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.
On-Air Film Review: No Country for Big Men! ‘Jockey’
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on December 30th, 2021, reviewing a favorite from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, “Jockey” – currently in select theaters, see local listings.
Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
Writer/director Clint Bentley comes from the horse racing world that is the setting for “Jockey,” and imbues his main rider character Jackson (Clifton Collins Jr.) with the old gunslinger mentality. When the young upstart (Moisés Arias) comes to town to challenge Jackson’s legacy, the old horse galloper has to think about riding into the sunset.
Jockey
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics