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‘C.O.G.’ is a Touching Indication of Life’s Crossroads
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– Finding identity, especially in the post-collegiate twentysomething time of life, is often fraught with accidental circumstance and heartache. The new film “C.O.G.,” adapted...
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Liam Neeson Can’t Bring ‘Non-Stop’ in On-Time
Rating: 2.5/5.0I’m a sucker for a well-toasted slice of escapism that employs a singular setting to maximum impact. Liam Neeson trapped on a plane with a devious killer who’s trying to extort $150...
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Unoriginal, Unfunny ‘This is Where I Leave You’ a Poor Man’s ‘August: Osage...
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– Jason Bateman and an all-star cast got me there. The unfunny copycat story left me regretting it. If you don’t start with a solid plot that’s at least somewhat new, it doesn’t...
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A Perfect Paul Rudd, Michael Peña Bring Often-Overlooked Humor to ‘Ant-Man’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– In 1989, Rick Moranis played a scientist father in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” who accidentally shrinks kids to the size of insects. But dating back to a first appearance in...
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Johnny Depp is Ghoulish in Mob Saga ‘Black Mass’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– “Black Mass” is a well crafted, if somewhat conventional crime tale. It won’t win any awards, but it’s entertaining enough. The story of real life Boston crime boss “Whitey”...
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Old Hollywood Glamour in Woody Allen’s ‘Café Society’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– In the 1930s, the contrast between the world of Hollywood movie sparkle and the rest of a Depression-era America was as different as peasants and kings. Writer/director Woody...
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Matthew McConaughey is All That Glitters in ‘Gold’
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– The relish that Matthew McConaughey displays in creating his latest character in “Gold,” a Willy Loman-type mining exec who is looking for his biggest score, is most of the...
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'First Man' is Reverential to Moon Landing Mission
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– There were several “firsts” for humankind in our civilization and technology breakthroughs, but until 1969 no person had even stepped on a planetary surface other than on earth....
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Teen Age Tone! On-Air Review of ‘The Many Saints of Newark’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on September 30th, 2021, reviewing the new film “The...
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A Place for Us! On-Air Review of ‘West Side Story’
Rating: 5.0/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on December 9th, 2021, reviewing the much anticipated remake...
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