CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 2015 Oscar Predictions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 21, 2015 - 4:58amCHICAGO – Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Say it three times to win it, and you’ll win every Academy Award pool you enter – at least for the nine categories covered here – if you follow the advice of the HollywoodChicago.com “experts.” We have the Oscar magic, so if you believe in it, then we deliver.
Film Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘American Sniper’ is Entertaining, One-Sided American Propaganda
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 18, 2015 - 9:47pmCHICAGO – I understand why they did it. But that doesn’t make it right to do.
Film Review: Lack of Full Disclosure Trips Up ‘American Sniper’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2015 - 11:30pmCHICAGO – A straightforward story about the military marksman Chris Kyle is pretty much told in “American Sniper,” by director Clint Eastwood. But what is left out of the movie – Kyle’s right-wing politics and a depiction of his fate – is more curious than what is actually presented.
Film News: ‘Life Itself’ Snub Mars 2015 Oscar Nominations
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2015 - 7:02pm- Academy Awards
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CHICAGO – In an unprecedented oversight, especially for the film community in Chicago, film critic Roger Ebert’s biography “Life Itself” was snubbed for Best Documentary as the nominations were announced on Jan. 15, 2015 for the 87th Academy Awards. The films “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” tied for most Oscar nominations with nine.
Interview: Sienna Miller on the Home Front in ‘American Sniper’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 13, 2015 - 4:23pmCHICAGO – Sienna Miller creates illumination that a movie screen never forgets. From her early roles in “Alfie” and “Factory Girl,” to the more recent “Foxcatcher” and “American Sniper,” Miller adds an extra level of truth that generates expressive and notable characteristics to the roles that she portrays.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘American Sniper’ With Bradley Cooper
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 10, 2015 - 4:06pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “American Sniper” starring Bradley Cooper from director Clint Eastwood about Chris Kyle: the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history!