CHICAGO – When two brothers confront the sins of each other and it expands into a psychology of an entire race, it’s at a stage play found in Chicago’s Invictus Theatre Company production of “Topdog/Underdog,” now at their new home at the Windy City Playhouse through March 31st, 2024. Click TD/UD for tickets/info.
Jeff Daniels
Film Review: On-Air Reviews of ‘I Used to Go Here,’ Creem Mag Doc
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 13, 2020 - 10:33am- 1970s
- Carbondale
- Community
- Creem: America’s Only Rock N Roll Magazine
- Flight of the Concords
- Gillian Jacobs
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- I Used to Go Here
- Jeff Daniels
- Jermaine Clement
- Kris Rey
- Lester Bangs
- Michael Stipe
- Movie Review
- Patrick McDonald
- Scott Thompson
- The Morning Mess
- WBGR-FM. Monroe
- Wisconsin
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 6th, 2020, reviewing the new films (virtual theaters online, actual theaters) “I Used to Go There” and “Creem: America’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll Magazine.”!—break—>
Interview: Nadia Hilker & Bill Skarsgard for ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Part 1’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 16, 2016 - 2:09pmCHICAGO – The “Divergent” series of films are coming to a conclusion, with a two parter adapted from the last book. The first film is “The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Part 1,” and there are some new kids in the mix, with two actors who have made their mark overseas – Nadia Hilker and Bill Skarsgard – joining the series.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Part 1’ With Shailene Woodley
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 11, 2016 - 3:19pm- Adam Cooper
- Adam Fendelman
- Ansel Elgort
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Jeff Daniels
- Maggie Q
- Miles Teller
- Naomi Watts
- Noah Oppenheim
- Robert Schwentke
- Shailene Woodley
- Summit Entertainment
- The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Part 1
- The Divergent Series: Insurgent
- Theo James
- Veronica Roth
- Zoe Kravitz
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated new film “The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Part 1” starring Shailene Woodley!
Film Review: Expansive ‘Steve Jobs’ is a Marvel of a Movie
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 16, 2015 - 2:11pmCHICAGO – You don’t need CGI, entire cities being turned to rubble, or an army of assembling Avengers to make a great movie. All you need is a good story to tell and a team of people talented enough to tell it. Writer Aaron Sorkin, and Director Danny Boyle are just the right people to make “Steve Jobs” because their finished project positively springs to life on the screen.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to ‘Steve Jobs’ With Michael Fassbender
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 10, 2015 - 2:15pm- Aaron Sorkin
- Adam Fendelman
- Apple
- Danny Boyle
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Jeff Daniels
- Joanna Hoffman
- John Ortiz
- Kate Winslet
- Katherine Waterston
- Michael Fassbender
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Perla Haney-Jardine
- Sarah Snook
- Scott Rudin
- Seth Rogen
- Steve Jobs
- Steve Wozniak
- Universal Pictures
- Vanessa Ross
- Walter Isaacson
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 30 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated biography “Steve Jobs” starring Michael Fassbender from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle!
Film Review: Entertaining ‘The Martian’ is a Hollywood Space Opera
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 5, 2015 - 1:52pmCHICAGO – It’s all based on science, they told us! “The Martian” is an old fashion feel-good movie about the hard working astronauts and scientists of the good old American space program, trying to rescue a stranded spaceman from Mars, aided by a brave cast of astro-colleagues.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Martian’ With Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 27, 2015 - 5:05pm- 20th Century Fox
- Adam Fendelman
- Aksel Hennie
- Andy Weir
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Donald Glover
- Drew Goddard
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film
- Jeff Daniels
- Jessica Chastain
- Kate Mara
- Kristen Wiig
- Mackenzie Davis
- Matt Damon
- Michael Pena
- Ridley Scott
- Sean Bean
- Sebastian Stan
- The Martian
CHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated sci-fi “The Martian” featuring an all-star cast including Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain!
Film Review: ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Too Dumb to Be Funny
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 14, 2014 - 6:36amCHICAGO – “Dumb And Dumber To” is an exercise in diminishing returns. Jim Carrey and the Farrelly Brothers expend twice the effort for less than a third of the laughs. It benefits greatly from the enormous well of goodwill created by the original’s inspired idiocy.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ With Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 9, 2014 - 6:43pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “Dumb and Dumber To” – the third film in the series – starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels!
TV Review: HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’ Adjusts Its Broadcast Style
Submitted by BrianTT on July 14, 2013 - 10:47amCHICAGO – There’s no television program that can be more simultaneously brilliant and frustrating as Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom,” returning tonight, July 14, 2013, to start an already-tumultuous second season.