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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When the Bough Breaks: Audio Film Review of Mickey Hardaway’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 7:13am Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Mickey Hardaway,” the feature film debut of Marcellus Cox, taking on the systemic mental health dysfunction in America’s black communities. In select theaters on August 9th, with digital download available September 1st.
A Woman Finds Her World! On-Air Film Review of ‘Good One'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 6:04am Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “Good One” a significant feature film debut from writer/director India Donaldson. In select theaters beginning August 9th. See local listings.
Matt D. & Casey A.! On-Air Film Review of ‘The Instigators’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 9, 2024 - 3:22pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “The Instigators,” featuring Matt Damon and Mr Affleck (not that one, Casey) in a Boston heist caper. In select theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ beginning August 9th.
Modern M. Night Time Story: Audio Film Review of ‘Trap’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 5, 2024 - 10:13amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Trap,” the latest movie from the suspenseful filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, and featuring his musician daughter Saleka in a Taylor Swift-like role as a popular singer. In theaters now, since August 2nd.
A Peek Undeneath! On-Air Film Review of ‘Peak Season’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2024 - 10:16amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Peak Season,” set in Jackson, Wyoming, and involving a couple trying to negotiation “forbidden” feelings. In theaters on August 2nd.
Seems Like Teen Spirit! On-Air Film Review of Sean Wang's ‘Didi’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 10:38amRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Didi,” set in the summer of 2008, with a 13-year-old boy experiencing the season before Freshman Year. In theaters on August 2nd.
Like No Business We Know! On-Air Film Review of ‘Sing Sing’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 8:27amRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Sing Sing,” set in the infamous title prison and featuring Colman Domingo. In theaters beginning August 2nd.
Cinema-Men! On-Air Film Review of Powell & Pressburger Doc
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 26, 2024 - 10:36am Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 25th, reviewing “Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger,” in theaters beginning July 26th, and will be playing throughout August in select markets.
No One Ever Left Alive in 1985! Audio Film Review of ‘MaXXXine’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 6, 2024 - 10:10amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “MaXXXine,” the third film in writer/director Ti West’s overview of the 1970s/80s American Cinema porno film era, after “X” and “Pearl,” and featuring Mia Goth. In theaters since July 5th.
Weekend Pair! On-Air Film Reviews of ‘Daddio’ and ‘Janet Planet’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 2, 2024 - 12:36amRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 27th, reviewing new films “Daddio,” with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn, and the A24 release “Janet Planet.” Both in theaters since June 28th.
