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Podtalk, Review: Actor Adam Pearson is Guide to ‘A Different Man’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 17, 2024 - 8:11amCHICAGO – Learning how to navigate in the rough waters of life is a strange combination of who we are, where we come from, what educational opportunities we partake in and of course, how we look. Adam Pearson is featured in a new film, “A Different Man” (opening September 20th), which filters these life issues through one man’s outer transformation and another’s intuitive acceptance of self.
On-Air Film Review: Meet Some Friends at ‘¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 13, 2024 - 7:07pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 12th, reviewing the new documentary “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” In limited release on September 13th (see local listings).
On-Air Film Review: ‘Here After’ Flies to the Astral Plane
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 13, 2024 - 6:20pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 12th, reviewing the new release “Here After,” a parapsychological thriller featuring Connie Britton. In theaters on September 13th.
Podtalk, Review: Elisa Levine's Documentary ‘Sweetheart Deal’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 12, 2024 - 11:03amCHICAGO – The United States is a nation of judgement without justice. That is what the new release documentary “Sweetheart Deal” is expressing in a story of sex workers and those who profess to help. It is co-directed by Gabriel Miller and Elise Levine, and Levine talked to HollywoodChicago.com in 2023. The doc is in theaters on September 13th.
Theater Review: Chicago’s City Lit Stage ‘The House of Ideas’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 11, 2024 - 7:31pm- Ben Veatch
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- Bryan Breau
- Carrie Hardin
- Chad Wise
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- Edgewater
- Four Color Trilogy
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- Jimmy Hogan
- Kate Black-Spence
- Mark Pracht
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- Patrick McDonald
- Sean Harklerode
- Stan Lee
- Terry McCabe
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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 - 8:37amCHICAGO – 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 - 7:46amOAK 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 - 3:01pmCHICAGO – 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 - 9:28amCHICAGO – “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 - 8:36amCHICAGO – 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 - 8:16amCHICAGO – 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 - 11:50am- 1970s
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- Charles Askenaizer
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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 - 9:55amCHICAGO – 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.
