‘Red Riding Trilogy’ Simultaneously Captivates, Infuriates
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– Much ink has been spilled about how HBO is at the forefront of made-for-TV filmmaking in the world, a fact already demonstrated this year by the brilliant biopic “Temple...
View ArticleQuirky ‘Submarine’ Balances Wit With Emotion in Clever Way
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Richard Ayoade’s debut comedy “Submarine” has such an incredibly strong first half that it almost makes the relative disappointment of the second half even more disappointing by...
View ArticlePaddy Considine’s ‘Tyrannosaur’ Packs a Gut-Wrenching Punch
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– She first finds him hiding behind a rack of clothes in her small charity shop. He’s the sort of a battered soul that her Christian instincts naturally desire to protect. The way...
View ArticleFarcical Themes Bring Laughs to ‘The World’s End’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– In the collaboration of actors Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright, the best in life come in threes. Following their sublime “Shaun of the Dead” and the wacky “Hot...
View ArticleHollywoodChicago.com is On the Air with ‘The Half of Us’ &‘How to Build a Girl’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 5th, 2020, discussing new releases “The Half of...
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