CHICAGO – What is one of the greatest survival instincts of the pandemic? Creativity. The Zoom web series “What Did Clyde Hide?” is the result of a creative effort from Executive Producer/Show Runner Ruth Kaufman, Producer Sandy Gulliver and Director Sean Patrick Leonard. Kaufman and Leonard talk about the series, naturally, via Zoom.!—break—>
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Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2020, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2021 - 11:15pm- 10
- 10 Best Movies 2020
- 2020
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I’m Thinking of Ending Thinks
- Kajillionaire
- List
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Patrick McDonald
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- Ten
- Ten Best Films 2020
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Trip to Greece
- The Twentieth Century Soul
- Top Ten 2020
- Uncle Frank
CHICAGO – In a world gone a bit madder and sadder, the films of 2020 were a welcome escape from the travails of weekly reality. Without theater exhibition by and large, films had to be experienced on smaller home screens, shrinking bold cinematography and emphasizing the story.
Feature: Top 20 Celebrity Photos of 2019, by Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 6, 2020 - 12:57pm- 10
- 2019
- 25
- Best
- Buddy Guy
- CM Punk
- Eddie Redmayne
- Entertainment News
- Geddy Lee
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jeff Goldblum
- Joe Arce
- John Travolta
- Jon Favreau
- List
- Loretta Swit
- Michael Shannon
- Patrick McDonald
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Rachel Dratch
- Robert Downey Jr
- Russ Tamblyn
- Salmon Rushdie
- Ten
- Top 20 2019
CHICAGO – The year 2019 was when everyone, including myself, seemed to struggle to focus. Politics suddenly appeared to be all consuming when we have an administration as George Orwell predicted, trying to convince so many not to believe their own eyes.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2019, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 31, 2019 - 4:20pmCHICAGO – An entire decade is biting the dust in the switch from 2019 to 2020, with an America that can experience the anarchy of our current times reflected in the movies. What better time to unleash the 10 BEST FILMS of 2019, as selected by Über Critic Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.!—break—>
Feature: Top 20 Celebrity Photos of 2018, by Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 10, 2019 - 3:39pm- 10
- 2018
- 25
- Al Roker
- Best
- Bob Mackie
- Bob Odenkirk
- Carey Mulligan
- Carol Burnett
- Chance the Rapper
- Entertainment News
- Ethan Hawke
- Ginger Zee
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Joe Arce
- Leave it to Beaver
- Liam Neeson
- List
- Megan Mullally
- Nichelle Nichols
- Nick Offerman
- Patrick McDonald
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Sean Hayes
- Ten
- Terrence Howard
- Thiffani Thiessen
- Top 20 2018
- Viola Davis
CHICAGO – 2018 was a killer year. I lost both my father and my childhood guitar idol|/mentor Ed King (of Lynyrd Skynyrd) within four days of each other. Both men played instrumental roles in starting and supporting my chosen photographic journey.
Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s Overrated & Worst Films of 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 8, 2019 - 9:54amCHICAGO – It’s easy to bohemian rhapsodize about the best films in any particular year… it’s why we go to the movies. But what about those times when 1) everybody loves something, and you think, “huh?” or 2) the film is just plain “the worst”? Jon Lennon Espino, Spike Walters and Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com can relate.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2018, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2019 - 10:33amCHICAGO – With 2018 in the rear view mirror (finally), it’s time in this first week of 2019 to reflect on what was, with the 10 BEST FILMS of 2018… as selected by Patrick McDonald, the Über-Critic of HollywoodChicago.com. The list includes docs, animated films and even superheroes, along with the snooty film critic fare that’s always ripe for the watching.
Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2017, Captured by Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 10, 2018 - 8:23pm- 10
- 2017
- 25
- Alfre Woodard
- Anthony Hopkins
- Best
- Bob Odenkirk
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Chadwick Boseman
- Danny Trejo
- Denis Leary
- Ed Asner
- Entertainment News
- Eric Roberts
- Gabourey Sidibe
- Gabrielle Union
- Helen Mirren
- Hillary Clinton
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jane Fonda
- Joe Arce
- Kevin Spacey
- Lisa Marie
- List
- Loni Anderson
- Maggie Ziegler
- Mark Wahlberg
- Neal Patrick Harris
- Patrick McDonald
- Patrick Stewart
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Stefanie Powers
- Ten
- Top 25 2017
- Valerie Bertinelli
- Vanessa Redgrave
CHICAGO – My year in capturing 2017 celebrity portraits is best summed up with a bit of poetry: My subjects skewed older and politically bolder/In a year that demanded change/My list is longer with work hopefully stronger/In capturing these faces not strange.
Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s Overrated & Worst Films of 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 9, 2018 - 11:55amCHICAGO – Opinions are like certain orifices, everybody has one. The contributors to HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Jon Lennon Espino and Spike Walters – are no strangers to opinions on the film scene, so why not offer judgement on the most overrated and worst films of the year 2017.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2017, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 6, 2018 - 9:21amCHICAGO – It’s time to choose the TEN SCARIEST Donald Trump Tweets, excuse me, The 10 Best films of 2017 (got a lot on my mind). Selected by HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald, the “Über Critic,” it is a list that celebrates redemptive spirit, love of the love and just all-out fun at the flickers.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2016, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 5, 2017 - 3:08pmCHICAGO – It’s that time of the film year, the “Ten Best” lists. In representing my 2016 picks – as “Patrick McDonald” – I looked for the emotional experience as much as anything. I think every filmgoer, from the most casual to the ardent buff, adhere to their favorites through that feeling of connection.
