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+.
Academy Awards
Oscar Week! Audio Film Review of 2023 Oscar Nominated Shorts
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 5, 2023 - 9:21pmRating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films in separate programs featuring Animation, Live Action and Documentary Shorts. Presented by Shorts TV and currently in select theaters, see local listings.
Relatable Togetherness Highlight 2019 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 17, 2019 - 11:55am- Academy Awards
- Alison Snowden
- Andrew Chesworth
- Animal Behavior
- Animated
- Bao
- Bobby Pontillas
- Canada
- China. Pixar
- David Fine
- Domee Shi
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Ireland
- Late Afternoon
- Louise Bagnall
- Movie Review
- Nominated
- Nominees
- One Small Step
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- Short Films
- Shorts TV
- Trevor Jimenez
- USA
- Weekends
Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The relationships in our lives affect who we are, whether they are momentary or long term. Interestingly, like the Oscar nominated Live Action shorts, the Animated Short Film nominees have that similar connective themes in four of the five stories. Family relationships, son-to-mother, mother-to-daughter, daughter-to-father and parents-to-child, are explored in poignant and expressive ways. The Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago are currently showing all the shorts in one program. Click here for more information.
Childhood is a Major Theme in 2019 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 12, 2019 - 4:20pmRating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – There are four films among the five Oscar-nominated Live Action Shorts for 2019 that have childhood in their theme, and they all are telling about situations in the more in-your-face dark circumstances of life today (or in the case of one film, 25 years ago). The Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago are currently showing all the shorts in one program. Click here for more information.
Diversity & High Quality in 2018 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 13, 2018 - 9:02amRating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – From deafness to religious conflict to one of the most vicious events in American history, the Oscar nominated Live Action short films fulfill the drama, emotions and even laughs in a compact form. The 2018 Live Action Shorts nominees are being shown in one program, locally at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago. Click here for more information. The Animations Shorts are also being shown.
Discover the 2017 Oscar Short Film Nominees
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 14, 2017 - 11:58am- 2017
- Academy Awards
- Animation
- Blind Vaysha
- Borrowed Time
- Danish
- Ennemis Intérieurs
- French
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Las Femme et le TGV
- Live Action
- Magnolia Pictures
- Movie Review
- Oscar
- Patrick McDonald
- Pear Cider and Cigarettes
- Pearl
- Piper
- Short Films
- Shorts HD
- Silent Nights
- Sing
- Timecode
- Walt Disney Studios
Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – One of the more overlooked set of nominees at Academy Awards time is two categories for Best Short Film – Live Action and Animated. The 2017 nominees are packaged as two presentations that are currently screening in Chicago at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema.
2017 Best Doc Oscar Nominee ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 6, 2017 - 5:15pmRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The terms that have been used to describe African Americans over the years …black, afro-americans, negro and worse… has always been what others had named them, the others that wanted to marginalize, categorize and group individuals into images of words. The documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” seeks to upend these generalizations and in turn, those words.
‘Wild Tales’ Boldly Catalogs the State of Civilization
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 1, 2015 - 1:29pmRating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Road rage, parking fines and weddings are unlikely subjects designed to showcase criminal inhumanity, but “Wild Tales” – from Argentina – takes those common themes and provides some lessons on the breakdown of our civilizaton, in a momentous prologue and five stellar stories.
Oscar Nominee ‘The Gatekeepers’ is Truth to Power
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 22, 2013 - 5:17pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Normal job justification makes most people defensive. Imagine justifying an anti-terrorist organization. What weapons – besides the physical variety – would be available to you? Fear, jingoism and marginalizing of the “other” are a few of the defensives used by “The Gatekeepers.”
Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Turns Inevitability of Death Into Art
Submitted by BrianTT on January 11, 2013 - 1:24pmRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – One of the most shocking developments at yesterday’s Oscar nominations was the widespread inclusion of one of international cinema’s most controversial directors, Michael Haneke (“Caché,” “The White Ribbon”). His newest film, “Amour,” opening in Chicago theaters today, was nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Picture of the Year.
‘Footnote’ Deserves Prominence With Great Storytelling
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 16, 2012 - 5:55pmRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Answering the question, “Where are all the great film thrillers about Talumdic Studies?,” the awesome film “Footnote” considers that very subject, pitting the always complicated relationship between a father and son against an treasured academic prize. Even though it sounds starchy, it actually had more verve than most spy movies.