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: Pamela Adlon’s ‘Babes’ is Doula Doula Do
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 17, 2024 - 4:35pmCHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 16th, reviewing “Babes,” the director debut of Pamela Adlon (FX’s “Better Things). In select theaters on May 17th. See local listings.
Blu-ray Review: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King of Comedy’ Crosses Generations
Submitted by BrianTT on April 17, 2014 - 11:36amSomething always felt a bit out of place for me in Martin Scorsese’s brilliant “The King of Comedy”, just released on Blu-ray for the first time. I couldn’t put my finger on it but chalked it up to it being thematically ahead of its time in its investigation of the cult of personality that defines modern entertainment.
TV Review: It Isn’t Easy Being Green on Showtime’s ‘The Green Room’
Submitted by BrianTT on June 10, 2010 - 12:48pmCHICAGO – “I don’t even know what to do on this show. We just talk?” asks comic Bobby Slayton in episode four of the new Showtime series “The Green Room with Paul Provenza.” Yes. And therein lies the problem.
