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.
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Bridging the Divide! On-Air Film Review of ‘The Year Between’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 3, 2023 - 2:45pmRating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker in for Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on March 3rd, 2023, reviewing “The Year Between,” the writer/director feature film debut of Alex Heller, who also is in the lead role. Available through Video-On-Demand beginning March 3rd.
"Chapter 2" Lacks crucial "IT" factor
Submitted by JonHC on September 6, 2019 - 5:14pm- Andy Bean
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Rating: 2.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “It Chapter 2” has some of the same problems as its source material, and the previous adaptation of the Stephen King spine-tingler. It has a great beginning, but the ensuing story never tops or reaches the same level as that first scene. So in Chapter 2’s slog on to an ultimately unsatisfying ending, we are witnessing a yarn literally unraveling before our very eyes.
Effective Scare Factor & Teenage Traumas Define ‘IT’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 7, 2017 - 4:56amRating: 3.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – “IT” is the kind of film that relies on jump-scares and ghastly images a bit too much, but behind it all is a quirky story – based on a Stephen King novel – about that time in childhood where becoming a teenager and finding a way within the change is adventurous and unsettling.