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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On-Air Film Review: Salvation in ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 1, 2022 - 11:08pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 1st, 2022. reviewing “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.,” a “mockumentary” featuring Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall. The film is in theaters and streaming on the Peacock TV beginning September 2nd.
Slideshow: Road to the Oscars … Nine Exclusive Portraits for the 94th Academy Awards
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 27, 2022 - 8:34amCHICAGO – Hollywood is rolling out the Red Carpet for the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27th, and before the big night it’s time for an Exclusive Oscar Portrait Slideshow.
Film Review: ‘Little’ Squanders Its Comedic and Social Potential in an Attempt to Play It Safe
Submitted by JonHC on April 14, 2019 - 3:12pmCHICAGO – After a typical late night, deep dive of the internet, I found something terrifying. Around the 60’s, creating dinners in Jello were popular for some reason. Although I liked every individual ingredient, seeing the way they fit together was a less than appetizing. Watching “Little” reminds me of this experience except after the film, I was left with a bland, spiceless taste in my mouth.
Slideshow, Audio: Red Carpet for ‘The Hate U Give’ at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 15, 2018 - 10:42amCHICAGO – With a film that is seemingly ripped from the headlines, “The Hate U Give,” made its Red Carpet debut at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday, October 11th, 2018. The lead actor in the film, newcomer Amandla Stenberg, along with veteran director George Tillman Jr. (“Soul Food”) and producer Robert Teitel, walked the carpet.
Film News: DAY TWO of 54th Chicago International Film Festival Spotlights ‘The Hate U Give’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 10, 2018 - 10:39amCHICAGO – DAY TWO of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday, October 11th, 2018, features a Red-Carpet event for the hot American film “The Hate U Give.” the beginning of Industry Days at the Fest, and the cranking into gear of the daily cinema offerings.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘Girls Trip’ With Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 15, 2017 - 6:00pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “Girls Trip” starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah!
Film Review: ‘When the Bough Breaks’ is in Need of Repairs
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 13, 2016 - 7:17pmCHICAGO – Popular nursery rhymes are told to children as a way to calm them, but also as some kind of cautionary tale. Most of us could hear the melody and be able to sing the words along with it. This predictability is both its greatest strength and weakness, but the predictability that is the nursery cautionary tale in “When the Bough Breaks” is anything but a strength.
Slideshow: Cast of ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’ on the Chicago Red Carpet
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 17, 2016 - 2:31pmCHICAGO – The Chicago premiere of “Barbershop: The Next Cut” took place in March of 2016, and what made it special is that the principle cast walked the Red Carpet and did a “tour” of the city to promote the film. HollywoodChicago.com photographer Jeff Doles was at that Chicago Red Carpet, which took place at the Showplace ICON Theatres, and captured these Exclusive Portraits.
Film Review: ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’ Does Their Take on ‘Chi-Raq’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 17, 2016 - 10:10amCHICAGO – The Barbershop series of films have always prided themselves on following the “Seinfeld Rule” – they are essentially about nothing. But with this go-around – like the recent “Chi-Raq” – the gang at the shop takes on the Chicago neighborhood violence around them, in “Barbershop: The Next Cut.”
Red-Carpet Video Interviews: ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’ Stars Ice Cube, Common & Cedric the Entertainer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on March 16, 2016 - 2:25pmCHICAGO – HollywoodChicago.com brings you our red-carpet interviews with the stars of “Barbershop: The Next Cut”! We speak with Ice Cube, Common, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Deon Cole and Regina Hall at the Chicago premiere on March 14, 2016.