CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
HollywoodChicago.com Arts & Entertainment News
On-Air TV Review: Finding the Deets of Chicago Eats in ‘The Bear’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 26, 2022 - 8:42amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show with Hannah B on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on July 22nd, 2022, reviewing the new TV series that is set in Chicago, “The Bear.” Currently on the FX channel and whole series streaming on HULU.
On-Air Film Review: ‘The Gray Man’ is Between Black Nor White
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 25, 2022 - 10:51pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 21st, reviewing “The Gray Man,” the latest from directors Anthony and Joe Russo (“Avengers: Endgame”), streaming on Netflix beginning July 22nd.
On-Air Film Review: They are Not Alone in Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 21, 2022 - 2:23pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 21st, reviewing “Nope,” the latest from filmmaker Jordan Peele (“Get Out,” “Us”), in theaters beginning July 22nd.
Interview: whitewolfsonicprincess at Evanston’s Space
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 19, 2022 - 9:05amCHICAGO – The venue called Space is one of the finer rooms in Chicagoland, specifically in Evanston, Illinois, and one of the finest local bands – whitewolfsonicprincess (wwsp) – will be making an appearance on Wednesday, July 20th. For details and ticket information, click wwsp.
Via Zoom: Writer/Director/Producer Rujanee Mahakanjana of ‘Lab 99’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 17, 2022 - 10:48amCHICAGO – Rujanee Mahakanjana continues to evolve. The filmmaker is an atmosphere, which played out in her early works and is proceeding through a film 12 years in the making (“Lab 99”), her founding of a content website (pixquid.com), several projects and a return to the in-person SHORTCUT 100 International Film Fest.
On-Air Film Review: Father/Daighter Dance in ‘Don’t Let Me Go’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 15, 2022 - 10:03amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 14th, reviewing “Don’t Make Me Go,” a road trip picture shared by a father and daughter, streaming on Prime Video beginning July 15th.
On-Air Film Review: French Bliss for ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 15, 2022 - 8:02amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 14th, reviewing “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” the adventures of a British cleaning lady when she decides to wish upon a dream, in theaters on July 15th.
Audio Film Review: Truth Sets Us Free in ‘A Sexplanation’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 14, 2022 - 9:58amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “A Sexplanation,” a truth telling documentary about searching for one’s self, within the nature of our inherent sexual being, currently available for download through Video On Demand.-
Audio Film Review: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ is Out of Tune
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 14, 2022 - 8:16amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the highly anticipated adaptation of the huge best selling novel by Della Owens, and featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones, in theater everywhere beginning July 15th.
Podtalk: Hannah Marks & Mia Isaac of ‘Don’t Make Me Go’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 13, 2022 - 1:09pmCHICAGO – Exceptional films that reflect honest relationships are rare, but the latest film “Don’t Make Me Go” – streaming on Prime Video on July 15th – accomplishes the father/daughter dynamic with authentic situations and emotions. John Cho and Mia Isaac portray that relationship, in a film directed by Hannah Marks.
On-Air Film Feature: TOP FIVE FILMS in the First Half of 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 10, 2022 - 12:23pmCHICAGO – The first six months of 2022 have flown by, and although the studios withhold their “prestige films” for the Fall, there were still many notable works of cinema for the first half of the year. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com breaks it down On-the-Air for WBGR-FM in Monroe, Wisconsin.
On-Air Film Review: Thunder Struck by ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 8, 2022 - 10:47amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 7th, reviewing “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the continuing Marvel Universe adventures of the God of Thunder, opening everywhere on July 8th.
Via Zoom: Portia Chellelynn for ‘H.P Lovecraft’s Witch House,” on Digital/DVD July 5, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 6, 2022 - 12:29pmCHICAGO – The “Scream Queen” is a venerable show business category, and there are few better practitioners of the art than Portia Chellelynn. Her latest scream role is in “H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House” – directed by Bobby Easley – which has just been released (July 5th, 2022) on digital through Video-On-Demand and DVD.
