CHICAGO – Society, or at least certain elements of society, are always looking for scapegoats to hide the sins of themselves and authority. In the so-called “great America” of the 1950s, the scapegoat target was comic books … specifically through a sociological study called “The Seduction of the Innocent.” City Lit Theater Company, in part two of a trilogy on comic culture by Mark Pracht, presents “The Innocence of Seduction … now through October 8th, 2023. For details and tickets, click COMIC BOOK.
Hacksaw Ridge
Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 2017 Oscar Predictions
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 25, 2017 - 3:36pm- 2017
- Academy Awards
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Fences
- Film Feature
- Film News
- Hacksaw Ridge
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jon Lennon Espino
- LA LA Land
- Oscars
- Patrick McDonald
- Predictions
- Spike Walters
CHICAGO – When is comes to Academy Award predictions, HollywoodChicago.com is second to none. That’s right, nobody does it better, even the approximately 100 million other outlets predicting the Big Night awards. HC film critics Patrick McDonald, Michael “Spike” Walters and Jon Lennon Espino “correctly” predict the major categories.
Film News: ‘La La Land’ Gets Record 14 Oscar Nominations for 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 24, 2017 - 12:21pm- 2017
- 89th
- Academy Award
- Arrival
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Fences
- Film News
- Hacksaw Ridge
- Hell or High Water
- Hidden Figures
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jimmy Kimmel
- LA LA Land
- Lion
- Manchester by the Sea
- Moonlight
- Nominations
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
CHICAGO – The film musical “La La Land” received 14 nominations (including Best Picture), tying a record, as all nominees were announced for the 89th Academy Awards on January 24th, 2017. The rest of the Best Pictures nominees were “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Hidden Figures,’ “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight.”
