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+.
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Audio Film Review: Lust and Found! Review of ‘The Lost Leonardo’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 26, 2021 - 9:14pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new documentary about the art world, “The Lost Leonardo,” in select theaters, including Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, on August 27th, 2021.!—break—>
Audio Film Review: Black Sisters United! Review of ‘Unapologetic’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 19, 2021 - 4:50pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new release by Chicago’s Kartemquin Films, “Unapologetic,” premiering at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on August 20th, 2021.!—break—>
Audio Film Review: Do You Here What I Hear? Review of ‘CODA’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 12, 2021 - 11:50pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new release “CODA” – the Grand Jury Prize winner as Best Film at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival – now in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ beginning August 13th, 2021.
Audio Film Review: It's a Savory Pork Product! Review of ‘Pig’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 4, 2021 - 3:27pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new release “Pig,” a Michael Sardoski film featuring Nicholas Cage. Available through Video-On-Demand beginning on August 3rd. .!—break—>
Film Review: Lone Gun Man? Audio of ‘Truth is the Only Client’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 23, 2020 - 12:52amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com reviews the new documentary “Truth is the Only Client: The Official Investigation of the Murder of John F. Kennedy” on the 57th Anniversary of the JFK assassination on November 22nd, 2020. The doc reassembles investigators of the 1964 Warren Commission.!—break—>
Podtalk: Ned McGregor on 2020 Filmscape Chicago Expo, Virtual & Online August 29-30
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2020 - 11:26amCHICAGO – One of the traditional Chicago film gatherings, now in its third year, will go virtual and online in this magic year of 2020. But that also gives interested parties a chance to sign up for their FREE classes from anywhere around the world. Registration for the Filmscape Chicago Expo is now open, click here to access.
Flashback: John C. McGinley Remembers the Passing of John Candy on Mar. 4, 1994
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 4, 2019 - 10:11pmCHICAGO – It was 25 years ago today – March 4th, 1994 – that comic actor John Candy died on the set of the film “Wagons East.” It was his 45th feature film, that extended back 21 years. One of his co-stars was John C. McGinley, best known as the irascible Perry Cox on the sitcom “Scrubs.” In a HollywoodChicago.com exclusive soundbite below, McGinley describes the atmosphere on the fateful day the cast was told of Candy’s passing.
Red-Carpet Talk: Opening Night of 2018 REELING LGBTQ+ Film Fest with ‘Freelancer’s Anonymous’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 25, 2018 - 11:34am- 36th
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- Bi-Sexual
- Cassandra Blair
- Chicago
- Davis Theater
- Freelancers Anonymous
- Gay
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- International Film Festival
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- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Lisa Cordileone
- Megan Cavanaugh
- Natasha Negovanlis
- Opening Night
- Patrick McDonald
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- Red Carpet
- Reeling2018
- Sonia Sebastián
- Transsexual
CHICAGO – It was an Opening Night celebration at the 36th REELING LGBTQ+ International Film Festival on September 20th, 2018. The opener was the screwball comedy “Freelancers Anonymous,” and walking the Red Carpet was director Sonia Sebastián, writer/lead actor Lisa Cordileone, producer Eugene Sun Park and cast members Natasha Negovanlis, Megan Cavanaugh and Cassandra Blair.
Film News: Burt Reynolds, The Movie Star King, Dies at 82
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 6, 2018 - 11:41pm- 82
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- Boogie Nights
- Burt Reynolds is Dead
- Cannonball Run
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- Deliverance
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- Dinah Shore
- Film News
- Florica
- Gator
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- Joe Arce
- Jules Levy
- Jupiter
- Loni Anderson
- Obituary
- Patrick McDonald
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- Robert L. Levy
- Sally Fields
- Smokey and the Bandit
- The Last Movie Star
- The Longest Yard
JUPITER, FLA – When I met Burt Reynolds in 2011, I knew I was meeting Hollywood royalty… he filled the room as a Movie Star King. He was frail at that time, complaining of the injuries he endured in the over 90 films in his career, but nothing stopped his stardom until it was over. Reynolds died on September 6th, 2018. He was 82.
Podtalk: Eddie Muller of ‘Noir City,’ at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre from Aug. 17-23, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 17, 2018 - 7:01am- Audio
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- Chicago
- Crooks
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- Devil in the Blue Dress
- Eddie Muller
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- John Alton
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- One False Movie
- Patrick McDonald
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- Tab Hunter
- TCM
- The Blue Dahlia
- The Spiritualist
CHICAGO – It’s always darkest before the dawn, and an entire genre of film is available to remind us of that chilling thought. The historic Music Box Theatre presents “Noir City” – August 17th-23rd, 2018 – an annual celebration of “film noir,” the dark category of film drama that usually takes place at night, and features a rogues gallery of dames, gumshoes, coppers and crooks. Hosting for the 10th straight year is Eddie Muller, a recognized world expert on noir and also the host of Turner Classic Movie’s (TCM) “Noir Alley.” For more information, including tickets, click here.