CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
On-Air Film Review: Ground Control to Major Release in 'I.S.S.'
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on January 18th, 2024, reviewing “I.S.S.,” a story of intrigue and skullduggery … in spaaaaaaaace! In theaters on January 19th.!—break—>
Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
I.S.S. stands for the International Space Station, the real-life low orbit satellite that is the largest such station ever built, and this fictional film focuses on the United States NASA and the Russian “RosCosmos” participants. Kira (Adriana DeBose of “West Side Story”) begins her mission, evening out the crew at three Americans and three Russians. When an incident on earth indicates a nuclear war exchange, the last communiques from each of the country’s mission controls is to take over the space station … by any means necessary.
I.S.S.
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