Posts from ‘August, 2009’

If you’re looking for a fun summer blockbuster but can’t bear the $10 admission, just tap into last season’s offerings. “Iron Man” was an ’08 smash, and although a bit cliche, Robert Downey Jr.’s charm makes the two hours fly by. And anyway, who doesn’t like a summer comic book flick? It’s got all the [...]

How-to Find Box Office Statistics from Diane Rusignola on Vimeo. Here at The Take Three, we want to make sure that you know everything about movies that we know. Today we’re talking box office statistics, and there are loads of places all over the web you can look for them. Check out this how-to video, and [...]

Have you made it to your fair share of Chicago festivals yet this summer? If not, you are missing out. Before the weather gets too cold to hang outdoors, make sure you live up the famous Chicago summer. Free movies are offered every week at Movies in the Park, beginning around 8:30pm every evening. Get [...]

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When the film version of a beloved book is released, it often goes one of two ways. Either the fans jump on board and overlook all of the film’s flaws (”Twilight”), or they become enraged by even the smallest of changes made (”Harry Potter”). First-time novelist Audrey Niffenegger released ”The Time Traveler’s Wife” in 2003, and [...]