CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 21st, 2024, reviewing the new streaming series “Manhunt” – based on the bestseller by James L. Swanson – currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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Film Review: Ulrich Seidl’s ‘Paradise’ Trilogy Proves Darkly Transfixing
Submitted by mattmovieman on May 30, 2013 - 9:16amCHICAGO – What is paradise but a mirage unaccustomed to reality? It hovers over us at all times, tantalizing our minds with illusions of perfection, divinity and eternal harmony. Only when one reaches out with desiring hands does it fade into the ether. No one seeks utopia without setting themselves up for certain disappointment.
Film Review: Sexual Frustration Reigns Supreme in ‘North Sea Texas’
Submitted by mattmovieman on February 15, 2013 - 10:17amCHICAGO – Coming of age dramas are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, but few are ever brave enough to grapple with the profound transitions that occur during one’s teenage years. Young American moviegoers’ first encounter with foreign cinema is often the result of their search for honest and unflinching portraits of sexual awakening and discovery. In terms of sheer maturity, American movies are still woefully below the curve set by most countries.
Film Review: Paddy Considine’s ‘Tyrannosaur’ Packs a Gut-Wrenching Punch
Submitted by mattmovieman on December 2, 2011 - 8:38amCHICAGO – She first finds him hiding behind a rack of clothes in her small charity shop. He’s the sort of a battered soul that her Christian instincts naturally desire to protect.