CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Pride2024: Three Audio LGBTQ+ Film Reviews for Pride Weekend
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 28, 2024 - 6:48amCHICAGO – Happy Pride Weekend! To bring us into this proud celebration, HollywoodChicago.com presents three reviews of LGBTQ+ themed films, with audio overviews from Editor/Writer Patrick McDonald, contributor Jon Lennon Espino and guest reviewer/Founder of Cinema Femme, Rebecca Martin Fagerhoim.
Film Review: A Boy’s Adventure in ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 25, 2019 - 5:04pmCHICAGO – The marketing of this film keeps mentioning the 1980s cult film ‘The Goonies,’ but this British based “school mates” adventure is rooted more in King Arthur and “The Sword in the Stone.” A boy’s grand adventure plays out with themes of what is at stake in a delightful “The Kid Who Would Be King.”
Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2017, Captured by Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 10, 2018 - 9:23pm- 10
- 2017
- 25
- Alfre Woodard
- Anthony Hopkins
- Best
- Bob Odenkirk
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Chadwick Boseman
- Danny Trejo
- Denis Leary
- Ed Asner
- Entertainment News
- Eric Roberts
- Gabourey Sidibe
- Gabrielle Union
- Helen Mirren
- Hillary Clinton
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jane Fonda
- Joe Arce
- Kevin Spacey
- Lisa Marie
- List
- Loni Anderson
- Maggie Ziegler
- Mark Wahlberg
- Neal Patrick Harris
- Patrick McDonald
- Patrick Stewart
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Stefanie Powers
- Ten
- Top 25 2017
- Valerie Bertinelli
- Vanessa Redgrave
CHICAGO – My year in capturing 2017 celebrity portraits is best summed up with a bit of poetry: My subjects skewed older and politically bolder/In a year that demanded change/My list is longer with work hopefully stronger/In capturing these faces not strange.
Exclusive Photo, Audio: Patrick Stewart at 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 29, 2017 - 7:46amCHICAGO – Make it so, and the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival accomplished “it,” honoring Patrick Stewart at a tribute event on October 25th, 2017. The versatile actor gained fame as Star Trek’s Jean Luc-Picard and X-Men’s Charles Xavier, AKA Professor X.
Interview, Audio: Artistic Director Mimi Plauché on 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 12, 2017 - 4:48pm- 2017
- 53rd
- After Dark
- Alfre Woodard
- Architecture
- Because Life is a Movie
- Black Perspectives
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Cinemas of the Americas
- City & State
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Industry Days
- International Film Noir
- Interview
- LGBTQ+
- Mimi Plauché
- Outlook
- Patrick McDonald
- Patrick Stewart
- Short Films
- Spotlight
- Vanessa Redgrave
CHICAGO – In May of this year, Cinema/Chicago – the parent organization of the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) – announced that Mimi Plauché was the new Artistic Director of the Fest. She assumed the position that had formally been held by CIFF founder Michael Kutza, who continues as President and CEO.
Film Feature: 5 Ways to Love the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 10, 2017 - 11:02am- After Dark
- Alfre Woodard
- Because Life is a Movie
- Black Perspectives
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Cinemas of the Americas
- City & State
- Documentary
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Industry Days
- LGBTQ+
- New Directors
- Outlook
- Patrick McDonald
- Patrick Stewart
- Short Films
- Spotlight
- U.S. Indies
- Vanessa Redgrave
CHICAGO – They’re warming up the spotlights, and gathering up all the glam for the next two weeks. The 53rd Chicago International Film Festival opens on Thursday, October 12th, 2017, with the film “Marshall” (details below), and it’s time for movie lovers to come together in the Windy City.
Film Review: ‘Logan’ Bares Its Sharp Claws & Eviscerates Us Emotionally
Submitted by JonHC on March 2, 2017 - 4:54amCHICAGO – There is a war raging in the comic book cinematic universe where filmmakers think that these kinds of films should embrace their over the top (verging on campy) nature while others think they should be darker and made deathly serious. “Logan” proves that they are both wrong as it strikes a balance between all of those elements while remaining true to the character.
Interview: Director Jeremy Saulnier Invites Us to ‘Green Room’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 21, 2016 - 1:17pmCHICAGO – Combining punk rock, neo-Nazism and horror is not an easy balancing act, but filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin”) was up to the task. As a former punker himself, it was natural to transfer the energy of that music, and translate it into a slash and burn scary movie. It’s time to step into the ‘Green Room.’
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Green Room’ With Patrick Stewart
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 19, 2016 - 12:16pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Green Room” starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots!
Film Review: ‘Ted 2’ is a Funnier Film Than it Deserves to Be
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 25, 2015 - 7:52pm- Amanda Seyfried
- Dennis Haysbert
- Giovanni Ribisi
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jay Leno
- Jessica Barth
- John Carroll Lynch
- John Slattery
- Liam Neeson
- Mark Wahlberg
- Michael Dorn
- Morgan Freeman
- Movie Review
- Patrick Stewart
- Patrick Warburton
- Sam J. Jones
- Seth MacFarlane
- Spike Walters
- Ted
- Ted 2
- Tom Brady
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – While it’s cruder and it can’t quite match the original “Ted,” “Ted 2” is still funnier than it has any right to be. It is unmistakably a Seth MacFarlane production, and there are a million reasons why this movie shouldn’t work, chief among them a plot that attempts to plop a foul mouthed talking teddy bear into a moralistic legal parable about civil rights. But I can’t deny I laughed throughout, almost despite myself.