CHICAGO – Cooper Ramsey is quickly becoming one of the most exciting young voices in country music. At just 16 years old, she ...

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 ...

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 ...

Breakfast of Champions’ (1999) tells the story of car dealership titan Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis), the most respected man in Midland City. His smiling face appears on every local channel and ...

I was privileged to interview Wilson in 2015, in association with his biopic “Love & Mercy,” which featured John Cusack as an older Brian Wilson and Paul Dano as the younger Beach Boy Wilson (reprint ...

CHICAGO – The Autumnal Film Festivals are in full swing, and filmmakers across the spectrum are screening their cinema works to audiences around the country. Beginning a tour of festivals with ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 12th, 2025, reviewing the new film “How to Train Your ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 12th, 2025, reviewing the new film “How to Train Your ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 12th, 2025, reviewing the new film “Materialists,” written ...

CHICAGO – The film festival season for Autumn 2023 is gearing up, and a local Chicago filmmaker has two of his short films in the mix. Writer/director George Ellzey Jr., has his family ...

The documentary chronicles the rollercoaster life of Leo Gallagher, the 1970s/80s comedy icon who back in his day needed no first name. From his infamous watermelon smashing (the “Smash-O-Matic ...

Neeson portrays as an aging Marlowe, working on a case in 1939 Los Angeles assigned by wealthy Clare Cavendish (Diane Kruger), looking for her lover named Nico, who is presumed dead but Clare ...