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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Slideshow: Photos From Dale Robinette for ‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ on Disney+
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 24, 2020 - 1:57pmCHICAGO – In a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and dropped on February 7th, 2020, at the relatively new Disney+ streaming service, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” already has proved its viability. The film is based on the youth fiction series by Stephan Pastis, who wrote the screenplay with director Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”).
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to ‘The D Train’ With Jack Black, James Marsden
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 26, 2015 - 5:12pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “The D Train” starring Jack Black and James Marsden!
TV Review: Great Cast Keeps ‘Family Tools’ in Business
Submitted by BrianTT on May 1, 2013 - 8:30amCHICAGO – ABC continues to try to use Emmy-winning comedy juggernaut “Modern Family” to create a hit as a lead-in or a lead-out: “The Neighbors,” “Suburgatory,” “Happy Endings,” “How to Live with Your Parents,” and, starting tonight, “Family Tools,” a show with a strong enough comedy pedigree to produce a few laughs but writing that isn’t quite strong enough to warrant comparison with the best of the ABC comedy wannabes.
Film Review: Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan in Mediocre ‘Bachelorette’
Submitted by BrianTT on September 6, 2012 - 3:37pmCHICAGO – “Bachelorette,” now playing On Demand (and doing quite well on that format) and opening in theaters tomorrow, is a modestly successful comedy with some very talented stars stuck with an incredibly inconsistent script.
TV Review: ‘Perfect Couples’ is Adequate But Far From Perfect
Submitted by BrianTT on January 20, 2011 - 1:33pmCHICAGO – Since practically the beginning of TV, sitcoms about the trials of being in a couple are a dime a dozen. Today it takes innovative, highly intelligent writing to make the mundane, everyday challenges of being in a relationship seem exciting and—most importantly—watchable, week after week.