CHICAGO – Just in time for Pride Month, Strawdog Theatre Co. presents an updated staging of the Oscar Wilde classic, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Strawdog policy … the tickets are FREE (donations encouraged), but you must put in a reservation by clicking EARNEST.
Vicky Krieps
Ingmar Persona-fied! Audio Review of ‘Bergman Island’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 19, 2021 - 4:48pm Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new filmmaker-on-filmmaker narrative film “Bergman Island” – the first English language film by Mia Hansen Løve – currently in select theaters, see local listings for theaters and show times.
Too Fast Too Elderly! On-Air Review of ‘Old’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 24, 2021 - 10:29amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on The Eddie Volkman Show on WSSR-FM (Star 96.7 Joliet, Illinois) on July 23rd, 2021, reviewing the new M. Night Shyamalan film chiller “Old,” opening in theaters on Friday, July 23rd.
Story Spins Out of Reach for ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 9, 2018 - 5:26pm- Claes Bang
- Claire Foy
- Columbia Pictures
- Fede Alvarez
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- LaKeith Stanfield
- Lisbeth Salander
- Movie Review
- Patrick McDonald
- Rooney Mara
- Steig Larsson
- Stephen Merchant
- Stockholm
- Sverrir Gudnason
- Sylvia Hooks
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- Vicky Krieps
 Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – There is nothing wrong with revisiting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. That tattoo has made beaucoup bucks in book and film forms (both foreign language and Americanized versions), and Claire Foy taking over for Rooney Mara in the title role is seamless. So why the totally lackluster story? Is this a narrative source problem?
‘Phantom Thread’ is Both Beautiful and Muddled
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2018 - 9:50pm Rating: 3.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – There is a certain beauty in human creation, and the fashion industry allows that we can be individual in the sense of our clothing choices. The perfection that those creators attend to is nicely defined in “Phantom Thread,” but as an exploration of their personal life, it is frustrating.
