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REVIEW: While it still has bite, is it time for The Bear to hibernate?
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REVIEW: While it still has bite, is it time for The Bear to hibernate?

By Colin Costello Jun 26, 2025
While all episodes of The Bear have been released on FX and Hulu, this reviewer has only completed the first five episodes. But we have enough to review! Here's the bottom ...
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The Heist opens Chicago office with key hires from The Mill
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The Heist opens Chicago office with key hires from The Mill

By Colin Costello Mar 31, 2025
In a move that signals a major shift in the creative production landscape, The Heist, a Thinkingbox company, has significantly expanded its creative and client services teams w...
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The Best Oscar Viewing Parties in Chicago for 2025
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The Best Oscar Viewing Parties in Chicago for 2025

By Colin Costello Mar 1, 2025
Lights, camera, Chicago! The 97th Academy Awards are upon us, and there’s no better way to celebrate than surrounded by fellow movie lovers, glammed up (or dressed down), wit...
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Chicago director Bill Morrison on his Oscar-nominated film, Incident
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Chicago director Bill Morrison on his Oscar-nominated film, Incident

By Colin Costello Feb 28, 2025
The powerful short documentary Incident opens on a quiet midsummer evening in Chicago’s South Shore. The stillness is abruptly broken as a man dashes into the street, stumbli...
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Chicago Screenwriter Eric Anderson earns third Grey List honor
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Chicago Screenwriter Eric Anderson earns third Grey List honor

By Colin Costello Feb 25, 2025
Chicago-based screenwriter Eric Anderson is once again making waves in the industry, securing his third consecutive spot on The Grey List with The Lot, a high-energy horror-com...
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What The Mill closing means for Chicago’s VFX industry
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What The Mill closing means for Chicago’s VFX industry

By Colin Costello Feb 24, 2025
Sister publication, Reel 360 News, was the first to break the story of Technicolor Creative Studios' financial troubles and its decision to shut down The Mill’s U.S. operatio...
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Lay’s “The Little Farmer” is the standout Super Bowl spot from Chicago
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Lay’s “The Little Farmer” is the standout Super Bowl spot from Chicago

By Colin Costello Feb 10, 2025
Every year, Super Bowl commercials flood our screens with spectacle, humor, and celebrity cameos, but the best ads are the ones that make us feel something. This year, that hon...
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From apples to lions: What the new Leo means to Chicago
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From apples to lions: What the new Leo means to Chicago

By Colin Costello Jan 14, 2025
Almost every time former Reel Chicago editor Dan Patton wrote or edited an article about Leo Burnett, he’d get flak—from the iconic agency and our publisher alike—for cas...
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Reel Chicago Post House of 2024: Optimus
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Reel Chicago Post House of 2024: Optimus

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2024
In the world of Chicago post-production, few names carry as much weight as Optimus. This powerhouse at 161 East Grand has spent decades helping brands, filmmakers, and age...
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Reel Chicago Agency of 2024: Quality Meats
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Reel Chicago Agency of 2024: Quality Meats

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2024
What can you say about an agency that is ballsy enough to create a “couch lube” named after incoming Vice-President, J.D. Vance? You say they’ve earned the title of Reel ...
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2024 in Review: The year’s best campaigns
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2024 in Review: The year’s best campaigns

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2024
When it came to creative brilliance, Chicago’s agencies showed the rest of the world how it’s done in 2024. Highdive, BarkleyOKRP, Quality Meats, and other Windy City power...
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Two scary Chicago writers – TJ Cimfel, David White – talk up new Netflix film, Don’t Move
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Two scary Chicago writers – TJ Cimfel, David White – talk up new Netflix film, Don’t Move

By Colin Costello Oct 25, 2024
This is the month of Halloween and Netflix is keeping its terrifying clown foot on the scare pedal with the release of Don't Move. The 2024 horror film is directed by Adam Schi...
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Prison Break gets new life on Netflix – soars to number one on streaming
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Prison Break gets new life on Netflix – soars to number one on streaming

By Colin Costello Sep 6, 2024
Chicago production teams and actors who worked on the first season of Prison Break have a reason to celebrate once again! According to Nielsen’s latest streaming rankings...
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Wendy Jo Carlton’s Lucy is a Loser begins filming
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Wendy Jo Carlton’s Lucy is a Loser begins filming

By Colin Costello Sep 4, 2024
Filming has officially begun for Wendy Jo Carlton’s highly anticipated independent feature Lucy is a Loser, exploring the healing power of weirdness, music, and human connect...
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Tom Duff celebrates 29 years at Optimus
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Tom Duff celebrates 29 years at Optimus

By Colin Costello Aug 15, 2024
Big congrats to Tom Duff, who is celebrating 29 years at Optimus, marking nearly three decades of leadership and innovation in the advertising and post-production industry. ...
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Two Chicago agencies shine at AdAge’s Small Agency Awards
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Two Chicago agencies shine at AdAge’s Small Agency Awards

By Colin Costello Jul 26, 2024
Chicago's advertising scene is celebrating a significant achievement as two local agencies, Quality Meats and Laughlin Constable, were honored at Ad Age’s 16th Annual Small A...
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Legendary comedian and actor, Bob Newhart, passes away at 94
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Legendary comedian and actor, Bob Newhart, passes away at 94

By Colin Costello & Barbara Roche Jul 19, 2024
Bob Newhart, the celebrated comedian and actor, renowned for his deadpan delivery and unique comedic style, passed away at the age of 94. Newhart died peacefully on July 18...
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It’s funny… how The Bear is not a comedy
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It’s funny… how The Bear is not a comedy

By Colin Costello Jun 30, 2024
Real talk. I love The Bear. I am so sucked into its in its chaotic, dysfunctional world (like millions of others) that I binge all episodes of the award-winning FX series the m...
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Battle of the bites: The Chi’s Smokey’s vs. The Bear
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Battle of the bites: The Chi’s Smokey’s vs. The Bear

By Colin Costello Jun 26, 2024
Chicagoooooooo, let's get ready for the "Culinary Showdown!" Fictional culinary showdown that is. With The Bear premiering tonight on Hulu at 8 p.m. CST and The Chi currently e...
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Will there be a second season for Dark Matter?
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Will there be a second season for Dark Matter?

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2024
As Dark Matter concludes its first season on Apple TV+, the anticipation for a potential Season 2 is palpable. Starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly and based on Blake C...
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