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+.
Man on Wire
Heartfelt Tale of Human Needs in ‘The Theory of Everything’
Submitted by NickHC on November 14, 2014 - 6:32pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The life story of iconic physicist Stephen Hawking is given a well-deserved cinematic treatment this weekend with “The Theory of Everything,” an earnest presentation of an existence that defies the usual. As his personal journey required the care-taking of others, the film is not adapted from something Hawking wrote, but from his wife Jane’s personal account, “Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.”
Fascinating ‘Project Nim’ Chronicles Tragic Failure
Submitted by BrianTT on July 8, 2011 - 2:10pm Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Human beings are an egotistical, power-hungry species. There’s simply no way around it. And if you think any differently, watch James Marsh’s “Project Nim,” a documentary about the rampant egotism of man’s manipulation of another species. Even the urge to learn and teach that’s expressed at the beginning of “Project Nim” is just a disguise for control.
Death-Defying Audacity Walks Between the Twin Towers in New Documentary ‘Man on Wire’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on August 18, 2008 - 10:00pm Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Where have all the true eccentrics gone? Where are all those people who achieve a Zen purpose just because the challenge is there?
“Man on Wire” is a documentary that tells of such a challenge 34 years ago in another place and time.
