CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the doc series “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” about the rise and bitter fall of the major league legend, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, only to be banned from the sport because of gambling. Streaming on MAX and on HBO since July 24th.
Bruce Springsteen
We Are the World! On-Air Film Review of ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 2, 2024 - 4:16pm- Billy Joel
- Bob Dylan
- Bruce Springsteen
- Diana Ross
- Harry Belafont
- Lionel Ritchie
- Michael Jackson
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- Netflix
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Simon
- Ray Charles
- Scott Thompson
- Stevie Wonder
- The Greatest Night in Pop HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Tina Turner
- WBGR-FM
- We Are the World
- Willie Nelson
- Wisconsin
 Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on February 1st, 2024, reviewing “The Greatest Night in Pop,” a documentary about the one-night-only gathering of pop heavyweights to record “We Are the World.” Streaming on Netflix since January 29th.
Elegy for a Southern Boy in ‘Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 8, 2014 - 12:20pm Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Glen Campbell, the singer, actor and personality, is ingrained into a certain late 1960s/early ‘70s ethos. His sunny disposition and clean pop music rhetoric crossed over from country to the mainstream, and in that other era he could seriously call his television show “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.” Today, he fights a losing battle against Alzheimer’s Disease in the emotional documentary, “Glen Campbell, I’ll Be Me.”
‘Springsteen & I’ is Cinematic Love Letter to The Boss
Submitted by BrianTT on July 22, 2013 - 11:34am Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – I must admit that my fandom for Bruce Springsteen played a factor in how I responded to a review outreach for “Springsteen & I,” playing in special engagements around the country, including tonight, July 22, 2013 at AMC River East 21 and Regal City North 14 in Chicago (and again on July 30). If it had been called “Nickelback & I,” I probably wouldn’t have responded.
Background Singers Get Up Front in ‘20 Feet from Stardom’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 11, 2013 - 6:30pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – One the great points in “20 Feet from Stardom” is that often in our favorite hit songs, we sing along to the background singers rather than the lead vocal (“Sweet home Alabama, Where the skies are so blue…”). These classic songsters come front and center in “20 Feet from Stardom.”
