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.
Julian Fellowes
Genteel! On-Air Film Review of ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 20, 2022 - 3:41pm- Allan Leech
- Dan Baker
- Downton Abbey: A New Era
- Elizabeth McGovern
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Hugh Bonneville
- Imelda Staton
- Jim Carter
- Julian Fellowes
- Maggie Smith
- Michelle Dockery
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Scott Thompson
- Simon Curtis
- The Morning Mess
- Universal Pictures
- WBGR-FM
- Wisconsin
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 19th, reviewing “Downtown Abbey: A New Era,” the second film version of the mega-popular BBC/PBS series, in theaters beginning May 20th.
New ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is Almost Passable if You Haven’t Seen It, Unnecessary if You Have
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 12, 2013 - 4:19pm- Adam Fendelman
- Anton Alexander
- Carlo Carlei
- Christian Cooke
- Damian Lewis
- Douglas Booth
- Ed Westwick
- Hailee Steinfeld
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Julian Fellowes
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
- Laura Morante
- Movie Review
- Natascha McElhone
- Paul Giamatti
- Romeo + Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet
- Stellan Skarsgard
- Tom Wisdom
- Tomas Arana
- William Shakespeare
 Rating: 2.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – When I walked out of my screening for 2013’s “Romeo and Juliet” with Hailee Steinfeld (Oscar nominated for “True Grit”) and London’s Douglas Booth (previously unknown to the U.S.), I had to remember that not everyone’s seen this story in one way or another.
‘The Tourist’ Twists Predictably, Lacks Chemistry Between Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on December 10, 2010 - 4:24pm Rating: 1.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Though you probably don’t know his name, Christopher McQuarrie’s involvement might sell you on paying to see “The Tourist” even more than “A”-list stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. After all, McQuarrie is the writer behind 1995’s Oscar-winning magnum opus by the name of “The Usual Suspects”.
