CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Daveed Diggs
On-Air Film Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’ is Under Sea Live Action
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 26, 2023 - 11:48amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 25th, reviewing “The Little Mermaid,” Walt Disney Studios live action reboot. In theaters on May 26th.
Film Review: HollywoodChicago.com On-The-Air Review of ‘Hamilton’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 3, 2020 - 10:05amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 2nd, 2020, discussing one of the most anticipated summer releases, the filmed-on-stage version of “Hamilton,” streaming from the Disney+ platform on July 3rd.
Film Review: The Tumbling Delicacy of Life in ‘Blindspotting’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 20, 2018 - 10:22amCHICAGO – How can we understand the day-to-day factors of men and women who continued to be judged by their skin color, economic circumstances, difficult jobs or gender fluidity, if we are not any of those categories? Our art can help us, as given a great example in the new film “Blindspotting.”
Podtalk: Co-Stars Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal of ‘Blindspotting’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 18, 2018 - 9:33amCHICAGO – If there are themes emerging in the 2018 film year, a couple of them are incorporated in Oakland, California, and African American identity. Like the recent “Black Panther” and “Sorry to Bother You,” the new film “Blindspotting” – written by and featuring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal – involve those themes.
