CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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On-Air Film Review: Rebooting Halloween with New ‘Hellraiser’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 7, 2022 - 2:29pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on October 6th, 2022, reviewing “Hellraiser,” a reboot of the Clive Barker 1990s cult classic, streaming on HULU beginning October 7th..
Film Review: Ewan McGregor Needs More Seasoning in ‘Beginners’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 10, 2011 - 4:54pmCHICAGO – When the matriarch of a family dies, the void can create dynamic shifts or imbalance for those left behind. Pair that turmoil with the announcement that a surviving father is gay, and the atmosphere is created for the new film “Beginners.”
Interview: Director MIke Mills on the Endgame in ‘Beginners’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 6, 2011 - 12:05pmCHICAGO – What would be the circumstance if after a mother dies, the father suddenly comes out as a gay? Writer/director Mike Mills had that situation occur, and created the new film “Beginners,” featuring Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor.