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.
Movie Review
Audio Film Review: Setting the Truth Free in ‘Sugarcane’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 21, 2024 - 9:06amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Sugarcane,” a different road of a documentary from National Geographic Films, chronicling the discovery of heinous and complicit crimes of Canada and the Catholic Church. In select theaters since August 16th, see local listings.
On-Air Film Review: Familiar Xenomorph in ‘Alien: Romulus’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 16, 2024 - 3:14pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 15th, reviewing the new film “Alien: Romulus,” the latest in the franchise story-set between the first and second film. In theaters beginning August 16th.
On-Air Film Review: Let There Be for Him in ‘Rob Peace’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 16, 2024 - 2:36pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 15th, reviewing the new film “Rob Peace,” adapted and directed by actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. In select theaters beginning August 16h. See local listings.
Audio Film Review: When the Bough Breaks in ‘Mickey Hardaway’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 7:17amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Mickey Hardaway,” the feature film debut of Marcellus Cox, taking on the systemic mental health dysfunction in America’s black communities. In select theaters on August 9th, with digital download available September 1st.
On-Air Film Review: A Woman Finds Her World in ‘Good One’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 10, 2024 - 6:10amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “Good One” a significant feature film debut from writer/director India Donaldson. In select theaters beginning August 9th. See local listings.
On-Air Film Review: Matt D & Casey A Team Up in ‘The Instigators’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 9, 2024 - 3:26pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 8th, reviewing “The Instigators,” featuring Matt Damon and Mr Affleck (not that one, Casey) in a Boston heist caper. In select theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ beginning August 9th.
Audio Film Review: Modern M. Night Time Story in ‘Trap’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 5, 2024 - 10:16amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Trap,” the latest movie from the suspenseful filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, and featuring his musician daughter Saleka in a Taylor Swift-like role as a popular singer. In theaters now, since August 2nd.
On-Air Film Review: ‘Peak Season’ is a Peek Underneath Attraction
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 3, 2024 - 10:22amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Peak Season,” set in Jackson, Wyoming, and involving a couple trying to negotiation “forbidden” feelings. In theaters beginning on August 2nd.
On-Air Film Review: Sean Wang’s ‘Didi’ Seems Like Teen Spirit
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 10:46amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Didi,” set in the summer of 2008, with a 13-year-old boy experiencing the season before Freshman Year. In theaters on August 2nd.
On-Air Film Review: ‘Sing Sing’ is Like No Business We Know
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 2, 2024 - 8:33amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 1st, reviewing “Sing Sing,” set in the infamous title prison and featuring Colman Domingo. In theaters on August 2nd.