CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the streaming series “Emily in Paris” the adventures of Emily Cooper and her fanciful/fashionable Paris friends and lovers, now in its fourth season. Episodes 1-5 currently on Netflix.
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Via Zoom: Comedian Katie Hannigan’s ‘Feeling of Emptiness’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 10, 2022 - 10:20amCHICAGO – As performance ramps up again in 2022, one of the great comic voices on the stand-up comedy scene is Katie Hannigan. The veteran jokester has recently released a comedy album, the perfect-for-the-times title of “Feeling of Emptiness.” Ms. Hannigan riffs on herself essentially, with sharp observations on being a woman in these particular times.
Audio Film Review: The Nickel and Timing of ‘The Automat’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 10, 2022 - 9:25amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “The Automat,” a nostalgic look at a long-gone New York City/Philadelphia restaurant institution, a directorial debut by Lisa Hurwitz featuring interviews with Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others. In select theaters now.
Film News: Season 14 Final Weekend of Asian Pop-Up Cinema Features Taiwan, April 9-10, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 9, 2022 - 9:46amCHICAGO – Season 14 of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) … the 2022 Spring Season … wraps up this weekend with two films from Taiwan. “Increasing Echo” is a tense relationship drama about husband and wife trust (April 9th, click here).
On-Air Film Review: Her Art Will Go On in Story of ‘Aline’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 8, 2022 - 12:16pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on April 7th, reviewing “Aline,” a fictional account of the Celine Dion story, in theaters beginning April 8th
On-Air Film Review: Siren Song of the Bay in ‘Ambulance’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 8, 2022 - 11:57amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on April 7th, reviewing “Ambulance,” the latest film from director Michael Bay, in theaters beginning April 8th.
Audio Film Review: The Inner Spirit of ‘You Won’t Be Alone’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 3, 2022 - 8:46pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “You Won’t Be Alone,” a UK/Serbia/Australia co-production, and the debut feature film from Goran Stolevski, which opened in theaters on April 1st, including Chicago’s Music Box Theatre.
Podtalk: Music Supervisor Cait Rappel for ‘Relative,’ at Midwest Film Fest, April 5, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 2, 2022 - 5:10pm- Cait Rappel
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CHICAGO – The made-in-Chicago film “Relative” … written and directed by Michael Glover Smith … will get its city/Midwest premiere at (appropriately) the Midwest Film Festival on April 5th, 2022. The sold out show at the Gene Siskel Film Center will also have a Q&A, moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
Audio Film Review: Broadway Bound for ‘Better Nate Than Ever’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 1, 2022 - 5:05pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Better Nate Than Ever – a new live action film from Walt Disney Studios, – an adaptation by writer/director Tim Federle from his own 2013 novel, streaming on Disney+ beginning Friday, April 1st.
On-Air Film Review: All You in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 1, 2022 - 11:23amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 31st, reviewing “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” written and directed by “The Daniels” (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), in theaters beginning April 1st.
On-Air Film Review: A Vampire State Building for ‘Morbius’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 1, 2022 - 10:39amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 31st, reviewing “Morbius,” the latest film in the Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU), in theaters beginning April 1st.
Film News: Asian Pop-Up Cinema Presents the Filipino ‘Islands’ to Stream April 1-3, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 31, 2022 - 12:34pmCHICAGO – Season 14 of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC) continues with the Midwest Premiere of “Islands” – written and directed by Martin Edralin – streaming on APUC’s website from April 1st-3rd, 2022, and featuring a post-film Q&A from Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
Theater Review: Otherworld Theatre in Immersive ‘Murder on Horizon’ Thru May 1, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 31, 2022 - 10:56amCHICAGO – Time to get back to live stage shows! The Otherworld Theatre of Chicago (Wrigleyville Neighborhood) presents an immersive sci-fi experience – AKA audience participation – on a space station, enticingly titled “Murder on Horizon.” The audience is part of solving the mystery as a futuristic gumshoe goes from suspect to suspect to find the killer of a prominent scientist.
Podtalk: The ‘Daniels’ on ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 30, 2022 - 7:16pmCHICAGO – One of the more “strap in and enjoy” movie experiences of 2022 is in theaters on April 1st. “Everything Everywhere at Once” is about the multi-universes, but not in the superhero realm and not what you’d expect. This surreal treat comes from the “The Daniels” … co-writers and directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
