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CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Audio Film Reviews: ‘Stan Lee’ and ‘Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 20, 2023 - 7:10pm
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”Stan Lee” has been streaming on Disney+ since June 16th. Narrated by Stan Lee. Directed by David Gelb. Rated “TV-MA”
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Stan Lee”
Stan Lee
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”Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over” is currently in select theaters and available through digital download. Featuring the career of Yogi Berra. Written and directed by Sean Mullin. Rated “PG”
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over”
Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over
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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film reviews for the new biography documentaries “Stan Lee,” an overview of the Marvel Universe creator (on Disney+ since June 16th) and baseballer “Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over” (currently in select theaters and available for digital download).
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
Stan Lee was born Stanley Lieber in New York City way back in 1922, and as a teenager accidentally became a writer at Timely Comics, a small rival to Superman’s National Comics in the late 1930s. Because World War 2 was on … which Stan would eventually serve in for one of the great stories in the doc … the boy wonder rose to editor at the tender age of 17. Post the war he would cement his legacy, convince the publishers to change the company to Marvel in the early 1960s, and began a revolution – with artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko – that would become the Marvel Universe.
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Stan Lee”Stan Lee
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 Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
In “It Ain’t Over,” Lawrence Peter YOGI Berra … nicknamed because he looked like a Yogi when he sat crossed-legged on the ball field … was born in St Louis, and moved up from his lower middle class roots through his signing with the New York Yankees in the 1940s, and he joined the ball club after serving in World War II. For 19 seasons he proved his mettle on teams that included Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. HIs off field image, that of a roly poly every man, hid the competitor spirit that characterized his days as a player and manager. And since he was a master of the malaprop, he was a quote machine, including his most famous “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over.”
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over”Yogi Berra It Ain’t Over
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