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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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Harry Dean Stanton
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 21, 2017 - 12:50pmCHICAGO – Harry Dean Stanton didn’t just act. He created a screen personality all of his own. The actor died last week at the age of 91, but with a 60-year career, there are a slew of highlights and shades of the man. Spike Walters, Patrick McDonald and Jon Espino of HollywoodChicago.com spotlight three films in his career.
Blu-ray Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ Continues to Be an Inspiration
Submitted by JonHC on September 19, 2017 - 11:46amCHICAGO – There are few films in 2017 that are as historically important as they are cinematically well-crafted. Of those, there is only one I saw three times in theaters. That honor comes in the form of the revolutionary “Wonder Woman,” which not only shows huge promise for the future of DC Comics films but for comic book-based films as a whole.
HollywoodChicago.com ESP, En Español: ‘American Assassin,’ ‘Brad’s Status’ y ‘mother!’
Submitted by JonHC on September 16, 2017 - 10:17am- American Assassin
- Ben Stiller
- Brad's Status
- Darren Aronofsky
- Dylan O'Brien
- Ed Harris
- En Español
- Esta Semana en Peliculas
- Hollywood Chicago en español
- HollywoodChicago ESP
- HollywoodChicago.com
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Javier Bardem
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Jon Espino
- Michael Keaton
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- mother!
- Movie Review
- Paramount
CHICAGO – Cada semana, HollywoodChicago.com le traerá las criticas de las películas que hemos visto y que están saliendo esa semana, pero en español. HollywoodChicago.com ESP no sólo representa HollywoodChicago.com Espanol, sino también Esta Semana en Peliculas. Esta semana, vamos a una misión de venganza y terminamos salvando el mundo (“American Assassin”), luego nos vamos de viaje a visitar algunas universidades mientras tenemos un colapso mental (“Brad’s Status”), y luego nos transportan a una casa que significa mucho más de lo que parece (“mother!”).
Film Review: You’ll Be Counting the Minutes Until You Too Can Be ‘Home Again’
Submitted by JonHC on September 12, 2017 - 12:26pmCHICAGO – Seeing so many films on a daily basis, you would think that I would grow tired of them. I don’t. Instead, I begin to notice the same formulas in films, like the one in “Home Again”. Unfortunately for “Home Again” you’ll spend most of the film wondering just how much longer before you can be the same.
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Tackles Pro Football Films
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 10, 2017 - 8:44pm- Al Pacino
- Any Given Sunday
- Best Football Films
- Billy Dee Williams
- Brian Piccolo
- Brian’s Song
- Chicago Bears
- Cuba Gooding Jr
- Film Feature
- Gale Sayers
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- James Caan
- Jerry Maguire
- Jon Espino
- Michael Spike Walters
- Oliver Stone
- Patrick McDonald
- Renee Zellweger
- Tom Cruise
- Über-Critic
CHICAGO – It’s the opening Sunday of the NFL, and what better time to celebrate the films that celebrate the sport that celebrate the ballers. Film history has a steroid-free stack of pro football films in all categories. Patrick McDonald, Jon Lennon Espino and Spike Walters of HollywoodChicago.com take on three prime examples.
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Jerry Lewis
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 30, 2017 - 8:59pm- Dean Martin
- Film News
- Gary Lewis & the Playboys
- Hollywood or Bust
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lewis is Dead
- Jon Espino
- Las Vegas
- Michael Spike Walters
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Obituary
- Passed Away
- Patrick McDonald
- Telethon
- The Day the Clown Cried
- The King of Comedy
- The Nutty Professor
CHICAGO – Jerry Lewis had a long and winding life, dying last week at the age of 91. Through that life he had many show business lives – including the inevitable addictions – surviving all of the them with his signature comic style. He also was featured in over 70 films, and HollywoodChicago.com remembers three of them.
Interview, Audio: Directors Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk of ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 7, 2017 - 12:23pmCHICAGO – The beauty of ex-Vice President Al Gore is that whenever his name is mentioned we think about his central passion… how Planet Earth is changing due to greenhouse gases and pollution. His groundbreaking “An Inconvenient Truth” documentary is a cultural icon, and now he is back with the aptly titled “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” co-directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk.
Interview, Audio: Kyle Mooney & Dave McCary Create ‘Brigsby Bear’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 6, 2017 - 9:00amCHICAGO – “Live from New York, it’s a new generation of ‘Saturday Night Live’ movies!” Four guys from SNL… performers Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett, segment director Dave McCary, and producer/performer Andy Samberg all pitch in to create “Brigsby Bear,” the odd story of a man-boy who loves a TV show.
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers Sam Shepard
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2017 - 5:42pmCHICAGO – He was a true renaissance man, but his unassuming persona would conceal that lofty designation. Sam Shepard was a playwright, actor, author, screenwriter and director of countless important stage and screen works. Shepard died on July 27th, 2017, of complications due to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS). He was 73.
HollywoodChicago.com ESP, En Español: ‘Atomic Blonde,’ ‘Detroit,’ y ‘Dunkirk’
Submitted by JonHC on August 2, 2017 - 4:18amCHICAGO – Cada semana, HollywoodChicago.com le traerá las criticas de las películas que hemos visto y que están saliendo esa semana, pero en español. HollywoodChicago.com ESP no sólo representa HollywoodChicago.com Espanol, sino también Esta Semana en Peliculas. Esta semana haremos una gira de guerra a través de la historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (“Dunkirk”), a la Guerra Fría (“Atomic Blonde”) y a la zona de guerra en casa (“Detroit”).