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+.
Film Feature: Preview of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
- 2015 Sundance Film Festival
- A Walk in the Woods
- Beaver Trilogy Part IV
- Cop Car
- Digging for Fire
- Don Verdean
- Entertainment
- Experimenter
- Festival Coverage
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Knock Knock
- Last Days in the Desert
- Nasty Baby
- Nick Allen
- People Places Things
- Results
- Seoul Searching
- Sundance Film Festival
- The Amina Profile
- The Bronze
- The End of the Tour
- The Mask You Live In
- Tig
- Welcome to Leith
- What Happened Miss Simone?
- Z for Zachariah
Z for Zachariah
‘Z for Zachariah’
Sundance Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman who believes she is the last human on Earth meets a dying scientist searching for survivors. Their relationship becomes tenuous when another survivor appears. As the two men compete for the woman’s affection, their primal urges begin to reveal their true nature.
Director: Craig Zobel
Cast: Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine
Another feature at the top of my Sundance checklist, this one seems ready to explode. First, director Craig Zobel previously composed an observation on power, with ruthless darkness and tension in 2012’s “Compliance,” as set within the back room of a fast food restaurant. One can only wonder what Zobel will do when applying that fearlessness to a post-apocalyptic world, nonetheless with a bigger budget and stars, like “12 Years a Slave” actor Chiwetel Ejiofor playing opposite Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) and Chris Pine (“Star Trek”).
Zipper
‘Zipper’
Sundance Synopsis: Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a onetime experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
Director: Mora Stephens
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Winstone, John Cho, Dianna Agron
Another wild card choice to close out the list. This plot synopsis doesn’t make “Zipper” sound like the most interesting film, but I know not to underestimate projects that Patrick Wilson chooses to be the center of. Now, time for me to start packing.
Be sure to follow him on Twitter at @nickallen_redux, and also at @hollywoodchi.
By NICK ALLEN |