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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Interview: John Francis Daley of ‘Bones’ Opens the CineYouth Festival in Chicago
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 10, 2013 - 10:23amCHICAGO – The annual CineYouth Festival in Chicago opened on May 9th with a very special guest – John Francis Daley – who is an actor (“Bones,” “Freaks and Geeks”) screenwriter (“Horrible Bosses”) and director. The CineYouth Festival is May 9th-11th and is presented by the Chicago International Film Festival.
Interview: Comedian Jim Gaffigan in Chicago for ‘Dad is Fat’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 8, 2013 - 10:48amCHICAGO – The hilarious comedy of Jim Gaffigan is about to go beyond Hot Pockets. Gaffigan will be in the Chicago area on May 8th and 9th, 2013, to promote his very first book, “Dad is Fat,” in which he applies his keen observational powers through his experience in being a father of five children.
Interview: Sarah Polley Finds Reasons Behind ‘Stories We Tell’
Submitted by BrianTT on May 7, 2013 - 9:53amCHICAGO – Sarah Polley’s brilliant “Stories We Tell” was the opening night film of the 2013 Chicago Critics Film Festival and the writer/director/actress sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to discuss the very personal documentary about her family history. It opens next Friday, May 17, 2013. Come back next week for a full review of the best film of the year to date.
Interview: Craig Robinson Riffs on ‘Peeples,’ ‘The Office’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 6, 2013 - 3:48pmCHICAGO – Craig Robinson is in the swirl of two media events in the next two weeks. His latest film “Peeples” – in which he plays the romantic comedy lead – opens on Friday. The famous TV series he has been featured in, “The Office,” has its final episode after nine seasons on Thursday, May 16th.
Interview: Director Mira Nair on ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 1, 2013 - 5:09pmCHICAGO – In director Mira Nair’s latest film – “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” – the issues that were presented seemed ripped from the headlines. Although this is a film dealing with profiling a Pakistani immigrant post September 11th, it has echoes in the media coverage of the recent Boston bombings.
Interview: Dennis Quaid, Ramin Bahrani of ‘At Any Price’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 30, 2013 - 3:06pmCHICAGO – Writer/director Ramin Bahrani delivers his most mainstream film this weekend with the Chicago release of “At Any Price,” an old-fashioned melodrama starring Dennis Quaid as a grain farmer caught in some awful situations in order to protect his family.
Interview: John C. McGinley Channels Red Barber in ‘42’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 30, 2013 - 7:45amCHICAGO – John C. McGinley will probably always be known for the classic TV character Dr. Perry Cox on the long-running “Scrubs.” But through his character actor career, he has taken on a variety of roles, including the portrayal of Red Barber, the play-by-play man for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the recent film “42.”
Interview: Bruce Boxleitner at 2013 C2E2 Talks Career, New TV Series
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 27, 2013 - 4:50amCHICAGO – The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is happening in the Windy City over the weekend of April 26th-28th, with special guests, seminars, autograph booths and vendors covering the huge floors of the McCormick Place Convention Center. Among the special guests is Bruce Boxleitner, representing his former TV series Babylon 5, and several new science fiction projects.
Interview: Mitzi Gaynor Lights Up the TCM Classic Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 25, 2013 - 11:48pmCHICAGO – This weekend is the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Film Festival, and few movie stars alive represent that classic status better than Miss Mitzi Gaynor. Whether co-starring in movies with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, or starring in the film version of “South Pacific,” Mitzi Gaynor always inspires the old “razzle dazzle.”
Interview: Jeff Nichols Explores Love From Male Perspective in ‘Mud’
Submitted by mattmovieman on April 23, 2013 - 6:04amCHICAGO – Rare is the film that explores love from a male perspective and doesn’t become overtly preoccupied with sex. Writer/director Jeff Nichols’s fabulously entertaining third feature, “Mud,” is a bittersweet ode to the broken heart, and how it can both hinder and bolster one’s evolution as an individual. The picture is romantic in every sense of the word.