CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s Overrated & Worst Films of 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 8, 2019 - 10:54amCHICAGO – It’s easy to bohemian rhapsodize about the best films in any particular year… it’s why we go to the movies. But what about those times when 1) everybody loves something, and you think, “huh?” or 2) the film is just plain “the worst”? Jon Lennon Espino, Spike Walters and Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com can relate.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2018, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 2, 2019 - 11:33amCHICAGO – With 2018 in the rear view mirror (finally), it’s time in this first week of 2019 to reflect on what was, with the 10 BEST FILMS of 2018… as selected by Patrick McDonald, the Über-Critic of HollywoodChicago.com. The list includes docs, animated films and even superheroes, along with the snooty film critic fare that’s always ripe for the watching.
Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2017, Captured by Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 10, 2018 - 9:23pm- 10
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- Alfre Woodard
- Anthony Hopkins
- Best
- Bob Odenkirk
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Chadwick Boseman
- Danny Trejo
- Denis Leary
- Ed Asner
- Entertainment News
- Eric Roberts
- Gabourey Sidibe
- Gabrielle Union
- Helen Mirren
- Hillary Clinton
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Jane Fonda
- Joe Arce
- Kevin Spacey
- Lisa Marie
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- Loni Anderson
- Maggie Ziegler
- Mark Wahlberg
- Neal Patrick Harris
- Patrick McDonald
- Patrick Stewart
- Photography
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- Portraits
- Stefanie Powers
- Ten
- Top 25 2017
- Valerie Bertinelli
- Vanessa Redgrave
CHICAGO – My year in capturing 2017 celebrity portraits is best summed up with a bit of poetry: My subjects skewed older and politically bolder/In a year that demanded change/My list is longer with work hopefully stronger/In capturing these faces not strange.
Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s Overrated & Worst Films of 2017
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 9, 2018 - 12:55pmCHICAGO – Opinions are like certain orifices, everybody has one. The contributors to HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Jon Lennon Espino and Spike Walters – are no strangers to opinions on the film scene, so why not offer judgement on the most overrated and worst films of the year 2017.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2017, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 6, 2018 - 10:21amCHICAGO – It’s time to choose the TEN SCARIEST Donald Trump Tweets, excuse me, The 10 Best films of 2017 (got a lot on my mind). Selected by HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald, the “Über Critic,” it is a list that celebrates redemptive spirit, love of the love and just all-out fun at the flickers.
Film Feature: Best & Worst of 2017 So Far by HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 12, 2017 - 8:45pmCHICAGO – The 4th of July holiday is over and the second half of the year looms before us, so what better time than to assess 2017 so far, with the best and worst films of the first half of the year. The film critic contributors of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Jon Espino and Spike Walters – offer up their choices for BEST and WORST.
Film Feature: 10 Worst Films of 2016, by HollywoodChicago.com
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 18, 2017 - 11:24amCHICAGO – Film reviewing can be a blood sport – not everything is a highfalutin art night at the cinema. The three reviewers of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and Jon Espino – did spend some time wasting energy on some really bad movies in 2016, and lived to tell about it.
Entertainment Feature: Top 20 Celebrity Portraits of 2016, By Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 13, 2017 - 12:16pm- Alice Cooper
- Anna Kendrick
- Carrie Fisher
- David Duchovny
- Entertainment News
- Ethan Hawke
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Hugh Jackman
- Illeana Douglas
- Joe Arce
- John Legend
- Kevin Bacon
- Laura Bush
- List
- Michael J. Fox
- Patrick McDonald
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Photography
- Photos
- Pictures
- Portraits
- Scarlett Johansson
- Woody Allen
CHICAGO – The year 2016 was a dangerous one to be a famous person. In the past twelve months, one dozen of my former photo subjects passed away, celebrities who at one time or another famously posed for my lens. However, on a positive note, at least photos are forever. Or to quote the immortal words of Pee Wee Herman – “Why don’t you take a picture, it will last longer!”
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2016, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 5, 2017 - 4:08pmCHICAGO – It’s that time of the film year, the “Ten Best” lists. In representing my 2016 picks – as “Patrick McDonald” – I looked for the emotional experience as much as anything. I think every filmgoer, from the most casual to the ardent buff, adhere to their favorites through that feeling of connection.
Oscar Week Feature: Top 20 Interviews of 2015, by Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 24, 2016 - 3:11pmCHICAGO –The movers, the shakers, the prominent filmmakers – they’ve all gone through the interview filter by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. What better way to celebrate Oscar week than to review the TOP 20 talks of the 2015, with many 2016 Oscar favorites among the celebrated.