CHICAGO – What is one of the greatest survival instincts of the pandemic? Creativity. The Zoom web series “What Did Clyde Hide?” is the result of a creative effort from Executive Producer/Show Runner Ruth Kaufman, Producer Sandy Gulliver and Director Sean Patrick Leonard. Kaufman and Leonard talk about the series, naturally, via Zoom.
January 2021
Podtalk: Rula Gardenier of ‘Breaking Fast,’ Available Thru Video-On-Demand, Jan. 22, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 24, 2021 - 6:34pmCHICAGO – After a successful festival run, the film “Breaking Fast” – a heartwarming gay romantic comedy – was released through Video-On-Demand on January 22nd, 2021. One of the key screenings previously was at REELING, the international Chicago LGBTQ+ film fest, and during that time an actor from Chicago with a vital role, Rula Gardenier, talked about “Breaking Fast” and her move to Los Angeles.
Film Review: Gotta Serve Somebody! On-Air Review of ‘The White Tiger’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 23, 2021 - 4:40pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 21st, 2021, reviewing the new film “The White Tiger,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 22nd, 2021.
Gotta Serve Somebody! On-Air Review of ‘The White Tiger’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 23, 2021 - 4:37pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 21st, 2021, reviewing the new film “The White Tiger,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 22nd, 2021.
Film Review: Hey-Hey My-My! Audio Review of ‘Rock Camp: The Movie’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 17, 2021 - 7:46pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 15th, 2020, reviewing the new film “Outside the Wire,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 15th, 2021.
Hey-Hey My-My! Audio Review of ‘Rock Camp: The Movie’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 17, 2021 - 7:43pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com does an Audio Film Review on January 15th, 2021, with an overview of the new film “Rock Camp: The Movie,” opening on virtual cinema – including MusicBox.com in Chicago – on January 15th, 2021.
Film Review: Inside the Dire! On-Air Review of ‘Outside the Wire’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2021 - 6:32pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 15th, 2020, reviewing the new film “Outside the Wire,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 15th, 2021.
Inside the Dire! On-Air Review of ‘Outside the Wire’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2021 - 6:30pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 15th, 2020, reviewing the new film “Outside the Wire,” streaming on Netflix beginning January 15th, 2021.
Film Review: No Flipping! On-Air Review of ‘WandaVision’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2021 - 5:08pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on January 15th, 2021, reviewing the new series from Disney+ and Marvel Studios, “WandaVision,” kicking off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
No Flipping! On-Air Review of ‘WandaVision’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2021 - 5:05pm Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on January 15th, 2021, reviewing the new series from Disney+ and Marvel Studios, “WandaVision,” kicking off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Via Zoom: Director Sam Pollard Revives the History of 'MLK/FBI'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 14, 2021 - 11:19am- 1950s
- 1960s
- Alabama
- assassination
- Civil Rights
- Director
- Editor
- FBI
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- J. Edgar Hoover
- January 15th
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Martin Luther King Day
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- MLK/FBI
- Montgomery
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Sam Pollard
- Selma
- Spike Lee
- Surveillance
- USA
- Wiretap
- Zoom
CHICAGO – Sam Pollard has been a behind-the-scenes film editor/producer for most of his career, best known for his work with Spike Lee. But recently, after sporadic director assignments over the years, he has broken out with two major profile documentaries, one on Sammy Davis Jr. in 2017, and his most recent “MLK/FBI.”
Film News: Midwest Film Festival’s Virtual ‘Best of the Midwest’ Awards on Jan. 14, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 13, 2021 - 7:10pmCHICAGO – Getting through Year 2020 intact would prove to be a major accomplishment for any monthly film festival, but the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) did it with both style and their trademark sense of a film community during a year where that was missing for so many. The Fest is going virtual and online for their BEST OF THE MIDWEST AWARDS on January 14th, 2021. 7-9pm. You’ll need a ticket for this spectacular event, click here for all the particulars, including General Admission and VIP levels.
Film Review: Stayin’ Alive! On-Air Review of ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2021 - 5:51pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) in December of 2020, in a BONUS REVIEW of “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” now on HBO MAX.
Stayin’ Alive! On-Air Review of ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2021 - 5:47pm Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) in December of 2020, in a BONUS REVIEW of “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” now on HBO MAX.
Film Review: A Little Drama! On-Air Review of ‘Stars Fell on Alabama’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2021 - 4:29pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 7th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Stars Fell on Alabama,” which is available now through Video-On-Demand.
A Little Drama! On-Air Review of ‘Stars Fell on Alabama’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2021 - 4:27pm Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 7th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Stars Fell on Alabama,” which is available now through Video-On-Demand.
Via Zoom: Misty Rowe of ‘Hee Haw’ & as Marilyn Monroe in Her Book ‘Misty Memories,’ PART TWO
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 5, 2021 - 4:31pm- 1970s
- Buck Owens
- CBS-TV
- Elton John
- England Media
- Goodbye Norma Jean
- Happy Days
- Hee Haw
- Hee-Haw Honeys
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- Joe Arce
- Junior Samples
- Kathie Lee Gifford
- Marilyn Monroe
- Mel Brooks
- Misty Memories
- Misty Rowe
- Patrick McDonald
- Playboy
- Scot England
- Starstruck Foto
- When Things Were Rotten
- Zoom
CHICAGO – Misty Rowe is a Country Music cultural icon, through her many years with TV’s “Hee Haw,” but she also portrayed Marilyn Monroe in “Goodbye, Norma Jean” (1976). She remembers it all in her new memoir, “Misty Memories.”
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2020, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2021 - 11:15pm- 10
- 10 Best Movies 2020
- 2020
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I’m Thinking of Ending Thinks
- Kajillionaire
- List
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Patrick McDonald
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- Ten
- Ten Best Films 2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Trip to Greece
- The Twentieth Century Soul
- Top Ten 2020
- Uncle Frank
CHICAGO – In a world gone a bit madder and sadder, the films of 2020 were a welcome escape from the travails of weekly reality. Without theater exhibition by and large, films had to be experienced on smaller home screens, shrinking bold cinematography and emphasizing the story.
Slideshow: In Memoriam Dawn Wells, Mary Ann of ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 1, 2021 - 12:32pmCHICAGO – To top off the end of 2020, it was announced on December 30th that Dawn Wells, best known for the girl-next-door role she had as Mary Ann on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” had passed away due to COVID complications. She was 82. Dawn Wells was also a friend of HollywoodChicago.com, and had posed for the camera of photographer Joe Arce on several occasions.
