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: ‘Between the Temples’ is the Space of Life
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 23, 2024 - 4:30pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 22nd, reviewing the new film “Between the Temples,” featuring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. In theaters beginning August 23rd. !—break—>
On-Air Film Review: ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 17, 2023 - 10:38pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on November 16th, 2023, reviewing “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” the latest in the popular series. In theaters on November 17th, 2023.!—break—>
On-Air Film Review: Meet Me Tonight in Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 22, 2023 - 2:26pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 22nd, reviewing “Asteroid City,” the latest film directed by America’s auteur, Wes Anderson. In theaters on June 23rd.!—break—>
On-Air Film Review: The Web of ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 1, 2023 - 7:52pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 1st, reviewing “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” another animated adventure for the web slinger in the multi-verse. In theaters on June 2nd.!—break—>
Film Review: Blissful ‘My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 5, 2017 - 10:39amCHICAGO – In animation, the real innovators who evolve the artform are the risk takers who stamp their own inspiration on those cartoon images. Director Dash Shaw is one of those breakthroughs, who creates a work of anarchistic art in “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.”
Interview: Adam Scott Wants Everyone There For ‘The Overnight’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 29, 2015 - 10:20amCHICAGO – Adam Scott has become familiar to audiences through his five year run as Ben Wyatt on TV’s “Parks and Recreation,” but he is also creating a presence on the big screen, with various supporting roles in big films (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”) and his latest comedy, “The Overnight.”
Interviews: Two More Filmmakers at 2015 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 11, 2015 - 2:58pmCHICAGO – The showcase and respect given to filmmakers at the recently completed 2015 Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) meant that the top directors made appearances on behalf of their featured films. James Ponsoldt of “The End of the Tour” and Patrick Brice of “The Overnight” are two prime artists at the top of their game.
Film Review: ‘Big Eyes’ Too Conventional to Generate Any Interest
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 25, 2014 - 9:24amCHICAGO – What’s up with Tim Burton? His style is hardly present in the straightforward story of artists Margaret and Walter Keane, locked in a battle of creation over “Big Eyes” child paintings. There is nothing revelatory or even interesting in the process of their struggle of who-painted-what, maybe perhaps Burton – a collector of the art – wants to increase their value?
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Guaranteed Anytime Passes to Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’
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CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of guaranteed anytime movie tickets up for grabs to the new Tim Burton film “Big Eyes” starring Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams! Pick your own theatre and time throughout Chicagoland!
Interview: Jason Schwartzman Hears All in ‘Listen Up Philip’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 29, 2014 - 11:59amCHICAGO – Jason Schwartzman likes to portray writers – he was one in his HBO series “Bored to Death” – and he portrays one in his latest film, “Listen Up Philip.” He also has played many characters in director Wes Anderson’s universe, and did a fantastic turn as composer Richard M. Sherman in last year’s “Saving Mr. Banks.”