Film Review: Stylish 'Crazy Rich Asians' is a Bit Too Soap Opera
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 16, 2018 - 7:25am
Ken Kwan
Patrick McDonald
CHICAGO – "Crazy Rich Asians" is not meant to be anything but glitzy fun, but in the midst of the glamour, excessive wealth and beautiful people, there is a plot that ventures into Soap Opera land, and eventually becomes a distraction for the reason an audience goes to this show… to fantasize about living large.
Film Review: 'Generation Wealth' Tells Us What We Already Know
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2018 - 10:04am
Generation Wealth
Lauren Greenfield
CHICAGO – When it comes to really being rich, what do we already know? Money doesn't buy happiness. Family and friendship connections are more important than accumulation. Yet those simple lessons keep being broken up by the excess of more, the values of which are in the documentary "Generation Wealth."
Film Review: Remake of 'Overboard' a Fun & Unexpected Treat
Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 4, 2018 - 10:56am
Cecilia Suárez
Eugenio Derbez
Mel Rodriguez
CHICAGO – When the movie remake of the 1987 charmer "Overboard" was announced last year, immediately my thought was "it will stink." But the creators of this remake didn't listen, and produced a charmer of their own, twisting the premise and adding the hope of America. If that ain't heart, I don't know what is.
Interview: Director David Farrier Finds No Mirth in 'Tickled'
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 23, 2016 - 4:45pm
David Farrier
Dylan Reeve
Jane O'Brien
Terri Tickle
Tickled
CHICAGO – In the underbelly of American society, if you dig deep enough, there is also an underbelly to the underbelly. When a New Zealand journalist named David Farrier goes to such depths, on a story about competitive tickling (yes, tickling people to laughing fits), he gets much more that he bargained for.