The movie “Source Code,” which comes out April 1 and was filmed in Chicago, features one of our favorite hotties riding a recognizable, if unofficial, local train. According to Rich Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office, the movie’s stars, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan, were in Chicago filming a small portion of the […]
So you’re writing a musical, based on another source — a play, a novel or a movie, and you must find the moment in the original where a song would naturally occur. “You try to crack the material open and find the treasure,” said Jeanine Tesori, composer for the Broadway musical “Shrek the Musical,” which […]
Looking for a slasher, gore-fest, torture or zombie flick to watch this Halloween? Look elsewhere! My taste in scary movies runs more to the Southern gothic, suspense, supernatural, whodunit, twist-a-minute genre. The “thinking man’s” scary movie, if you will. Give one a try and tell me what you think. What are you, afraid? The Gift […]
This weekend, consider taking a walk down ’80s memory lane with the movies of the North Shore’s very own writer-director John Hughes, who died of a heart attack Thursday. You’ll likely spot many familiar places, as many of Hughes’ movies were filmed right in our backyard. A graduate of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, […]
