CHICAGO – YIPPIE! It’s back, in the neighborhood of its roots. YippieFest 2023 will be August 4th-6th in the Lakeview/Buena Park venue of PRIDE ARTS, 4139 North Broadway in Chicago. The space is less than a half mile from the former Mary-Arrchie Theatre, whose “Abbie Hoffman Festival” was the template for the three-day performance celebration. YippieFest currently has slots for theater acts, including one-act plays, monologue, sketch, improv, vaudeville and other stage performance arts. Artists get free admission to the rest of the festival, so click YiPPIE FEST 2023 to sign up.
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On-Air Film Review: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 1, 2023 - 11:22amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 30th, 2023, reviewing “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” another film adaptation of the geek game. In theaters March 31st.
On-Air Film Review: Shout-out to Ghostface Again in 'Scream VI'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 10, 2023 - 4:22pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker in for Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 9th, 2023, reviewing “Scream VI,” the continuing story of Ghostface and his victims. In theaters beginning March 10th.
On-Air Film Review: Living La Vida Hollywood in ‘Babylon’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 27, 2022 - 1:33pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on December 22nd, 2022, reviewing “Babylon” a new film by writer/director Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”) currently in theaters.
The Holidays Continue! Audio DVD Reviews of Paramount Home Entertainment in 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 22, 2022 - 9:30pm- Blue Hawaii
- Event Horizon
- Good Burger
- Grease 2
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Movie Review
- Ordinary People
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Presents
- Patrick McDonald
- Podtalk
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- War of the Worlds
- When Worlds Collide
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio DVD reviews for Paramount Home Entertainment in 2022, including their special series “Paramount Presents … “ In two parts, reviews for “Good Burger” (1997), “Event Horizon” (1997), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “Grease 2” (1982), “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962), “Blue Hawaii” (1961), “Ordinary People” (1980) and the double feature package of “War of the Worlds”/“When Worlds Collide” (1953/51).
Audio Series Review: Old Cow Hand Guides Season 5 of ‘Yellowstone’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 11, 2022 - 12:18amCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio streaming series review for “Yellowstone,” the popular Western series set in modern Montana … in Season 5. Available to stream on the Paramount Network and through Video On Demand beginning November 13th.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 27, 2022 - 5:31pm- 2
- 3
- 4
- Blu-ray
- DVD
- Eddie Volkman
- Ghost Dimension
- Hannah B.
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Illinois
- Joliet
- Next of Kin
- Paramount Pictures
- Paranormal Activity
- Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Review
- Star 96.7
- The Marked Ones
- Unknown Dimension
- WSSR-FM
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Eddie Volkman Show with Hannah B on Star 96.7 WSSR-FM (Joliet, IL) reviewing the new Paramount Pictures Blu-Ray Collection of “Paranormal Activity: The Ultimate Chills Collection,” containing all seven films in the series plus a documentary.
Film Review: Unsettling & Unpleasant ‘Smile’ is Also Deadly … Boring
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 30, 2022 - 10:07amCHICAGO – Smile is unsettling and deeply unpleasant … its whole reason for being is to be unsettling and deeply unpleasant. And in that regard, it worked. I was uncomfortable sitting in a theater as these images flashed across the screen. But you know what else I was? Bored. The first kill happens around the 15 minute mark, and I know that because I was already checking my watch at that point.
4K Blu-ray Review: New Edition of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 12, 2022 - 10:06pm- 4K Ultra HD
- Blu-ray
- Chekov
- DeForest Kelley
- Gene Roddenberry
- George Takei
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- James Doohan
- Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy
- McCoy
- Nichelle Nichols
- Paramount Pictures
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Persis Khambatta
- Review
- Robert Wise
- Scotty
- Spock
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Stephen Collins
- Sulu
- Uhura
- Walter Koenig
- William Shatner
- Theater, TV, DVD & Blu-Ray
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review of the new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version of 1979’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” the first film of one of the most successful film franchises in movie history, spun off from the original breakthrough sci-fi TV series of the 1960s. Beam me up.
Blu-Ray Review: 1987’s ’Back to the Beach’ is Two Nostalgias in One
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 22, 2022 - 2:36pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Eddie Volkman Show with Hannah B on Star 96.7 WSSR-FM (Joliet, IL) reviewing the new Blu-Ray edition of “Back to the Beach,” the 1987 parody of Frankie and Annette beach movies from the 1960s, featuring of course Frankie and Annette.
Living La Vita! Audio Blu-ray Review of Federico Fellini's ‘La Dolce Vita’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 28, 2022 - 12:22pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio Blu-ray DVD review of “La Dolce Vita,” the Federico Fellini film masterpiece that introduced the 1960s to itself, and the term “Paparazzi” to the language, now available through Paramount Pictures wherever Blu-rays are sold.
