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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On-Air Film Review: We Are the World in ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 2, 2024 - 4:18pm- Billy Joel
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Springsteen
- Diana Ross
- Harry Belafont
- Lionel Ritchie
- Michael Jackson
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- Netflix
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Simon
- Ray Charles
- Scott Thompson
- Stevie Wonder
- The Greatest Night in Pop HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Tina Turner
- WBGR-FM
- We Are the World
- Willie Nelson
- Wisconsin
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on February 1st, 2024, reviewing “The Greatest Night in Pop,” a documentary about the one-night-only gathering of pop heavyweights to record “We Are the World.” Streaming on Netflix since January 29th.
Podtalk: That’s a Wrap! Filmmaker Michael Glover Smith on ‘Relative'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 19, 2021 - 9:24pmCHICAGO – Local filmmaker Michael Glover Smith broke through the after-the-pandemic ceiling with his recently completed fourth feature film, “Relative.” The ten day production, shot primarily in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, follows the adventures of a family negotiating the youngest son’s graduation gathering.
Film Review: 1970s Music Weekend! On-Air Reviews of ‘I Am Woman’ & Jimmy Carter Rock Doc
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 11, 2020 - 10:59pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 10th, 2020, reviewing the new films “I Am Woman” (VOD and theaters) and “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President” (virtual and actual theaters).
Film Review: On-The-Air Review of Gordon Lightfoot Documentary
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 1, 2020 - 12:37pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 30th, 2020, reviewing the new Video-On-Demand film “Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind.”