CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
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Film News: Greg Glienna of Original ‘Meet the Parents’ at Park Ridge Pickwick Theatre, Sept. 20, 2024
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 18, 2024 - 5:40pmCHICAGO – Before it became a Hollywood franchise, the original “Meet the Parents” was a locally-filmed 1992 indie film co-written, directed and featuring Greg Glienna of Park Ridge, Illinois. That city’s famous Pickwick Theatre will celebrate 30 years of the film with a week long run that begins on Friday, September 20th, 2024, with an appearance at the 7pm show by Glienna, his co-writer/co-star Mary Ruth Clarke and producer Jim Vincent, with moderation by Ian Simmons of Kicking the Seat Vodcast. For ticket info and details, click MEET THE PARENTS.
JFK60: Kicking the Seat Vodcast Discusses the JFK Conspiracy Film ‘Executive Action' (1973)
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 22, 2023 - 10:29pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Ian Simmons Vodcast, KICKING THE SEAT, talking the 1973 first JFK conspiracy film “Executive Action” … it’s 50th Anniversary. Why was this particular anniversary film chosen? Because today … November 22nd, 2023, is the 60th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination.!—break—>
Vodcast: Kicking the Seat Presents the Cop Drama 'Serpico' (1973)
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 30, 2023 - 12:36pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Ian Simmons’ Vodcast, KICKING THE SEAT, talking the 1973 Cop Drama classic, “Serpico” … it’s 50th Anniversary. Why was this particular anniversary film chosen? Because it was once parodied in MAD MAGAZINE as “Serpicool.”
Interview: Director Matt Ross Promotes ‘Captain Fantastic’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 18, 2016 - 2:48pmCHICAGO – In this year of morally unique relationship films (“Swiss Army Man”), add the recently released “Captain Fantastic” to the mix. The film, written and directed by Matt Ross, is like a fable of unintended consequences, where a father raises his children to live off the ‘grid,’ away from typical 2016 civilization.
HollywoodChicago.com Launches Press Play: Episode 1 at ‘Terminator Genisys’ Navy Pier IMAX Premiere
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 3, 2015 - 3:33pm- Adam Fendelman
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Ian Simmons
- IMAX
- Jack Longo
- Jeff Doles
- Lee Shoquist
- Mark Dujsik
- Navy Pier IMAX
- Patrick McDonald
- Press Play
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terminator Genisys
- Terminator Salvation
- The Terminator
CHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com is proud to present our new film podcast, Press Play. We filmed our inaugural episode at the 440-seat Navy Pier IMAX theatre immediately following the Chicago advance premiere of “Terminator Genisys”. HollywoodChicago.com and Chicago Film Critics Association-accredited critics discussed “The Terminator” franchise with the following distinguished panelists.