Within this blog post, I’m giving away a chance to win a limited amount of free movie passes to the movie Little staring Marsai Martin, Regina Hall, and Issa Rae.
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Girls Trip’s Regina Hall and Black-ish’s Marsai Martin both star as Jordan Sanders — Hall as the take-no-prisoners tech mogul adult version of Jordan and Martin as the 13-year-old version of her who wakes up in her adult self’s penthouse just before a do-or-die presentation.
Insecure’s Issa Rae plays Jordan’s long-suffering assistant April, the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body just as everything is on the line. Little is an irreverent new comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up — and glow up — right.
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I want to let you know a little about the passes.  These are first come first serve.  This means signing up for a pass does not guarantee entry to the movie.  Entry is based on seat availability when you reach the first of the line.  I suggest that you arrive to the movie theater early so that you can gain entry to the movie showing.  I will only be offering FREE viewing passes.  You will NEVER have to pay.  Don’t pay for passes or entry.  If someone asks for you to pay they are scamming you.  I only ask that you use my hashtag #FatGirlApproved on social media when sharing info on the movie you’re going to see or have seen using my link.  PASSES ARE UPDATED OFTEN SO CHECK BACK DAILY FOR NEW MOVIE PASSES Oh one last thing, Food is not included.  So bring a few dollars to cover food and drink if you want to have a snack while watching the movie.  I’m excited to offer you free viewings and I hope you enjoy the movie!!
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
I want to let you know a little about the passes.  These are first come first serve.  This means signing up for a pass does not guarantee entry to the movie.  Entry is based on seat availability when you reach the first of the line.  I suggest that you arrive to the movie theater early so that you can gain entry to the movie showing.  I will only be offering FREE viewing passes.  You will NEVER have to pay.  Don’t pay for passes or entry.  If someone ask for you to pay they are scamming you.  I only ask that you use my hashtag #FatGirlApproved on social media when sharing info on the movie you’re going to see or have seen using my link.  PASSES ARE UPDATED OFTEN SO CHECK BACK DAILY FOR NEW MOVIE PASSES Oh one last thing, Food is not included.  So bring a few dollars to cover food and drink if you want to have a snack while watching the movie.  I’m excited to offer you free viewings and I hope you enjoy the movie!!
We had a blast last year for movie in the park.  It was important that I share the free movie series with fellow Chicagoans and city visitors again this year.  I’ll plan on going to a few.  Be sure to follow my Twitter @FatGirl_Fashion or my Instagram stories @thefatgirloffashion to see what movies I’m going to see so we can meet up.  All films are FREE and made possible by the Millennium Park Foundation. The Summer Film Series is co-curated with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).
All films are free and start at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday* night at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at 201 E. Randolph St.  Additionally, each film presentation will begin with a screening of a “ChicagoMade Short” – a locally-produced short film. A program of the Independent Filmmaker Initiative, the ChicagoMade Shorts Series is a celebration of the robust local independent film community and a showcase of entertaining work produced by talented Chicago-based artists. Seating at the pavilion is first-come, first-served, or seat under the stars on the pavilion’s Great Lawn.  Bring your blankets, snacks, and favorite bottle of wine.  Screenings begin June 5th and runs though August 21th except on July 9 at 11am.  All movies will be presented on a state-of-the-art, 40-foot LED screen.  Schedule is subject to change.
Directed by John Waters and starring Ricki Lake, Divine, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono and Jerry Stiller, this cult film classic follows teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) as she pursues stardom on the local television hit the Corny Collins Dance Show and rallies against racial segregation.
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2017
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015, rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images, 120 minutes)
In a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where people must fight for scarce resources, a woman (Charlize Theron) rebels against the tyrannical ruler in a search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max (Tom Hardy).
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
Kinky Boots
(2005, rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, 107 minutes)
In order to save his family’s struggling shoe business, straight-laced Charles Price (Joel Edgerton) teams up with Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a flamboyant cabaret singer, with an unorthodox idea to produce custom footwear for drag queens.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26
Groundhog Day
(1993, rated PG for some thematic elements, 101 minutes)
Cynical and frustrated news reporter Phil Connors (Bill Murrays) finds himself reliving the same day covering the annual Groundhog Day festivities in small town Punxatawney, Pennsylvania, with his cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) and producer Rita (Andie MacDowell). Just as Phil starts to believe the he is doomed to live this day for all eternity, he learns that life isn’t what happens but how you react to it.
TUESDAY, JULY 03
High Fidelity
(2000, rated R for language and some sexuality, 113 minutes)
Thirty-something Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a former club DJ and now owner of record store Championship Vinyl, with a penchant for compiling top five lists, attempts to understand why he has been dumped by his latest girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) by revisiting his life’s top five worst break-ups. Much of the movie, based on the book by Nick Hornby, was filmed in Chicago.
MONDAY, JULY 09
opening program at 10:30am
Iron Giant
(1999, rated PG for fantasy action violence, language, some thematic material and smoking, 90 minutes)
Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal) makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot and protects him from a paranoid U.S. Government agent (Christopher McDonald) by keeping him at a junkyard owned by Dean McCoppin (Harry Connick Jr.). The family film is also being show in conjunction with the Millennium Park Family Fun Festival and the Year of Creative Youth.
TUESDAY, JULY 10
Man on Wire
(2008, rated PG-13 for some sexuality and nudity, and drug references, 90 minutes)
Using actual footage from the event seamlessly mingled with re-enactments, filmmaker James Marsh masterfully recreates high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit’s 1974 daring but illegal high-wire performance between the World Trade Center’s twin towers. The film won an Oscar for Best Documentary, Features.
TUESDAY, JULY 17
International Media Mixer
(2018, rated PG, 65 minutes)
US premiere of a live sonic and cinematic experience. A cross-cultural exchange of artists and archival footage from Chicago and Italy featuring four new films by Giuseppe Boccassini (Italy) and Alex Inglizian (U.S.); Lori Felker (U.S.) and Patrizia Oliva (Italy); Federico Francioni, Yan Cheng (Italy) and Tomeka Reid (U.S.); Domietta Torlasco (U.S.) and Stefano Urkuma De Santis (Italy). The evening will be hosted by Alison Cuddy of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
TUESDAY, JULY 24
Get Out
(2017, rated R for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references, 104 minutes)
Young African American Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) visits the white family of his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. The Oscar-winning film for Best Original Screenplay was written and directed by Jordan Peele.
TUESDAY, JULY 31 DOUBLE HEADER
WALL-E
(2008, rated G, 98 minutes)
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future, mankind has abandoned the trash-covered earth, and WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot, has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth’s history and show tunes, WALL-E inadvertently embarks on a space journey with his sprightly pet cockroach that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
(15-minute intermission)
Crash
(2004, rated R for language, sexual content and some violence, 112 minutes)
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people’s lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Directed by Paul Haggis, the film won three Oscars, including one for Best Picture, and stars Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser among many others in this ensemble cast.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 07
School of Rock
(2003, rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references, 108 minutes)
Fired from his band, down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Jack Black), takes a gig as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school. His attitude and hijinks teach the students some unconventional lessons, as he secretly leads his talented young musicians to the “battle of the bands” competition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
Coco
(2017, rated PG for thematic elements, 105 minutes)
Aspiring musician Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez), confronted by his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, takes an accidental trip to the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead where, along with the charming trickster skeleton Hector (voiced by Gael GarcĂa Bernal), he unlocks the real story behind his family history. Cocowon two Oscars, including Best Animated Feature Film.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
Slumdog Millionaire
(2008, rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language, 121 minutes)
Finding himself just one question away from winning 20 million rupees on India’s Kaun Banega Crorepati? (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), eighteen year-old Jamal (Dev Patel) is accused of cheating and reflects on how his life in the slums of Mumbai gave him all the answers.
Accessibility:
Every aspect of Millennium Park was designed to be fully accessible to all patrons. The following services are available:
Wheelchair loans in the Millennium Park Welcome Center, 201 E. Randolph Street
Integrated spaces for wheelchair seating at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wheelchair accessible restroom facilities
Assistive listening devices at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Sound Booth
For accessibility information, contact dcase@cityofchicago.org
Parking:
Convenient parking is located in the Millennium Park Garage (entrance on Columbus at Monroe or Randolph), Millennium Lakeside and Grant Park North. You can save $5 on your parking space with my code from SpotHero.
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Inspired by the movie ALLIED I wanted to create plus size looks in the 1940’s style of the movie in addition to offering up a chance to win movie passes the Chicago screening of this fab movie.
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I’ve been in what seems like a world wind for the last week or so. Â I’m fresh off a trip from NYC with Blogher and SheKnows media (which was great and post coming soon). Â It seems like I stepped off the plane in just enough time to be one of the first people to see Straight Outta of Compton. Â As a child growing up during the raised of N.W.A. Â I am a fan. Â Not so much of all of the music pushed out at the time but the overall message they stood for. Â Their message was true to the times then just as much as it’s sadly true to the times now. Â Watching the movie took me back to my childhood as if I was sitting on my living watching it all unfold on my parent’s floor model TV.
I’ll be honest.  I wasn’t expecting much of this movie.  With poorly made documovies like Aaliyah and Whitney the bar for Straight Outta of Compton was set very low.  In my mind I was thinking, I’m going to see a group of guys that look like N.W.A. wearing all black while rapping over the song of the past.  I was proven wrong.  The men of N.W.A. all had a story to tell.  Straight Outta of Compton grabs your attention for the second the film start.  It opens with a back story of  Eric” Easy-E” Wright.  I’m not going to tell you the movie but please take note of this DON’T COME LATE!!!  The movie then introduces us to Andre “Dr. Dre” Young followed by O’Shea ” Ice Cube” Jackson.  Looking back now I’m even more amazed at their talent and business sense at such a young age.  Ice Cube being only 16 when he almost single handily wrote the group first album.  Or that Easy-E the only true gangster and drug dealer of the group funded the start of N.W.A. and Ruthless Records by himself.  Most of all I now recognize the genius that is Dr. Dre.  He had his hand as a founding father in 3 of the top record label in the country; Ruthless Records, DeathRow Records and his own current label Aftermath.
The movie touches on life in Compton, California starting in the late 80’s in which these young men were starting their music careers. Â It speaks about how they felt they were being treated by their family and girlfriends. Â It also speaks about how they navigated the daily struggle of dealing with gangs and the L.A.P.D. Â It’s a real-life success story of boys from the hood who were able to make it out.
Straight Outta Compton shows a  brotherhood formed out of a collective dream that would later be broken up due to mismanagement and greed.  For me, it made these men I’ve watched on media in one form or another real and relatable.  I honestly laughed and cried.  I also felt the anger of the injustice that was happening at the time.  This movie is not Glee or Empire.  It’s an in your face look at 5 black young men from Compton bless with amazing talent from the musical Gods.  I encourage you to go see this movie.  In the movie theater on August 14th not on bootleg.  Support this movie with your dollars.  Tell the media our stories should be told on the big screen and when they are we will support them.
Random fact:
I had chosen sides in the beef between Ice Cube and N.W.A. Â I was down with the Lynch Mob. Â Ice Cube was my favorite and had the biggest crush on him. Â I even “dated” a guy in my neighborhood because he looked like Cube. Â LOL, lame.
Go to my YouTube and watch the Q&A session given after the preview of the Straight Outta Compton in Chicago.
Pictures with #staightoutta have been everywhere if you haven’t rep’d your city yet then head over to straightouttasomewhere.com and do so.
