CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Audio Film Review: What a Drag it is Getting Old in ‘The Substance’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 22, 2024 - 6:16amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “The Substance” a new release written/directed by Coralie Fargeat and featuring Demi Moore and Margaret Whalley portraying two sides of the same person … older and younger. In theaters since September 20th.
Podtalk: ‘Summer Jobs Tour’ for SNL 3 at Chicago’s Den Theatre
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 1, 2024 - 1:02pmCHICAGO – What does any seasonal worker do during the summer? James Austin Johnson, Devon Walker and Andrew Dismukes of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) go on their “Summer Jobs Tour” with stand-up, characters and of course, SNL. For tickets and details SNL SUMMER.
Audio Film Review: ‘Landscape with Invisible Hand’ Phones Home
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 20, 2023 - 9:22pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Landscape with Invisible Hand,” a space alien science fiction film with highly symbolic overtones to our current society, based on a novel by M.T. Anderson and featuring Tiffany Haddish. In theaters since August 18th.
On-Air Film Review: Madame Kickassery in ‘Polite Society’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 29, 2023 - 9:06amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on April 27th, reviewing “Polite Society,” the debut action film tribute from British/Pakistani director Nida Manzoor (“Lady Parts”. In theaters on April 28th.
