‘The Perfect Game’ Proves That Baseball Fiction is Duller Than Truth
Rating: 2.0/5.0CHICAGO– The 1957 Little League team from Monterrey, Mexico, was the first non-U.S. team to win that league’s World Series. That is a fact. “The Perfect Game” creates a story based on...
View ArticleRobert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’ Pushes Excess Past Breaking Point
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Not everything should be filet mignon. Sometimes you just want a greasy, delicious cheeseburger. Now imagine eating ten of those cheeseburgers in a row. Robert Rodriguez’s...
View ArticleFollowing a Perfect 1994 Release, ‘The Lion King 3D’ a Money-Hungry,...
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– While “The Lion King” is one of the best Disney movies of all time, “The Lion King 3D” is a manipulative exploitation to bring paying parents back with their kids merely through...
View Article‘The Book of Life’ Has Uninspired Tale to Tell
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Unfortunately you can’t judge “The Book Of Life” by its cover. The movie draws on the fertile imagery of the Mexican “Day Of The Dead” to create its own animated world. The...
View ArticleVisual Excellence Aside, ‘Coco’ is Just So-So
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– “Coco” bears all the visual hallmarks of the Pixar Studio at its best, however its story bears the more recent symptoms of creative exhaustion. In this story, a young boy named...
View ArticleSenior Moment! On-Air Review of ‘The War with Grandpa’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on October 8th, 2020, reviewing the new live action...
View ArticleWoody Harrelson Guides a Basketball Team in ‘Champions’
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– “Champions” is a predictable and formulaic, but it’s ultimately a good natured trip into a world of sports comedy clichés. It’s never particularly laugh out loud funny, but its...
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