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.!—break—>
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Film Review: ‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’ is Flat Out Funny
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 8, 2019 - 3:52pmCHICAGO – There are two things I love as a film observer. The pretty colors of modern animation … and to laugh. I got both in the appropriately titled “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.” Picking up where the first first left off, the gang of Lego brick figures, including Emmet, Wyldstyle and Batman, have a new adventure.
Film Review: Fun and Uproarious ‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 28, 2018 - 10:20am- Batman
- Beast Boy
- Cartoon Network
- Cyborg
- Flash
- Greg Cripes
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Hynden Walch
- James Corden
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Khary Payton
- Kristen Bell
- Movie Review
- Nicolas Cage
- Patrick McDonald
- Patton Oswalt
- Raven
- Robin
- Scott Menville
- Starfire
- Superman
- Tara Strong
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
- Warner Bros.
- Will Arnett
CHICAGO – If a good laugh is golden, then “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies” is worth its weight. Although the meta-make-fun of superhero movies have already been done almost to death (Deadpool?), the Titans have been doing it on the Cartoon Network since 2013, and take it to a new level in their movie adventure.
Exclusive Photo: Happy Birthday to Movie & TV Icon Joan Collins
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 23, 2018 - 5:32pm- Alexis Carrington
- American Horror Story
- Anthony Newley
- Batman
- Bing Crosby
- Birthday
- Bob Hope
- Britain
- Dynasty
- England
- Exclusive Photo
- Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
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- J. Arthur Rank Film Company
- Jackie Collins
- Joan Collins
- Joe Arce
- London
- Patrick McDonald
- Star Trek
- Tales from the Crypt
- The Royals
- Warren Beatty
CHICAGO – The ageless Joan Collins is probably best known for the prime time soap opera “Dynasty,” which ran from 1981 to 1989, but she is also a throwback to the last of the old studio system in Hollywood, when she was signed to a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1955. For her latest act, she will appear in the upcoming eighth season of FX Channel’s “American Horror Story.” Her birthday, May 23rd, is today.
Film Review: Up Up & Away for ‘Justice League’ From DC Comics
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 15, 2017 - 7:13amCHICAGO – In the America of truth, justice and comic book movies, the DC brand – featuring hero icons Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – has lagged behind their rivals at Marvel Studios. “Justice League” fills that gap admirably, after the slam-bam summer of Wonder Woman.
Film Review: ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Delivers Old Hollywood Glory
Submitted by JonHC on July 13, 2017 - 10:54pmCHICAGO – Since the Golden Age of cinema, theaters have tried countlessly to deliver up big budget films. Summer is here and the public is showing that they are cooling off these blockbusters, no longer fooled by the thought that cost equates to quality. “War for the Planet of the Apes” shows us that blockbusters may still be redeemed by channeling some Old Hollywood magic.
TV Feature: HollywoodChicago.com on Three Parts of Adam West
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 15, 2017 - 1:38pmCHICAGO – As they say about Adam West’s interpretation of Batman, “he hit so hard, that words describing the impact appeared out of thin air.” But there was more to him than just the superhero tights, as Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and Jon Espino of HollywoodChicago.com remember the three main characters in the career of Adam West, who passed away last week.
Film News: Adam West, the 1960s TV Batman, Dies at 88
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 10, 2017 - 11:48amLOS ANGELES – When Adam West had a voice role on “The Simpsons,” portraying the Batman – as he had in the iconic TV series from 1966 through 1968 – he remarked, in reference to the rubber muscle costume that the movie actors wore, that his Batman was “All Pure West.” West died on June 9th, 2017, at the age of 88.
Film Review: Freaky Villains is Where ‘Suicide Squad’ Works Best
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2016 - 4:48pmCHICAGO – DC Entertainment, feeling the heat from Marvel Studios and the tepid response from “Batman v Superman,” comes back stronger with “Suicide Squad,” an overblown yet psychological comic book film about sociopathic villains who somehow have to save the world.
Exclusive Portrait: A Bat Anniversary for Adam West & Burt Ward
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 13, 2016 - 7:50amCHICAGO – In the 1960s, the entertainment world was summed up by the three “B’s” – Bond, Beatles and…Batman. On January 12th, 1966, the pop culture TV phenomenon called “Batman” – starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin – made its debut on ABC-TV. Happy 50th Anniversary to the Dynamic Duo.
Film Review: Miraculous ‘Batkid Begins’ Can Save Us All
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 11, 2015 - 7:52amCHICAGO – Sometimes, a simple will of the heart is like a drop of water in the ocean, which ripples so profoundly that it affects the tides. That will is illustrated in the heartbeat of “Batkid Begins,” the story of Miles Scott, a little boy fighting an illness, who wished to be The Batman.
