Slideshow: 13-Image Gallery For ‘Whiteout’ With Kate Beckinsale
Previous | Image 1 of 13 | NextKate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko.CHICAGO– This 13-image slideshow contains the official press images for “Whiteout,” starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: ‘M*A*S*H’ Still Resonates Nearly Four Decades Later
CHICAGO– I worry that young people out there raised on syndicated reruns don’t know that the beloved TV show “M*A*S*H” is actually based on not just any movie but a great comedy featuring two actors at...
View ArticleKate Beckinsale’s ‘Whiteout’ About as Thrilling as a Blank Screen
CHICAGO– Producing more derisive snickers than gasps and more snores than thrills, Dominic Sena’s “Whiteout” is a massive waste of time, a predictable, dull, and hysterically cliched slice of junk that...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: Snowbound Thriller ‘Whiteout’ Stinks Like a Dead Tauntaun
CHICAGO– Thrillers set in a frigid landscape are nothing new. Just look at “The Thing,” or “The Shining,” or heck, even “The Empire Strikes Back.” Like outer space, a frozen wasteland is an efficiently...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: Jaw-Dropping ‘Alien Anthology’ Stands Alone
CHICAGO– I’ve reviewed hundreds of DVDs and Blu-ray box sets and I can’t think of any that top the HD release of “Alien Anthology,” an amazing release that should stand alone at the top of all holiday...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: 25th Anniversary Edition of Blockbuster ‘Top Gun’
CHICAGO– “Top Gun” is one of those movies that defies critical analysis. It’s purposefully stupid, playing off and even redefining macho archetypes in such a way that I would argue that it’s one of the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Tom Hanks Delivers in ‘A Hologram for the King’
CHICAGO– Tom Hanks is using his golden years as a vehicle to stretch his performance skills, and his role as a sort of “Death of a Salesman” spin in “A Hologram for the King” gives him an opportunity...
View ArticleInterview, Audio: John Carroll Lynch Directs an Elegy for Harry Dean Stanton...
CHICAGO– He is a familiar character actor, having a long career with roles in TV and film as diverse as “Fargo,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Gran Torino,” “The Americans.” and the recent “Jackie” and “The...
View ArticleFilm News: Preview of 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival
CHICAGO– Tonight what heights we’ll hit. The 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF) begins on Friday, May 17th, 2019, and offers a week of 2019 film greatness, selected by Chicago Film Critics from...
View ArticlePodtalk: Actor Tom Skerritt at 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival
CHICAGO– One of the great movie character actors is hale and hearty at age 85. Tom Skerritt has over 50 years of roles, and has appeared in such film classics as “M*A*S*H,” “Harold and Maude,” “Up in...
View ArticleBlu-Ray Review: ‘Harold and Maude’ Reminds Us Be Free & Be You
CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on Eddie Volkman Show with Hannah B on Star 96.7 WSSR-FM (Joliet, IL) reviewing the new Blu-Ray edition of “Harold and Maude,” the cult classic...
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