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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Blu-Ray Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ Rewards Repeat Viewing
Submitted by BrianTT on December 7, 2010 - 11:52amCHICAGO – Summer 2010 was filled with some of the laziest mainstream product in the history of the blockbuster season. Creative bankruptcy ruled almost every weekend and audiences wisely turned away from most of it.
Film Review: Following ‘The Dark Knight,’ Nolan’s ‘Inception’ is a Mind-Stupefying Masterpiece
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 15, 2010 - 10:11amCHICAGO – After thinking it’d take “a couple months” to ink, director Christopher Nolan (of “The Dark Knight” fame) took eight years to painstakingly write the “Inception” script. And you can tell. It’s his first pure masterpiece.
Slideshow: 23-Image Gallery For ‘Inception’ Starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Submitted by BrianTT on July 14, 2010 - 5:25pmCHICAGO – This 23-image slideshow contains a selection of the official press images for the highly anticipated “Inception,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. The film was written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It will be released on July 16th, 2010.
Slideshow: 12-Image Gallery of HollywoodChicago.com’s VIP ‘Inception’ Premiere
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 14, 2010 - 3:07pmCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com sponsored the VIP Chicago premiere of the new, highly anticipated Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”) film “Inception” on July 12, 2010 at the Gold Class Cinema in Barrington, Ill. The film features Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Chicago Passes to VIP ‘Inception’ Screening With Dinner, Drinks
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 7, 2010 - 3:38pmCHICAGO – Exclusive! In our latest VIP edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-one passes up for grabs for our own movie theater screening of “Inception,” which is one of the most-anticipated films of 2010 from the director of “The Dark Knight”!
Blu-Ray Review: Girl Power Drives Entertaining ‘Whip It’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 2, 2010 - 11:58amCHICAGO – Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut “Whip It” is the kind of fun, girl-power driven comedy that I honestly expected would find a huge word-of-mouth audience in theaters. Its absolutely dismal box office ($13 million) was one of the biggest financial surprises of 2009. People are likely to catch up with the Ellen Page comedy on Blu-ray and DVD.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Passes to Drew Barrymore’s ‘Whip It’ in Chicago With Ellen Page
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 28, 2009 - 1:10amCHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two run-of-engagement Chicago passes up for grabs to the new film “Whip It,” which is Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut!
‘Juno,’ ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Writer Diablo Cody Set to Adapt ‘Sweet Valley High’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 23, 2009 - 12:47pmLOS ANGELES – “Sweet Valley High” filtered through Diablo Cody? That is exactly what Universal is doubling down on, in negotiations to pick up the rights to the long-running book series, with Cody (“Juno,” “Jennifer’s Body”) attached to adapt.
Video: ‘Inception’ Teaser Trailer From ‘The Dark Knight’ Director Christopher Nolan With Leonardo DiCaprio
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 12, 2009 - 3:10amCHICAGO – Riding off the ravenous wave of the explosively successful “The Dark Knight,” Warner Bros. has released a new teaser trailer you’ve got to see.
Ellen Page’s ‘Smart People’ Only as Scholarly as Zealous Senior in High School
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 11, 2008 - 2:30amCHICAGO – I’m flummoxed. I know “Smart People” was supposed to be comedic drama with a splash of romance. Instead, I have been misled. It’s not a comedy. It’s not a tragedy. It’s not even a tragicomedy.