CHICAGO – The great and lofty Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago has brought the current political season right on target with “POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” now extended through December 17th. Click POTUS.
Lily Tomlin
Murder (She Hopes)! Audio Film Review of ‘Moving On’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 22, 2023 - 12:17pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the newly released “Moving On,” a dark comedy featuring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin of “Grace and Frankie.’ Currently in theaters, since March 17th.
National Football Ladies are Super Bowled in ’80 for Brady’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 2, 2023 - 7:29pm Rating: 2.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “80 for Brady” has an all star lineup, but when it comes to scoring any genuine laughs it has a serious case of fumble-itis. It’s fun to see these talented women together on the screen but there’s not much there. It’s four old friends going to the Super Bowl, and that’s about it.
Multi-Dimensional ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 15, 2018 - 5:53amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – This animated take on Spider-Man gets a little stuck in a web entirely of its own making. Digging deeper into the weeds of the extended mythology of the comics, “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” presents not one but at least seven different versions of the character.
Lily Tomlin Fuels the Journey Depicted in ‘Grandma’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 28, 2015 - 10:01amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – There is a circumstantial and frank presentation of abortion in the new Paul Weitz film “Grandma,” and it probably could not have resulted the way it did if the story wasn’t anchored by the great Lily Tomlin. She portrays the title character, helping her granddaughter get to the procedure.
Tina Fey Difficult to Get Into in ‘Admission’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 22, 2013 - 1:14amRating: 2.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Tina Fey, love her. Paul Rudd, like his work, he’s a Judd Apatow guy. Wallace Shawn in “The Princess Bride,” exquisite. Lily Tomlin is a comedy legend. All these great and interesting performers participated in “Admission,” for which they all get an “F.”
