CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
On-Air Film Review: ‘It Lives Inside’ is a Battle of Assimilation
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 21st, 2023, reviewing “It Lives Inside,” a new horror film based on monster mythology from India. In theaters since September 22nd.
Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
Samira (Megan Suri) is a California high school students with traditional immigrant parents from India. She is indifferent to her heritage, as she is trying to fit in with her peers. Her best friend used to Tamira (Mohana Krishnan), but she has taken to walking around high school like a Zombie, clutching a pickling jar with what she says is a evil spirit called the Pischach trapped inside. When the jar shatters in a confrontation with Samira, all hell is going to break loose.
It Lives Inside
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