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Tag: Chicago Indie Critics

The Brutalist Review

The Brutalist is a fantastic look into the immigrant story and shows one story of millions of immigrants that have come to this country.
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January 7, 2025
The 2024 Windie Award Nominations are Here

Celebrating their ninth year, the Chicago Indie Critics have announced the nominees for their Windie Awards. The voting film critic members completed ballots this week to select Windie nominees in 27 categories. The CIC members will commence a final round of voting ending on January 12, 2024. The 2024 Windie winners will be announced on…
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January 7, 2025
PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels Giveaway

PAW Patrol is such a fun show with many great messages and themes that we love highlighting the latest DVDs on our page. Rescue Wheels is another fun adventure for the family and we are giving away one copy to one of our readers. Read about the DVD below and enter to win a copy…
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December 27, 2024
Favorite Movies of 2024

When making my list of Favorite Movies of 2024, I want to highlight movies that might not be on other lists. I want my list not to look like every other list but to give you movies that might have slipped your radar or not received enough attention. Some big titles will appear here because…
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December 26, 2024
Favorite Animated Movies of 2024

Animation is a great medium to tell amazing stories. Remember friends, animation is not just for the kids. Here are our favorite animated movies in no particular order. Thelma the Unicorn – With social media putting false expectations on what someone should be, Thelma the Unicorn shows how these expectations can be hurtful. Through this…
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December 24, 2024
Favorite Horror Movies of 2024

I love Horror movies due to their unpredictability and the roller coaster ride they take us on. There were a lot of great horror movies out this year so I added one honorable mention along with this list. In a Violent Nature – This fresh take on the horror genre puts you in the shoes…
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December 24, 2024
Babygirl Review

From the opening few minutes, Babygirl shows you that this movie is going to take you to places that might be uncomfortable for some people. Nicole Kidman’s character, Romy, is a high-powered CEO who, while seeming to have a perfect life, is missing something. Babygirl shows us how dynamics in relationships can lead to either…
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December 24, 2024
Favorite Documentaries of 2024

Documentaries are one genre of movie that I love to see due to the education you get from watching them. This year it was hard to just pick 10 but definitely watch these and other documentaries that are out there. Daughters – Daughters gives us an inside look into a program where prisoners get to…
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December 24, 2024
Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa: The Lion King tells the story of how Mufasa came to be the Lion King and how Scar became an outcast within the pride. While this seems like an amazing premise for a movie somewhere along the way it lost its path. If you remember The Lion King, Scar was living with the hyenas…
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December 19, 2024
Nosferatu Review

The movie Nosferatu starts with a haunting image of Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp). The young woman is lost in her thoughts and is calling for a guardian angel to protect her. What she does not realize is that she summons pure evil to her. She summons the horror that is Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) AKA…
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December 19, 2024