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Superlative ‘The Guest’ Returns a Soldier to Our Times
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– The essential killing machine to protect the Homeland hasn’t been invented yet. Or has it? Filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett combine “The Terminator” with a perfect...
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Liam Neeson in Forgettable ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– Liam Neeson still looks good being a badass, but “A Walk Among The Tombstones” is a vehicle unworthy of his particular set of skills. It’s not a tightly constructed thriller...
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‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ Solidifies Desire for Liam Neeson to Be Your Dad
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– I don’t know about your dad, but mine – love him as I do – isn’t Jason Bourne, James Bond or Bryan Mills. At the age of 62, Liam Neeson somehow still kicks ass as Bryan Mills in...
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Adam Sandler’s ‘The Cobbler’ a Historical, Stupefying Disaster
Rating: 1.0/5.0CHICAGO– The newest Adam Sandler film that doesn’t feature him dressed like a chubby middle schooler is really bad, but in a special way. Similarly, it is an instant classic in the...
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Flawless ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is a New Classic
Rating: 5.0/5.0CHICAGO– Do not doubt the power of live action to create a new atmosphere of joy and…dare I say it…beauty. The re-imagining of the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” is everything...
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Charles Dickens is ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, as told in Charles Dicken’s classic “A Christmas Carol,” seems to be the one constant that survives the commercialization of the holiday season....
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‘The Call of the Wild’ Offers Only Tame Adventure
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– “The Call Of The Wild” is an old fashioned story with some expensive and unnecessary technological upgrades. Forgoing man’s best friend in reality, the film replaces the...
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Will Ferrell on the Music Charts? On-The-Air Review of “Eurovision: The Story...
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 9th, 2020, reviewing the instant cult classic...
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Memory! On-The-Air Reviews of ‘The Rental’ and ‘Cats’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on July 23rd, 2020, reviewing the new Video-On-Demand...
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Mr. Roboto Domesto! Audio Review of ‘I’m Your Man’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the sci-fi romance “I’m Your Man” – featuring Dan Stevens (Disney’s live action “Beauty & the Beast”) –...
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