CHICAGO – There is no better time to take in a stage play that is based in U.S. history, depicting the battle between fact and religion. The old theater chestnut – first mounted in 1955 – is “Inherit the Wind,” now at the Goodman Theatre, completing it’s short run through October 20th. For tickets and more information, click INHERIT.
Megalopolis
Go Crazy When Live from New York it’s ‘Saturday Night’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 3, 2024 - 9:03pm- 1975
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- Columbia Pictures
- Cory Michael Smith
- Dan Aykroyd
- Dylan O’Brien
- Ella Hunt
- Emily Faim
- Gabriel LaBelle
- Garrett Morris
- Gilda Radner
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- John Belushi
- Kim Matula as Jane Curtin. Matt Wood
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- Laraine Newman
- Live
- Lorne Michaels
- Megalopolis
- Movie Review
- Saturday Night
- Spike Walters
 Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Kinetic. Frenetic. Chaotic. Live! Those are just some words to describe the Saturday Night Live origin story “Saturday Night.” Director Jason Reitman has infused this nearly real time tale of the struggle to get the first episode of SNL with an energy that grabs your attention and never lets go. That takes some doing when we all know the ending. SNL would not only make it onto American airwaves, but it would become an improbable television institution and comedy touchstone, now celebrating its 50th season.
Francis Ford Coppola Gets ‘A’ for Effort in ‘Megalopolis’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 26, 2024 - 8:45am Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – You can say this for Francis Ford Coppola, he gets an “A” for effort. “Megalopolis” is a project which boasts loads of ambition, but winds up in a narrative cul-de-sac that Coppola never finds a way to create his way out of … he has so many ideas floating around he never manages to establish much momentum because he’s trying to do too much, too often, all at once.
