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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Film Feature: 10 of 2015’s Worst Films, By Spike Walters & Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 31, 2015 - 6:34pm- 10 Worst Films 2015
- 2015 Worst Movies
- Bad Films 2015
- Danny Collins
- Entourage
- Film Feature
- Get Hard
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Hot Pursuit
- List
- Our Brand in Crisis
- Patrick McDonald
- Ricki & the Flash
- Rock the Kasbah
- Spike Walters
- The Cobbler
- The Intern
- The Last Witch Hunter
- The Wedding Ringer
- Tomorrowland
CHICAGO – Gather ye children of bad movies. The film critic contributors to HollywoodChicago.com – Spike Walters and Patrick McDonald – are tag teaming to bring you the worst of their reviewin’ woes. From witch hunts to Kevin Hart, and old rock stars to Kevin Hart, these are the worst films of 2015.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2015, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 23, 2015 - 8:53amCHICAGO – Another year is about to slide towards the next one, so it’s time to look back at the cinema universe of 2015, the 10 Best Films of the year. In this arena, the intrepid “Über Critic” of HollywoodChicago.com, Patrick McDonald, will attempt to give his spin on the “best of” point of view.
Film Feature: The Top 10 Celebrity Photos of 2014, By Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 20, 2015 - 4:41pmCHICAGO – In a year where shoots with perpetual photo fashionistas like Cindy Crawford and Sarah Jessica Parker still failed to crack the Top Ten list of biggest celebrity photo-ops, you know 2014 was a very good year for HollywoodChicago.com and myself, Joe Arce, as Senior Staff Photographer.
Feature: Top 25 Interviews of 2014, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 12, 2015 - 3:48pm- Bennett Miller
- Chaz Ebert
- Dick Cavett
- Eddie Redmayne
- Feature
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- Jake Johnson
- Jason Schwarzman
- Joe Arce
- Katherine Turner
- Kevin Hart
- Life Itself
- List
- Liv Ullmann
- Mackenzie Phillips
- Michael Moore
- Michael Pitt
- Oliver Stone
- Patrick McDonald
- Richard Linklater
- Rob Reiner
- Selma
- Steve James
- Zach Braff
CHICAGO – One of the specialities of HollywoodChicago.com is the film and personality interview. The majority of these chats came through me, Patrick McDonald, and I couldn’t narrow it down to a top 10 or even a top 20. For 2014, there were 25 top interviews, and it is a diverse range of voices.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2014, By Nick Allen
Submitted by NickHC on December 31, 2014 - 4:19pm- A Most Violent Year
- Boyhood
- Christopher Nolan
- David Wain
- DMX
- Film Feature
- Frank
- Gary Poulter
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interstellar
- Joe
- List
- Locke
- Marion Cotillard
- Michael Bay
- Nick Allen
- Nightcrawler
- Obvious Child
- Selma
- The Babadook
- The Best Films of 2014
- The LEGO Movie
- The Raid 2
- They Came Together
- Top Five
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Two Days One Night
- Whiplash
CHICAGO – Just like every year before it, there were no perfect films in 2014. I do not see this as a negative thing - reaching for greatness is far more electrifying than the plateau of achieving it, as presented in a hustler’s opus like ‘Whiplash,” which specifically eschews applause after a drum solo that just may have been perfection.
Film Feature: The 10 Worst Films of 2014, By Spike Walters
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 27, 2014 - 11:57amCHICAGO – As HollywoodChicago.com’s resident connoisseur of crappy movies, my cup runneth over with choices for my annual worst of the year list. Looking back on the year it seems like I spent many of my nights in a darkened theater aghast at the unspeakable cinematic atrocities.
Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2014, By Patrick McDonald
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 22, 2014 - 4:07pmCHICAGO – It’s that time of year to figure it out, as 2014 leaks away, and the film year follows suit. Whittling down a list to ten films, after hours of entertainment and provoking of thought, is a fool’s challenge at best. Then who better to do it than Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
Film Feature: 13 Films That Define 2013
Submitted by BrianTT on December 31, 2013 - 4:27pmIncluding films that achieve the correct button-mashing combo to earn fancy kudos and are positively lauded, there are only a select few from the whole bunch that have the significance of “definitive.”
Film Feature: The 10 Worst Films of 2013
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 31, 2013 - 11:49amCHICAGO – Why are those three Oscar winners – Susan Sarandon, Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton – laughing on that fourth poster below? Because they managed to cash a paycheck on the way to participating in one of the Worst Films of 2013.
TV Feature: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2013
Submitted by BrianTT on December 30, 2013 - 3:37pm- Boardwalk Empire
- Breaking Bad
- Brian Tallerico
- Broadchurch
- Enlightened
- Game of Thrones
- Hannibal
- Hello Ladies
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- House of Cards
- Justified
- List
- Masters of Sex
- Orange is the New Black
- Parks and Recreation
- Ray Donovan
- Rectify
- Television
- The Americans
- The Killing
- The Middle
- The Returned
- The Walking Dead
- Veep
I’ve avoided saying it outright for a few years as it seems like an overwritten headline but one thing is too clear to ignore when looking back at this past year in television — we are currently in the most creatively vital time in the history of the form.