CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson, WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin), on June 23rd, 2022, reviewing the new streaming series “Ms Marvel,” a new kind of Marvel Universe superhero now streaming on Disney+.
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New Degeneration! Audio Film Review of ‘The Bad Guys’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 21, 2022 - 12:24am Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “The Bad Guys,” the latest cartoony film from Dreamworks Animation, featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Awkafina, Alex Borstein and Zazie Beetz, among others, and in theaters on April 22nd.
Spin on the ‘70s! On-Air Review of ‘Licorice Pizza’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 3, 2021 - 12:31am- 1970s
- Alana Haim
- Ben Thompson
- Boogie Nights
- Bradley Cooper
- Cooper Hoffman
- Gas Crisis
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- Licorice Pizza
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Monroe
- Movie Review
- Pat Über TV
- Patrick McDonald
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Scott Thompson
- Sean Penn
- The Morning Mess
- Tom Waits
- Water Beds
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- Wisconsin
 Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Ben Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on December 2nd, 2021, reviewing the latest film by director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Boogie Nights”), the back to the 1970s relationship epic “Licorice Pizza,” currently in select theaters.
Your Pal Uncle Joaquin! Audio Review of ‘C’mon C’mon’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 26, 2021 - 3:59pm Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on “C’mon C’mon,” a departure for intense actor Joaquin Phoenix as a befuddled Uncle, directed by Mike Mills of the Oscar-winning “Beginners,” and in theaters beginning November 19th, 2021.
Black Sisters United! Audio Review of ‘Unapologetic’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 19, 2021 - 4:47pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new release by Chicago’s Kartemquin Films, “Unapologetic,” premiering at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on August 20th, 2021.
Stathaaaaaaam! On-Air Review of ‘Wrath of Man’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 8, 2021 - 4:03pm Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on May 7th, 2021, reviewing the new release “Wrath of Man,” opening in theaters on May 7th, 2021.
Dynamic Duo! On-Air Review of ‘Malcolm & Marie’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 5, 2021 - 6:10pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on February 4th, 2021, reviewing the new film “Malcolm & Marie,” streaming on Netflix beginning February 5th, 2021.
Big Time Acting! On-Air Review of ‘The Little Things’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 29, 2021 - 9:26pm Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on January 29th, 2021, reviewing the new release “The Little Things,” premiering on HBO MAX and in theaters on January 29th, 2021.
Kumail Nanjiani is the Only Reason to See ‘Stuber’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 14, 2019 - 9:17amRating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Kumail Nanjiani is reaching the next level of stardom. Recently, he was the best thing in the rebooted “MIB: International” (as a cartoon sprite), and now he is the only reason to indulge in “Stuber.” Kumail portrays a nervy UBER driver named Stu (get it?), and upholds everything about the buddy movie that is enjoyable. The rest of it, including his buddy Dave Bautista, land with a dull thud.
Growing Up Fast in the Skateboard Life of ‘Mid90s’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 29, 2018 - 10:33amRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Character actor Jonah Hill has just scored behind the camera. As writer/director of a authentic look back at the “Mid90s” he went back to his inner source of growing up in that 1990s time, skateboarding with his buds and experiencing the teenage life. The story never blinks, as the teens are authentic and the situations they get in even more so.
‘Generation Wealth’ Tells Us What We Already Know
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2018 - 10:00amRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – When it comes to really being rich, what do we already know? Money doesn’t buy happiness. Family and friendship connections are more important than accumulation. Yet those simple lessons keep being broken up by the excess of more, the values of which are in the documentary “Generation Wealth.”
