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.
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Recovering Catholic Soul! On-Air Review of Netflix's ‘Midnight Mass’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 22, 2021 - 11:31amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on October 21st, 2021, reviewing the new miniseries “Midnight Mass,” currently streaming on Netflix.
TV Review: ABC Gives Canadian ‘Motive’ to Mystery Fans
Submitted by BrianTT on May 20, 2013 - 2:24pmCHICAGO – I know — Another mystery show, right? When do we grow tired of mystery after mystery? Other cultures have to be amazed at our obsession with murder and the people who solve crimes. While I feel no genre is more glutted with filler than this one, ABC’s “Motive,” an import from Canada a la “Rookie Blue” and “Flashpoint,” isn’t half bad. It has a strong cast and decent mystery plotting.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 25 Pairs of Passes to ‘Arthur Newman’ With Colin Firth, Emily Blunt
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 21, 2013 - 3:22pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “Arthur Newman” starring Colin Firth and Emily Blunt!
TV Review: AMC’s Controversial ‘The Killing’ Tries to Win Back Fans
Submitted by BrianTT on April 1, 2012 - 9:17amCHICAGO – When season one of AMC’s hit mystery show “The Killing” came to a conclusion, Detective Linden (Emmy nominee Mireille Enos) thought that the case of Rosie Larsen had been solved and most of the show’s fans were furious that she was wrong.
