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Category: Chicago Film Scene Reviews and Recs

It should come as no surprise that we at the Chicago Film Scene watch a lot of movies and TV. As filmmakers it’s more or less in our blood to watch everything we can. Plus, let’s be honest, it’s a fun hobby.

Here you’ll find reviews and recommendations for whatever we at CFS want to talk about. Maybe there’s a hot new movie that everyone is talking about and we want to add our voice to the conversation. Maybe there’s a TV show so obscure that few have heard of it but that deserves a new audience. Maybe it’s a list curated and organized like a cinematic playlist.

Either way, you’ll be in good hands for deciding what to watch next.

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Watercooler Reviews | “Ted Lasso” Round Table: Season 2, Episodes 6, 7 and 8: “The Signal,” “Headspace” and “Man City”

September 17, 2021October 5, 2021 Hannah Kfoury

There were a lot of complaints, somehow, following season 1 of Ted Lasso that the show didn’t have enough conflict. That it was simply too… happy. After

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Watercooler Reviews | The Card Counter

September 16, 2021September 15, 2021 Rob McNeil

The Card Counter is the latest psychological drama from writer/director Paul Schrader. His previous effort, First Reformed from 2018 was produced on a similar budget

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Summer Wrap-Up: My Favorite Films of Summer 2021

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Jeff Olson

Hello all! Can you believe it’s the end of summer already? I thought this was a fairly good summer movie season. I saw several films

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Watercooler Reviews | Candyman

August 30, 2021August 27, 2021 Rob McNeil

Candyman is a horror remake from Jordan Peele’s studio, Monkeypaw Productions, also produced and co-written by Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), and directed by Nia

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Not Another Listicle: Superhero Trash

August 26, 2021September 6, 2021 Davy Walker

Just in time for the wrap on the remake of The Toxic Avenger, I’ve compiled a list of films that I regard as Superhero Trash.

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Watercooler Reviews | “Ted Lasso” Round Table: Season 2, Episode 5: “Rainbow”

August 25, 2021October 5, 2021 Hannah Kfoury

Continuing the rom-com action from last week’s Love Actually surprise, Ted Lasso truly outdid itself with an episode-ending, tear-jerking sequence involving my man Roy Kent and his decision to

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Lovecraft Country | Season 1, Episode 7: “I Am.” ‒ The Timeless Hippolyta Freeman

August 21, 2021August 22, 2021 Bishop

Lovecraft’s seventh episode is titled “I Am.”  Finally we get Hippolyta Freeman starring as the heroine of an episode, and her journey thru not-quite-time-travel is

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Watercooler Reviews | “Ted Lasso” Round Table: Season 2, Episode 4: “Carol of the Bells”

August 19, 2021October 5, 2021 Hannah Kfoury

A short personal anecdote to start off this week’s review: In early 2016, I spent four months studying in London and fell in love with

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Watercooler Reviews | CODA

August 16, 2021August 13, 2021 Rob McNeil

CODA might be known for winning both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it has finally

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Watercooler Reviews: “The Mysterious Benedict Society” Episodes 5-7

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Mitchell Nee

Episode 5 = 3/4 stars Episode 6 = 3.5/4 stars Episode 7 = 3/4 stars Now that’s more like it. In my past reviews, I

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