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 Review: Rousing Adventure Awaits in ‘Kong: Skull Island’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 10, 2017 - 10:52amCHICAGO – King Kong is a wholly generated creature of the movies. Ever since the gorilla legend came to life on screen way back in 1933, he has appeared in countless official remakes, cheap exploitation flicks and now as a symbol of American overreach. He still rules in “Kong: Skull Island.”
Exclusive Portraits: Stars of the 2014 Chicago Critics Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 12, 2014 - 10:43am- Animals
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Chicago Critics Film Festival
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- Collin Schifffi
- David Dastmachian
- David Wain
- Dick Miller
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- HollywoodChicago.com Slideshow
- Jocelyn De Boer
- Joe Arce
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Martin Starr
- Music Box Theatre
- Nick Offerman: American Ham
- Patrick McDonald
- They Came Together
- Willow Creek
CHICAGO – The second-annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, which took place from May 9 to May 15, 2014 at the Music Box Theatre from the Chicago Film Critics Association, has been one of the best film events of 2014 in Chicago. Over seven days, films from such diverse representatives as David Wain, Martin Starr, Dick Miller and Bobcat Goldthwait were unreeled for Chicago film aficionados.
Film News: Chicago Critics Film Festival Opens May 9, 2014, With Full Lineup of Appearances
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 9, 2014 - 4:45pm- American Ham
- Animals
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Chicago Film Critics Festival
- Colin Schiffti
- David Dasmalchian
- David Wain
- Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
- Dick Miller
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jocelyn Deboer
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Martin Starr
- Patrick McDonald
- That Guy Dick Miller
- They Came Together
- Willow Creek
CHICAGO – Now in its second year, the Chicago Film Critics Festival opens tonight, May 9th, 2014, with the Chicago Premiere of “They Came Together,” starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poelher, Ellie Kemper, Bill Hader and Ed Helms, and directed by David Wain. Wain makes an appearance after the 7pm screening at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Click here for details and the complete schedule for the week long festival.
Film News: ‘Sole Survivor’ is Top Film at 2013 Best of the Midwest Awards
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 4, 2013 - 8:32pmCHICAGO – With a packed house, an electric atmosphere, a new video display board and a number of cast members from TV’s “Chicago Fire” present, the Midwest Independent Film Festival ‘Best of the Midwest’ Awards took place on Tuesday, December 3rd, at The Underground night club in Chicago. The documentary ‘Sole Survivor’ – directed by Ky Dickens – won Best Feature Film.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to Sundance Hit ‘The Kings of Summer’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 3, 2013 - 10:50pmCHICAGO – Sundance hit! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance hit “The Kings of Summer,” which was handpicked for 2013’s first-annual Chicago Critics Film Festival!
Interview: Sundance, Midwest Independent Film Festival Headliner Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 28, 2010 - 10:05amCHICAGO – “Successful Alcoholics,” a new short comedy film by Chicagoan Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been making the major film festival rounds, including the Sundance Film Festival, and will be the featured film at the Midwest Independent Film Festival in Chicago on their Comedic Shorts Night, Tuesday, June 1st.