CHICAGO – It began with a boy and his dream (nightmare?). John LaFlamboy, to be exact, as he took an idea he had in college and made it his life’s work. He owns and operates the HellsGate Haunted House in Lockport (Illinois), which was designed, built and put together by Haunted House experts expressly for the spookiest month of the year. For info on how to purchase tickets, click HellsGate.
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Film News: 95th Oscars is ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 13, 2023 - 8:27am- 2023
- 95th
- A24
- ABC-TV
- Academy Award
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Brendan Fraser
- Daniels
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
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- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Ke Huy Quan
- Michelle Yeoh
- Patrick McDonald
- Sarah Polley
HOLLYWOOD – In an emotional and sweeping night at the 95th Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was everything and everywhere. The film won Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis) and Best Directors and Original Screenplay for Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels).!—break—>
Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2023 Academy Award Predictions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 11, 2023 - 2:02amCHICAGO – We have arrived. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com for 2023 (the 95th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors of HC – Patrick McDonald and Spike Walters – are joined by filmmaker treasure Michael Glover Smith (“Relative”) and film critic Jeffrey L. York of “The Establishing Shot.”
Film News: Will Smith Slap on Chris Rock Mars CODA Best Picture Oscar
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 28, 2022 - 12:17amCHICAGO – Usually these Oscar wrap ups are ordinary. But in a shocking event at the 94th Academy Awards, eventual Best Actor winner Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Oh and by the way, CODA wins the Best Picture in a historic honor.
Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2022 Oscar Predictions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 24, 2022 - 11:49pm- 2022
- 94th
- ABC-TV
- Academy Awards
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Director
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Film Feature
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jon Lennon Espino
- Michael Glover Smith
- Midwest Film Festival
- Oscars
- Patrick McDonald
- Predictions
- Relative
- Spike Walters
CHICAGO – Here we go again. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com, for 2022 (the 94th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors – Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and Jon Lennon Espino – are joined by guest Michael Glover Smith, the director of the upcoming film “Relative.” !—break—>
Oscar Week: Producer Gigi Pritzker on Jessica Chastain in ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 23, 2022 - 10:41amCHICAGO – The Oscars are this upcoming Sunday, March 27th, and one of the great performances of the year – nominated for Best Actress – is Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” The producer of the film is Gigi Pritzker.
Film News: Ranking the 2022 Oscar Nominees in Six Categories
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 9, 2022 - 1:59pm- 2022
- 94th
- Academy Award
- Belfast
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Nightmare Alley
- Nominations
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
CHICAGO – The nominees for the 94th Academy Awards … taking place on March 27th, 2022 … were announced on February 8th. 23 categories will be up for Oscar, and the favorites will be will be debated as the Awards season plays out. The 94th Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC-TV.!—break—>
Via Zoom: Isabelle Fuhrman & Lauren Hadaway of ‘The Novice’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 22, 2021 - 5:41pmCHICAGO – One of the great indie films of 2021 is “The Novice,” written and directed by Lauren Hadaway, and featuring Isabelle Fuhrman. This intimate and fascinating look at female student athletes in crew (rowing) has many underlying themes and relationships. It opens at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on December 26th. See below for details.
The Gold Hugo: ‘Memoria’ at 57th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 23, 2021 - 11:59amCHICAGO – The Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) is competitive, and the 57th edition presented its awards on October 22nd, 2021, as a live virtual and online event.. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best International Film was “Memoria” (Columbia), directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Oscar Week 2021: Spotlight on Best Actress Nominee Carey Mulligan
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 24, 2021 - 6:37amCHICAGO – Making an impact has pretty much defined the career of Carey Mulligan. Her film characters have had a depth and energy to them that only she can deliver. 11 years after her first Best Actress Oscar nomination (“An Education”), Mulligan is nominated in 2021 for her searing portrayal in “Promising Young Woman.”
Oscar Week 2021: Spotlight on Best Actress Nominee Viola Davis
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 22, 2021 - 6:16pmCHICAGO – Building a career role by role, Viola Davis has emerged at the top of her profession as an actress, with four Oscar nominations in her journey – and one win for “Fences” (2016) – including this 2021’s nod for her shape shifting performance as a real-life 1920s Blues Singer in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
