Top 5 – Movies You’ve Never Heard of that Played at the Chicago International Film Festival

Top 5 – Movies You’ve Never Heard of that Played at the Chicago International Film Festival

This week, the 55th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off and it is a festival near and dear to my heart.  I first attended the festival in 2008, where I got to see Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece The Wrestler  I was also lucky enough to meet Mr. Aronofsky after the screening and talk to him about wrestling and filmmaking, which, for a 20 year old film student, was mind-blowing.  I have attended the festival every year…

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Top 5 – Johnny Depp Movies

Top 5 – Johnny Depp Movies

Johnny Depp was at one time one of the most sought out and best actors in Hollywood.  He would consistently give great performances in good and sometimes great movies, which allowed the actor to earn back-to-back Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in 2003 and 2004, as well as a nomination in 2007.  But lately, Depp has been on a streak of duds.  With movies like Dark Shadows (2012), The Lone Ranger (2013), and Transcendence…

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Top 5 – Movies Set in Boston

Top 5 – Movies Set in Boston

With Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp as infamous gangster Whitey Bulger as he runs the streets of Boston in the 1970’s, coming out this Friday, let’s look back at some of the best movies set in Boston.     5- Fever Pitch (The Farrelly Brothers, 2005) I could have gone with better overall films like the rousing The Fighter (2010), the extremely entertaining The Boondock Saints (1999) or one of the great Paul Newman…

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