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 ...

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 – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “The Phoenician Scheme,” ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “The Phoenician Scheme,” ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “Ballerina,” the fifth ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on June 5th, 2025, reviewing the new film “Ballerina,” the fifth ...

In PART ONE of a Podtalk (from initial film release in 2021) with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, writer/director ...

CHICAGO – In the landscape of life, not many have experienced a journey like Jian Ping. Raised in China, she was a child during the political reign of Chairman Mao Zedong. Eventually ending up ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 29th, 2025, reviewing the new sequel “Karate Kid: Legends,” ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 29th, 2025, reviewing the new sequel “Karate Kid: Legends,” ...

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Josh Westcott for WBGR - FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on May 29th, 2025, reviewing the new sequel “Karate Kid: Legends,” ...

I can’t think of a single instance where a Disney live action remake managed to top or even approach the charm of the animated classic it was based on. I guess “Cinderella” comes closest, but these ...