CHICAGO – YIPPIE! It’s back, in the neighborhood of its roots. YippieFest 2023 will be August 4th-6th in the Lakeview/Buena Park venue of PRIDE ARTS, 4139 North Broadway in Chicago. The space is less than a half mile from the former Mary-Arrchie Theatre, whose “Abbie Hoffman Festival” was the template for the three-day performance celebration. YippieFest currently has slots for theater acts, including one-act plays, monologue, sketch, improv, vaudeville and other stage performance arts. Artists get free admission to the rest of the festival, so click YiPPIE FEST 2023 to sign up.
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Turn the World On! Audio Film Review of ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 27, 2023 - 12:14pm Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for a new documentary spotlighting the long-time star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and her own self-titled TV series. It’s “Being Mary Tyler Moore,” premiering on HBO and streaming on HBO Max on May 26th.
These Broken Wings! Audio Film Review of ‘All That Breathes’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 7, 2023 - 7:59amRating: 5.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “All That Breathes,” one of the five nominees for Best Documentary Feature at the upcoming 95th Oscars, directed by Shaunak Sen. On HBO and streaming on HBO Max beginning February 7th.
Fra-gee-lee! On-Air Film Review of ‘A Christmas Story Christmas’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 18, 2022 - 12:15pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on November 17th, 2022, reviewing “A Christmas Story Christmas,” a sequel to the holiday classic set 30 years after the original, currently streaming on HBO Max.
Merry NES! On-Air Review of ‘8 Bit Christmas’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 4, 2021 - 11:55pm Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Ben Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on December 2nd, 2021, reviewing a Christmas film currently streaming on HBO Max, a nostalgic look back on a 1980s childhood aptly entitled “8 Bit Christmas.”
Teen Age Tone! On-Air Review of ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 30, 2021 - 4:47pm- Alessandro Nivola
- Corey Stoll
- Got Yourself a Gun
- HBO MAX
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- John Margaro
- Leslie Odom Jr.
- Livia
- Michael Gandofini
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Ray Liotta
- Scott Thompson
- Silvio
- The Many Saints of Newark
- The Morning Mess
- The Sopranos
- Tony Soprano
- Uncle Junior
- Vera Farmiga
- Warner Bros.
- WBGR-FM
- Wisconsin
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 30th, 2021, reviewing the new film “The Many Saints of Newark” in theaters and streaming on HBO Max beginning October 1st.
Come Save Us! On-Air Review of ‘The Suicide Squad’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 5, 2021 - 12:35pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on August 5th, 2021, reviewing the new film “The Suicide Squad.” In theaters and streaming on HBO Max on August 6th.
Feature: The Importance of the Quiet Revolution of ‘In the Heights’
Submitted by JonHC on June 20, 2021 - 2:22pm- Anthony Ramos
- Corey Hawkins
- Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Dascha Polanco
- Film Review
- Gregory Diaz IV
- Hamilton
- HBO MAX
- HollywoodChicago.com
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- In the Heights
- Jimmy Smits
- Jon Espino
- Jon M Chu
- Leslie Grace
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Marc Anthony
- Melissa Barrera
- Movie Review
- Olga Merediz
- Stephanie Beatriz
- Warner Bros
 Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO - When I used to have cable television (when I lived with my parents and they paid for it), there was this section of one hundred or so music channels, each with a different music style to explore. I remember stumbling across it one day when I was younger, in complete awe that there was even that variety of music in the world.
‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ is Haunted By Its Past
Submitted by JonHC on June 4, 2021 - 5:28am Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is our third official, not-counting-the-spinoffs foray into the “based on true events” shenanigans of Ed and Lorraine Warren, and it’s starting to show. If you’re a tea drinker and equally as frugal as I am, you have reused a tea bag to make a second (sometimes even a third) cup of tea.
Ready Player Ninja! Audio Review of ‘Mortal Kombat’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 23, 2021 - 9:43pmRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review, a review of the rebooted film franchise “Mortal Kombat,” a new action series based on the popular video game. In theaters and on HBO Max beginning April 23rd, 2021.
Titans Clash! On-Air Review of ‘Godzilla vs Kong’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 2, 2021 - 7:03pm 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 April 1st, 2021, reviewing the new film “Godzilla vs. Kong,” in theaters now and streaming on HBO Max.
