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On-Air Film Review: Cult Horrors Are Us in ‘Bring Her Back’
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 29th, 2025, reviewing the new sequel “Karate Kid: Legends,”...
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Podtalk: 12th Physical Theater Festival Chicago Kicks off on Monday, June 2,...
CHICAGO– The 12th Physical Theater Festival is about to kick off in Chicago. The focus this year will be a ‘Spotlight on Midwest Talent” – focusing on the development of programming in Chicago and...
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Interview, Review: Larry Ziegelman Conjures ‘Grave Expectations’
CHICAGO– “Grave Expectations,” a short directed by Chicago-based filmmaker Larry Ziegelman, has been on an extended festival run.The quirky, funny literary-style story is a charming and cathartic...
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Pride2025: Chicago's Jerry Nunn, Chairman of 2nd LGBTQ+ Critic’s Choice...
CHICAGO– Chicago’s own critic/entertainment reporterJerry Nunn will help to oversee … as Chairman of the Event … the 2nd Annual Critic’s Choice Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television on June...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Jack C. Newell for ‘Monuments,’ at Chicago’s Music Box,...
CHICAGO– The evolution of the “local filmmaker” always seems to be defined through where that person resides. In his work, writer/director Jack C. Newell appears to not be measured by time, place or...
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On-Air Film Review: ‘Ballerina’ Dances Close to John Wick
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “Ballerina,” the fifth film...
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On-Air Film Review: Go Wes Anderson with ‘The Phoenician Scheme
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “The Phoenician Scheme,” a...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Icon Alan Rudolph Gets Criterion Channel Tribute
CHICAGO– Alan Rudolph is a filmmaker icon from the last twenty years of the 20th Century and beyond. He had an unprecedented string of critical darlings from the 1970s through the ‘90s, a run that is...
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Podtalk: Filmmaker Alan Rudolph Feasts on ‘Breakfast of Champions’
CHICAGO– “Breakfast of Champions” was a film that was critically reviled when it was released, and became one of those box office “mega bombs.” But the adapter/director of the film, Alan Rudolph, is...
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In Memoriam: Emmy Winner Loretta Swit of TV’s ‘M*A*S*H’
CHICAGO– Loretta Swit was a notable presence on America’s TV screens from 1972 to 1983, in her role as Major Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H. The final episode of that show still holds the record for the...
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