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 Review: 1970s Caper Film in Enjoyable ‘Finding Steve McQueen’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 15, 2019 - 2:08pmCHICAGO – The “caper” film, AKA the heist film, is one of the old reliable genres in the movies, and usually involves a gang of mismatched thieves. “Finding Steve McQueen” goes all the way back to the 1970s to spotlight a based-on-truth burglary that involves Tricky Dick himself, President Richard M. Nixon.
Film Review: ‘Warcraft’ Tries, But Eventually Has Got No Game
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 10, 2016 - 8:16amCHICAGO – The best that can be said for the video game adaptation “Warcraft” is that it’s not the incoherent, CGI heavy and Michael-Bay-type nightmare it could have been. It’s still somewhat incoherent – full of computer generated cannon fodder – but I am surprised and happy to report it did not induce any headaches, even in pointless 3D.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of IMAX Passes to ‘Warcraft’ With Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 6, 2016 - 5:23pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening IMAX passes up for grabs to “Warcraft” based on the popular World of Warcraft game starring Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper!
Patrick Swayze, Chicago Setting Work Together in Promising ‘The Beast’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 8, 2009 - 5:16pm Television Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick Swayze shines in A&E’s down-and-dirty “The Beast,” a show about deep undercover agents that uses its Chicago setting as well as any show in recent memory. Chicago is regularly the setting for television and film productions, but rarely has it been as much a part of the overall fabric of the show as it is on “The Beast,” one of the more promising dramas of the new year.
