Archive for October, 2007
Movie Review - The Savages
The Chicago International Film Festival wrapped up last night and the film that closed out the final night was Tamara Jenkins’ first feature-length film in roughly nine years, The Savages. Some may remember that Jenkins first got acclaim with her last film The Slums of Beverly Hills in 1998. The Savages could not [...]
An Evening with Malcolm McDowell - Chasing Chicks with Your Wang Out
Legendary English actor Malcolm McDowell was in town yesterday to premiere his new film Never Apologize. The new documentary is actually a one-man show McDowell performed last year as a dedication to filmmaker Lindsay Anderson (If…, O Lucky Man!–both starring Malcolm McDowell and both featuring punctuation in their titles). McDowell was in town for a [...]
Strong.Words.0032 - F*ck Strong
After a brief hiatus, a vision quest, and a hard-fought marathon, Strong Words is back! The guys have reviews this week for Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, Sean Penn’s Into the Wild, Peter Berg’s middle-east action flick The Kingdom and some love for Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows. Listen in for this week’s [...]
Dehydration Woes
Josh ran the Chicago Marathon today. If you check it out online you’ll read that conditions were pretty messed up with record-breaking high temperatures and a water shortage.
Our next show has been postponed until he can get some R & R and schedule permits.
Movie Review - The Kite Runner
Last night, my Strong Words co-host Tim and I went to the opening night ceremony for the Chicago International Film Festival downtown at the beautiful Chicago Theater. The ceremony kicked off with a red carpet gala* and a tribute to Roger Ebert.** After the presentation to Ebert, director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Stranger [...]
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