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Theater Review: Chicago’s City Lit Stage ‘The House of Ideas’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 11, 2024 - 6:31pm- Ben Veatch
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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.
Film News: 2024 Chicago Underground Film Fest, Sep. 11-15, Opens with ‘No One Asked You’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 10, 2024 - 7:37amCHICAGO – The longest running underground film festival in the world kicks off its 31st Edition on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024. The Chicago Underground Film Festival opens with “No One Asked You” at the Gene Siskel Film Center. For tickets and info, click CUFF31.
Podtalk: Founder Joyce Porter for Inaugural Oak Park Film Festival, Sept. 12 & 14, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 10, 2024 - 6:46amOAK PARK, IL – When there is an awesome Village like Oak Park (Illinois) right adjacent to Chicago, it stands to reason that Joyce Porter, a prominent character actor, would put in motion the first Oak Park Film Festival.
On-Air Film Review: Psychic Phenom for ‘Look Into My Eyes’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 6, 2024 - 2:01pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 5th, reviewing the new documentary “Look Into My Eyes.” It has a limited release on September 6th, with a wider rollout throughout the month. See local listings.
Film Review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Returns to Tim Burton Form
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 6, 2024 - 8:28amCHICAGO – “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” is a return to the practical effects playfulness of Tim Burton’s earlier work and thankfully doesn’t try to be a note-for-note remake of the largely flawless original, although there are callbacks a plenty. The film is one of director Tim Burton’s better late period films but when you consider his output from the last 20 years or so, that’s not exactly high praise.
Podtalk: Author David K. Wilson of ‘Murder in Spa City’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 5, 2024 - 7:36amCHICAGO – Author David K. Wilson had a plan during the pandemic, and it evolved to a now seventh book in his Sam Lawson mystery series, entitled “Murder in Spa City.” David spent time in his early career in Chicago, and the series followed a creative career in other writing. To order the book and series, click SAM LAWSON.
Podtalk: Eddie Muller for ‘Noir City Chicago,’ Sept. 6-12, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 4, 2024 - 7:16amCHICAGO – The Czar of Noir is coming to town, bringing his “Noir City Chicago” back to the Music Box Theatre, September 6-12, 2024. Eddie Muller, the host of Turner Classic Movies “Noir Alley,” will host the first weekend of the series, entitled “Darkness Has No Borders.” For more information, full schedule and tickets, click NOIR CITY.
Theater Review: Stellar Staging for Invictus Co. ‘Network’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 2, 2024 - 10:50am- 1970s
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CHICAGO – In the last several years, how many times have you wanted to shout the “Mad as Hell” movie quote? Well, Invictus Theatre Co. has produced a stage adaptation of “Network” – with that quote shout worthy – at the Windy City Playhouse in Chicago through September 29th. For tickets/details, click HOWARD BEALE.
On-Air Film Review: ‘You Gotta Believe’ Goes on a Winning Streak
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 31, 2024 - 8:55amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on a Two-Station Broadcast … Star 96.7 Joliet (IL) and Star 105.5 McHenry on August 30th, reviewing the new film “You Gotta Believe,” a baseball movie featuring Luke Wilson. In theaters on August 30th.
On-Air Film Review: ‘Slingshot’ is a Face in the Space Race
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 30, 2024 - 10:20amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 29th, reviewing the new film “Slingshot,” featuring Casey Affleck as a man on a space mission. In theaters beginning August 30th.
Podtalk, Review: Tyrese Gibson on the Journey Back to ‘1992’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 27, 2024 - 6:02pmCHICAGO – Tyrese Gibson is taking this one personally. Originally from the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, Gibson is the lead role in the film “1992” (in theaters on August 30th). His character Mercer went through the Watts Uprising in 1965, plus he and his son must navigate the Rodney King Uprising in 1992.
Podtalk: Jon Silver on His World Premiere Film ‘The Premiere’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 26, 2024 - 10:17amCHICAGO – What better film to have a World Premiere in Chicago than local filmmaker Jon Silver’s “The Premiere,” happening at the Davis Theater in Chicago on August 27th (8pm). Art meets life in a wacky and poignant way for a director during the premiere day of his latest film. For tickets and deets, click THE PREMIERE.
In Memoriam: Phil Donahue Portrait by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 25, 2024 - 10:43amCHICAGO – Last week, the world woke to the news that Phil Donahue, talk show pioneer in the 1970s and beyond, had passed away at age 88. Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com took an Exclusive Portrait of the talker in 2010, and the Portrait is republished as a contributions memorial to Phil Donahue.
