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REEL MOVES

Andeer to rep charlieuniformtango in Biz Dev, Sales

By Daniel Patton Jan 26, 2018

charlieuniformtango has tapped Chicagoan Will Andeer to handle business development and sales for the Midwest and Southeast. Andeer is not only well rounded, but also, accord...

Super Bowl

Schwimmer pushes Skittles for Super Bowl

By Colin Costello Jan 26, 2018

Last week, Mars Wrigley Confectionary brand, Skittles, announced that it would create the most exclusive Super Bowl ad ever, and would only screen it to only one person, and tha...

Super Bowl

Lexus, Black Panther team up for Super Bowl LII

By Colin Costello Jan 26, 2018

Step aside Audi, there’s a new luxury ride in Marvel films. And it’s the vehicle of Kings. Or one King to be exact – T’Challa from the upcoming Disney/Marvel film, Black...

REEL AUDIO

#womencrush music launches in Chicago

By Daniel Patton Jan 26, 2018

#womencrush music will host its inaugural Chicago event with a female music showcase Saturday, Jan. 27, at the HVAC Pub in Wrigleyville. On the bill: Baby Money & The Down Payme...

The Reel Deal with Optimus’ Mary Ann Holecek

By Colin Costello Jan 25, 2018

One at Optimus, the production arm of the post house Optimus, announced earlier this month that Mary Ann Holecek has taken the reins as Executive Producer/Managing Director. ...

REEL MOVES

Hires and exits in Chicago agencies and posthouses

By Colin Costello Jan 25, 2018

SCC names new CEO in reorganization Cubs’ AOR Schafer Condon Carter shuffled their leadership team into new roles effective this month. According to an agency memo from...

Super Bowl

OKRP unveils Tiffany Haddish / Groupon Super Bowl spot

By Daniel Patton Jan 25, 2018

O'Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP) capitalized on the timeless hilarity of a football-to-the-groin in Who Wouldn’t, a Groupon commercial set to air during the fourth quarter of Su...

Reel Indie

Latino film fest poster is an artistic breakthrough

By Daniel Patton Jan 25, 2018

The 34th annual Chicago Latino Film Festival poster is a testament to the universal power of art. Featuring a strip of film that runs like a sidewalk through a broken wall i...

FILM

Review of “I, Tonya”

By Laura Day Jan 23, 2018

Just nominated for three Academy Awards this morning (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Editing) I, Tonya is not made to satisfy anyone hoping to find an ironclad e...

NEW WORK

DDB helps Dodge reveal the 2019 Ram 1500

By Colin Costello Jan 23, 2018

Wow. I’m used to DDB Chicago making me laugh and warm my insides. I can’t say they have ever really gotten my head nodding and my foot tapping musically though. ‘Til no...

REEL LA

SAG Awards, PGA Awards, Midnight Oil, Halo in the news

By Colin Costello Jan 23, 2018

SAG Awards tee up "Three Billboards" for Oscar run Sunday night, the SAG Awards made it very clear that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a frontrunner for the Osc...

REEL AUDIO

Hip-Hop world mourns Fredo Santana

By Daniel Patton Jan 23, 2018

Chicago-born rapper Fredo Santana died last week of a seizure in Los Angeles. The 27-year-old artist, born Derrick Coleman, was a key player in the Drill music genre widely rega...

Reel Indie

Tandem captures Larry Macon’s 2,000 marathon

By Daniel Patton Jan 22, 2018

When Tandem Inc. arrived in San Antonio to shoot a Humana project on November 30th, Larry Macon had completed 1,999 marathons in his life. Five days later, as the 72-year-ol...

REEL LA

Fiji vows to raise $100K for AFI female directors

By Colin Costello Jan 22, 2018

Despite Patty Jenkins directing one of the highest grossing films of 2017, Wonder Woman, or Dee Rees getting huge buzz for her debut film, Mudbound, or Greta Gerwig having the h...

Reel Ad of the Week

Fallon replaces Culligan man with Princess Bride

By Colin Costello Jan 19, 2018

“Hey, Culligan M—” Oops can’t say that anymore During the Golden Globes, Culligan and Fallon debuted the first national campaign in more than half-a-century for the R...

NEW WORK

Optimus editor Rynne helps create a Nike female force

By Colin Costello Jan 19, 2018

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy first came out with the shirt that said, “The Force is Female” last year, thrusting her into the SJW (Social Justice Warrior) spotlight. N...

SPOTLIGHT

Kathryn Hempel’s year of art

By Daniel Patton Jan 19, 2018

Every day in 2017 — when she was not meeting the responsibilities of a highly awarded film editor — Kathryn Hempel was committed to painting it as it goes. “Sometime...

OLYMPICS

United debuts Olympic / Paralympic campaign

By Daniel Patton Jan 18, 2018

United Airlines’ new advertising campaign for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic team is a fantastic combination of marketing, production, and support. Superheroes, created b...

NEW WORK

Chrissy Teigen leads new McD’s dollar menu campaign

By Colin Costello Jan 18, 2018

Reel Chicago is loving the new McDonald’s work. Chrissy Teigen toplines a hilarious new national introduction of McDonald’s new $1 $2 $3 Menu led by AOR We Are Unlimited...

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