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On-Air Film Review: Princess Diana-Rama! Review of ‘Spencer’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 4, 2021 - 12:25pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on November 4th, 2021, reviewing the new film by director Pablo Lorrain (“Jackie”) about Princess Diana, “Spencer,” in theaters on November 5th.
DAY TEN: Spotlight on ‘Spencer’ at 57th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 22, 2021
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 21, 2021 - 9:08pmCHICAGO – Day Ten of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) will screen “Spencer,” the highly anticipated film about Princess Diana, with Kristen Stewart as the title character, and directed by Pablo Lorrain (click SPENCER for details).
Podtalk: Director Tom Harper Flies High with ‘The Aeronauts’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 6, 2019 - 12:12pmCHICAGO – When we last saw Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones together, they were portraying husband and wife in the Stephen Hawking bio “The Theory of Everything.” Now they are 19th Century high-flying hot air balloonists in “The Aeronauts,” opening December 6th, 2019, and directed by Tom Harper.
Film Review: Sweetness & Light is the Character of ‘The BFG’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 1, 2016 - 10:09amCHICAGO – One observation…when ‘The BFG” was written in 1982 by iconic children’s author Roald Dahl, little did he know that acronyms would become the way we talk. When I first saw that title, I wondered what that “F” stood for. It’s “Friendly,” by the way, which is perfect for this film.
