Today, HollywoodChicago.com's Pat “The Über Critic” McDonald returns for a lively look at Tim Robbins' eerily prescient 1992 mockumentary, Bob Roberts! Just over a year after the hotly contested 2016 Presidential election, what can we learn from a quarter-century-old comedy in which a media-savvy Conservative disrupts a Pennsylvania senate campaign, to the chagrin of the entrenched establishment candidate? Filled with great performances by beloved character actors; biting pan-political commentary; foot-tapping, lyrically reprehensible folk music, the film offers chilling parallels to the current political climate.
Also, Ian has info on a ton of great movie events happening in the Chicagoland area through next week, including:
The premiere of Joe Lynch's Mayhem at the AMC Woodridge theatre (as well as on VOD and iTunes).
The limited theatrical run of Tyler MacIntyre's marvelous meta-slasher, Tragedy Girls, at Regal City North.
The debut of Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary 78/52, which takes an obsessive look at the infamous "Shower Scene" from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho--now playing at the Music Box.
A free screening of a documentary about Russian meddling in Lithuanian elections, called The Master Plan. The film debuts at the Music Box this coming Tuesday (November 14th), and will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by local poet and activist Lina Ramona Vitkauskas. You can hear Vitkauskas talk about the film with “The Über Critic” in a two-part interview at HollywoodChicago.com.
And if you just wanna stay home this weekend and get some things done around the house, why not listen to even more movie talk with Ian and the gang at Jack of All Takes? Episode 24 went live this week, and features hot opinions on topics ranging from Star Wars fandom to sexual predation in Hollywood.
Episode 272 gives you a left hook, a a right jab, and a center seat!
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