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Entertainment News: Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com at Fan Expo, Aug 17, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 15, 2024 - 11:44amCHICAGO – Anime acolytes unite! The Chicago Fan Expo and Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) is presenting a screening/discussion of the Anime classic “Inu-Oh” that will be moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, and hosted by APUC Founder/Exec Director Sophia Wong Boccio. Mark down Saturday, August 17th at 10:30am in ROOM 13 for the screening and post-screening interaction. For more information on the Anime happenings at Fan Expo, click FAN EXPO ANIME.
Podtalk: Jack C. Newell’s New Doc ‘The Candidate’ & Wabash Lights, Aug 15 & 17, 2924
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 14, 2024 - 5:09pmCHICAGO – This is an important upcoming weekend in the art evolution of Chicago’s own Jack C. Newell. The filmmaker will have a (click) WORLD PREMIERE of his new documentary “The Candidate” at the Gene Siskel Film Center (8/17/24) and “turn on the glow” for an installation ten years in the making, Wabash Lights (8/15).
Entertainment News: NÜTRL Vodka Selzer Hosts FREE Chicago LIVE DJ Series, Aug 16, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 14, 2024 - 10:27amCHICAGO – Summer has come and is fast going, but not before a final DJ Series blast for FREE in a Chicago park. On Friday, August 16th (8pm-Midnight), NÜTRL Vodka Selzer hosts/presents EDM trailblazer and Lollapalooza performer Austin Millz LIVE for the DJ Series finale in Chicago’s Paradise Park, 1913 West North Avenue. Music, food and drinks will also be available for this epic event. Just come to the park, or you can RSVP, click NÜTRL DJ Series.
Podtalk: Gene & Roxi Pope for ‘Queen of Knives’ in Chicago
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 13, 2024 - 1:39pmCHICAGO – The “Queen of Knives” has been on tour since its release to theaters and VOD earlier this summer, and is in Chicago for a FREE screening at the AMC River East 21 Theatre on August 14th, 2024 (7pm), featuring appearances by featured actors (and real life father/daughter) Gene & Roxi Pope. For tickets/details, click here.
Audio Film Review: When the Bough Breaks in ‘Mickey Hardaway’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 7:17amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Mickey Hardaway,” the feature film debut of Marcellus Cox, taking on the systemic mental health dysfunction in America’s black communities. In select theaters on August 9th, with digital download available September 1st.
On-Air Film Review: A Woman Finds Her World in ‘Good One’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 6:10amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “Good One” a significant feature film debut from writer/director India Donaldson. In select theaters beginning August 9th. See local listings.
On-Air Film Review: Matt D & Casey A Team Up in ‘The Instigators’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 9, 2024 - 3:26pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “The Instigators,” featuring Matt Damon and Mr Affleck (not that one, Casey) in a Boston heist caper. In select theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ beginning August 9th.
Preview: Rockers Green Day at Wrigley Field, Aug. 13, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2024 - 8:44amCHICAGO – Get ready, Chicago! On Tuesday, August 13, rockers Green Day will electrify Wrigley Field with a monumental concert like no other. For the first time ever, the iconic American rock band – formed in Rodeo, California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist/backing vocalist Mike Dirnt – will perform both the “Dookie” (1994) and “American Idiot” (2004) albums in their entirety, celebrating both works on their milestone anniversaries in 2024.
Audio Film Review: Modern M. Night Time Story in ‘Trap’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 5, 2024 - 10:16amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Trap,” the latest movie from the suspenseful filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, and featuring his musician daughter Saleka in a Taylor Swift-like role as a popular singer. In theaters now, since August 2nd.
Podtalk: Ariel Julie on Benefit for Upcoming Windy City Comedy Fest
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 4, 2024 - 11:46amCHICAGO – The future is bright for Chicago comedy, as the stand-up scene keeps growing along with the improv and sketch juggernauts. Comedian Ariel Julie is organizing the upcoming Windy City Comedy Fest, set for 2025, and is hosting a benefit for that Fest at Chicago’s Den Theatre on August 8th, 2024. Click here for details/tickets.
On-Air Film Review: ‘Peak Season’ is a Peek Underneath Attraction
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2024 - 10:22amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Peak Season,” set in Jackson, Wyoming, and involving a couple trying to negotiation “forbidden” feelings. In theaters beginning on August 2nd.
On-Air Film Review: Sean Wang’s ‘Didi’ Seems Like Teen Spirit
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 10:46amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Didi,” set in the summer of 2008, with a 13-year-old boy experiencing the season before Freshman Year. In theaters on August 2nd.
On-Air Film Review: ‘Sing Sing’ is Like No Business We Know
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 8:33amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Sing Sing,” set in the infamous title prison and featuring Colman Domingo. In theaters on August 2nd.
