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    Tag: Jon Espino

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2022 Oscar Predictions

    CHICAGO – Here we go again. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com, for 2022 (the 94th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors – Patrick McDonald, Spike…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2022 Oscar Predictions”

    March 25, 2022 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Sidney Poitier

    CHICAGO – With the passing of actor Sidney Poitier at the age of 94 on January 6th, 2022, another lion of the cinema – who represented succinctly…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Sidney Poitier”

    January 10, 2022 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: ‘Eternals’ isn’t the Hero Film We Deserve, But the One We Need Right Now

    CHICAGO – At some point, everything evolves. This isn’t something that’s exclusive to Pokemon, but a process that all of us have undergone to get to where…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: ‘Eternals’ isn’t the Hero Film We Deserve, But the One We Need Right Now”

    November 5, 2021 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: Despite Sandy Start and Trope Pitfalls, ‘Dune’ Could be the Next ‘Star Wars’

    CHICAGO – Everything has ‘potential’ and in examining that you reveal a little bit about yourself. Seeing the ‘potential’ in something is inherently an exercise in optimism…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: Despite Sandy Start and Trope Pitfalls, ‘Dune’ Could be the Next ‘Star Wars’”

    October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: ‘Halloween Kills’ Challenges What We Know About the Franchise

    CHICAGO – There’s no way around it, horror is one of the most difficult film genres to work within. It constantly needs to be evolving in order…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film Review: ‘Halloween Kills’ Challenges What We Know About the Franchise”

    October 17, 2021 by CIC

    New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Netflix’s ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ Taylor Zakhar Perez and Maisie Richardson-Sellers

    After the huge success of Netflix’s The Kissing Booth, we finally got a second film (and a third coming soon), but this time the stakes and dance…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Netflix’s ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ Taylor Zakhar Perez and Maisie Richardson-Sellers”

    July 31, 2020 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Now On VOD: ‘Birds of Prey’ Soars High Above Our Expectations

    CHICAGO – Comic book fatigue is real, and not just because there is an embarrassment of riches in screened content but because more than a few of…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Now On VOD: ‘Birds of Prey’ Soars High Above Our Expectations”

    March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 by CIC

    New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film News: Chicago Film Cancellations & Postponements

    CHICAGO – In this most unprecedented of times, the film community of Chicago has been affected profoundly by the coronavirus pandemic. The spring film festivals were just…… Read more “New Review from Jon Espino of Hollywood Chicago: Film News: Chicago Film Cancellations & Postponements”

    March 16, 2020 by CIC

    New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Trey Edward Shults, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Taylor Russell talk about the complexities in ‘Waves’

    Every decade or so, we get new media that only entertains us but educates us on the experiences of the next generation. Many times they highlight the…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Trey Edward Shults, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Taylor Russell talk about the complexities in ‘Waves’”

    November 27, 2019 by CIC

    New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Thomasin McKenzie talks ‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘The King’, and the importance of acceptance

    After her breakout role in Leave No Trace, Thomasin McKenzie has continued to impress viewers with the range and variety in roles. This year alone she was…… Read more “New from Jon Espino on The Young Folks: Interview: Thomasin McKenzie talks ‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘The King’, and the importance of acceptance”

    November 4, 2019 by CIC

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