long, Tony Hale and Jesse McCartney from director Walt Becker and writer Adam Sztykiel.

To win your free passes to “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at 11 a.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

10 December 2015 2:40 PM, PST

Los Angeles – In a crazy land where films like “The Martian” and “The Big Short” can be nominated as a “comedy or musical” means it’s soon time for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes, on January 10th, 2016. The event kicks off awards season with “Spotlight,” “Room” and “Carol” in the drama film category, and “Game of Thrones,” “Transparent” and “Orange is the New Black” among the TV nominees.

‘The Martian’ is a Nominee of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

Photo credit: 20th Century Fox

Rounding out the Best Motion Picture, Drama Category is “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury.” The Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical also has “Joy,” “Spy,” and Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck.” The Television categories continue the trend of online series with “Narcos” (Netflix), ‘Casual’ (Hulu), ‘Orange is the New Black’ (Netflix), “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Transparent” (Amazon Prime) joining network and cable nominees “Empire, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

8 December 2015 9:17 AM, PST

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Chicago – The Red Carpet in Chicago was rolled out in maximum fashion for the November 22nd, 2015, premiere of director Spike Lee’s new film, “Chi-raq.” Despite its controversial title, the city has embraced the film’s metaphoric plea for sanity, and the premiere took place at the historic Chicago Theatre on State Street. Stars of the film, including Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, John Cusack, Jennifer Hudson, Wesley Snipes and director Spike Lee were all in attendance, and HollywoodChicago.com photographer Joe Arce got Exclusive Portraits of them all.

Click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos are © Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com.

CHIRAQ1: Director Spike Lee of ‘Chi-raq.’ CHIRAQ2: Nick Cannon portrays the title character of ‘Chi-raq.’ CHIRAQ3: Teyonah Parris portrays Lysistrata in ‘Chi-raq. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

8 December 2015 6:43 AM, PST

Chicago – Carole King, from modest roots and beginnings, went on to become the most successful female songwriter of the last forty years of the 20th Century. So this “natural woman” was perfect for a musical overview of her life and great songs, in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”

Play Rating: 4.0/5.0

The structure and songs are the highlight of King’s life story, starting in the late 1950s on Tin Pan Alley (the songwriting strip of Broadway in New York City) to a triumphant Carnegie Hall Concert as a 1970s solo act. Along the way there are the social changes of the 1960s and a legendary songwriting partnership, in addition to the sorrow of the breakup and the evolution of starting over. It is the American Dream and the American songbook rolled into one breezy evening, and the truth of Carole King within the musical is evident from beginning to end. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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