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+.
Sundance Film Festival
Interview: Buck Brannaman Shares His Life Philosophy in ‘Buck’
Submitted by mattmovieman on June 22, 2011 - 9:51amCHICAGO – When Robert Redford was on the lookout for equine consultants to assist him with his 1998 drama, “The Horse Whisperer,” he got a lot more than he bargained for when he hired Buck Brannaman. The real-life “whisperer” was one of the chief inspirations for the character of Tom Booker in the Nicholas Evans novel that provided the source material for Redford’s picture. Yet Brannaman’s inspiring work doesn’t merely apply to horses.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Win Win’ With Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 20, 2011 - 4:59pmCHICAGO – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Win Win” starring Oscar nominees Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan!
Film News: Movies Sell ‘Like Crazy’ at Sundance 2011
Submitted by mattmovieman on February 2, 2011 - 1:33pmCHICAGO – An overarching feeling of optimism seemed to permeate throughout the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Studios purchased the distribution rights to roughly 30 movies, nearly double the number of films that sold last year. Several of the festival’s most buzzed-about discoveries could easily find a sizable audience outside of the festival circuit, either in theaters or on VOD.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Blu-Rays, 5 DVDs to National Geographic War Film ‘Restrepo’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 7, 2010 - 11:50amCHICAGO – In our latest war edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, we have 5 Blu-rays and 5 DVDs up for grabs to “Restrepo” from National Geographic Entertainment!
Interview: Director David Michôd Explores His ‘Animal Kingdom’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 18, 2010 - 8:46amCHICAGO – The gangster movie gets a nice Freudian twist in director David Michôd’s new film, “Animal Kingdom.” This Australian import focuses on a family of bank robbers whose mother is the glue that holds their criminality together. Guy Pearce (”Memento,” “The Hurt Locker”) lends his talent as Leckie, a pursuing police officer.
Interview: Sundance, Midwest Independent Film Festival Headliner Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 28, 2010 - 10:05amCHICAGO – “Successful Alcoholics,” a new short comedy film by Chicagoan Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been making the major film festival rounds, including the Sundance Film Festival, and will be the featured film at the Midwest Independent Film Festival in Chicago on their Comedic Shorts Night, Tuesday, June 1st.
New Trailer For Award-Winning, Independent Spirit-Nominated ‘Sleep Dealer’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 19, 2009 - 11:41pmCHICAGO – The winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Prize and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival, “Sleep Dealer,” finally has a preview and our contact at Maya Entertainment sent it over for your online pleasure.
Slideshow: 29-Image Gallery For ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ With Amy Adams, Emily Blunt
Submitted by BrianTT on February 19, 2009 - 3:41pm
Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack and Amy Adams star in Sunshine Cleaning.CHICAGO – This 29-image slideshow contains the official press images from the Overture Films production of “Sunshine Cleaning,” starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, Clifton Collins Jr., Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Jason Spevack. Written by Megan Holley and directed by Christine Jeffs, the film opens in limited release on Friday, March 13th, 2009.
Big Winners at 2009 Sundance Film Festival Include ‘Push,’ ‘We Live in Public’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 25, 2009 - 7:22pmCHICAGO – The 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards were announced on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 and Lee Daniels’ examination of parental abuse and self-redemption in Harlem in the 1980s, “Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire,” won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. dramatic competition.
Interview: Melissa Leo Channels John Wayne in Sundance Hit ‘Frozen River’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 14, 2008 - 12:51pmCHICAGO – Melissa Leo is a familiar face to admirers of the TV show “Homicide: Life on the Street”.
