CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 23rd, 2023, reviewing “Ted Lasso” Season 3, a continuation of the story of an American coach trying his methods out for a British soccer team, and other fish out of water situations. Currently streaming on Apple TV+.
Fifty Shades of Grey
Podtalk: Filmmakers Bill Holderman & Erin Simms Join ‘Book Club’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 18, 2018 - 2:36pmCHICAGO – If your impression of a book club is one of staid pseudo-intellectuals creating pithy symbolism out of nothingness, then your impression is about to change. Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen star in the new comedy “Book Club,” co-written by Erin Simms and director Bill Holderman.
Film Review: Final Chapter of ’Fifty Shades Freed’ for Masochists Only
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 10, 2018 - 10:51amCHICAGO – Only masochists and other gluttons for punishment will be heading to the theaters for “Fifty Shades Freed.” But be sure to grab a blindfold, because you can at least get 40 winks while the incompetent and unintentionally hilarious Fifty Shades Trilogy reaches its deadly dull climax.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ With Dakota Johnson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 6, 2017 - 12:01pm- Adam Fendelman
- Bella Heathcote
- Dakota Johnson
- E.L. James
- Eric Johnson
- Fifty Shades Darker
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- James Foley
- Jamie Dornan
- Jennifer Ehle
- Kim Basinger
- Luke Grimes
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Max Martini
- Niall Leonard
- Rita Ora
- Tyler Hoechlin
- Universal Pictures
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “Fifty Shades Darker” starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan!
Film Review: Beneath its Curious Surface, ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ a Dangerous Menace to Society
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 14, 2015 - 5:29pm- Adam Fendelman
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Dakota Johnson
- Dana Brunetti
- Dylan Neal
- E.L. James
- Eloise Mumford
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Focus Features
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jamie Dornan
- Jennifer Ehle
- Kelly Marcel
- Luke Grimes
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Max Martini
- Michael De Luca
- Movie Review
- Rita Ora
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Universal Pictures
- Victor Rasuk
CHICAGO – Strike one of far too many: “Fifty Shades of Grey” author Erika Leonard (better known as E.L. James) has never lived the BDSM lifestyle. And therefore, nor should she be writing about, romanticizing and profiteering on it. On a $40 million budget, the film earned $30.2 million on its opening Friday and is on track for a record-breaking international weekend grab of $158 million.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ With Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 7, 2015 - 3:53pm- Adam Fendelman
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Dakota Johnson
- Dana Brunetti
- Dylan Neal
- E.L. James
- Eloise Mumford
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Focus Features
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Jamie Dornan
- Jennifer Ehle
- Kelly Marcel
- Luke Grimes
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Max Martini
- Michael De Luca
- Rita Ora
- Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Universal Pictures
- Victor Rasuk
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the hotly anticipated “Fifty Shades of Grey” starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson based on the best-selling E.L. James novels!
