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(event) Film review: 'The Witnesses' Start: 00:00 HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 3.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Witnesses” about AIDS in Paris in 1984: Patrick McDonald wrote:As in real life, often the main crisis morphs into a continuance that has no slam-bang conclusion. Rather, we just see a small hope that awakes to experience another sunrise. (event) Film review: 'Body of War' Start: 00:00 HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.0 out of 5.0 review of the new documentary “Body of War” about the war in Iraq: Patrick McDonald wrote:It’s the soldier in Iraq who fights on – in the face of public apathy at home – and who carries out the decisions of an administration that has chosen to hide their caskets in death.

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Maybe, Baby, Buddy Has Found New Groove in Chicago’s ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’

CHICAGO – “Wow! I feel like I’m at a rock concert!” “Me too. It’s like I want to rush the stage!”

While overhearing this conversation between two young women at the recent Chicago opening of “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” I realized there were no better words to sum up Drury Lane’s recent jukebox-blaring, toe-tapping homage to one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time.
Route 66’s ‘On an Average Day’ Brings the House Down at Chicago’s Victory Gardens

CHICAGO – Chicago theatre often surprises its audiences in the notorious fizzling summer months by providing us what I like to call “Christmas in July”. In this case, though, it’s August and Santa has hopped onto Route 66.