CHICAGO – Theatrical satires of the Star Wars Universe are like the number of TV series the universe has wrought … too many to figure out if anything is worthwhile. But “Trade Federation” (subtitled “Or Let’s Explore Globalization Through the Star Wars Prequels”), presented by Otherworld Theatre in Wrigleyville Chicago, gets it right on.
Pat Healy
Witchy! Audio Review of ‘We Need to Do Something’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 2, 2021 - 4:35pm Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new psychological horror film “We Need to Do Something” – featuring Pat Healy of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company – in select theaters, beginning on September 3rd, 2021.
Truth is a Guest at ‘Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 26, 2016 - 6:20pmRating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – There always seems to be a moment or event in our lives where everything happens. Writer/director Stephen Cone places that context into a celebration, that reveals necessary truths to its participants. It’s going to be a enlightening time at “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party.”
Engrossing ‘Cheap Thrills’ Bets on Men’s Desperation
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 11, 2014 - 4:11pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “Cheap Thrills” is a case study in human desperation and depravity. It’s a sick and twisted film, but it goes about it in a most absorbing albeit uncomfortable way. It’s one of those films that forces the viewer to place themselves in the protagonist’s unpredictable position, asking a question like, “what would you do for money?” Once you do it, what else are you willing to do for more and then, “how far is too far?”
Stunning ‘Compliance’ Will Rattle You For Days
Submitted by BrianTT on August 30, 2012 - 11:18am Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Craig Zobel’s “Compliance” has provoked outbursts, walk-outs, and altercations at screenings since it first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Why? What does this unsettling film tap in viewers to get them as fired up as any movie in years?
Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ is Terrifying Horror Gem
Submitted by BrianTT on February 2, 2012 - 11:22amRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Ti West’s “The Innkeepers” is one of the most effective horror movies of the last several years, a true gem of the genre that reminds a scary movie junkie like myself why I fell in love with them in the first place. With his stellar production values and a perfection of the slow burn pace that he employed in the arthouse hit “House of the Devil,” West takes a leap to the forefront of directors working in modern horror. Don’t miss this one.
