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Surprise! Chicago International Film Festival Screens ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 21, 2009 - 11:03am.CHICAGO – “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassas,” the long anticipated final film of Heath Ledger, directed by Terry Gilliam, was previewed last night at the Chicago International Film Festival at their “surprise’ screening.
DVD, Blu-Ray Round Up, Mar. 10, 2009: ‘Scarlett Johansson Collection,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ‘Witch Mountain’
Submitted by BrianTT on March 10, 2009 - 12:02pm.CHICAGO – The Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s famous recurring column about lesser Blu-Ray and DVD titles that may have slipped through your fingers at the store recently, is in clean-up mode this week. With a DVD collection for a famous young actress, an old cartoon, a straight-to-video horror movie, and three movies with the word “Mountain” in the title, the only word that comes to mind to tie these titles together is “random”.
The Morning After: Upcoming Projects For 2009 Oscar Winners
Submitted by BrianTT on February 26, 2009 - 11:56am.CHICAGO – The legacy of Oscar winners following their wins with horrible career choices is long and well-recorded. Perhaps the best piece of news about this year’s Academy Award winners is that they are unlikely to produce a “Snow Dogs,” “Gothika,” or “Aeon Flux” any time soon. The upcoming projects for 2009 Academy Award winners is a more promising slate than most years.
Taking the Oscars Home: How to See the 2009 Academy Award Winners
Submitted by BrianTT on February 25, 2009 - 10:57am.CHICAGO – Believe it or not, a lot of people heard about some critically acclaimed 2009 films for the first time on Sunday night, when they won or were nominated for 2009 Academy Awards and are now wondering how they can see winning films like “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” and shorts like “La Maison en Petits Cubes” and “Toyland”. Let us guide the way.
‘Watchmen’ at Chicago’s Navy Pier IMAX Adds Morning Screening on March 6, 2009
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on February 25, 2009 - 1:22am.‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger, Sean Penn Win 2009 Academy Awards
Submitted by BrianTT on February 23, 2009 - 12:17am.CHICAGO – Fox Searchlight’s “Slumdog Millionaire” was the huge winner at The 81st Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 taking home an amazing eight Oscars, including the trophies for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Song, and Best Sound Mixing.
Slideshow: 44-Image Gallery For 15th-Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Submitted by BrianTT on January 26, 2009 - 10:17am.CHICAGO – This 44-image slideshow contains a selection of official press images from The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which were handed out on Sunday, January 25th, 2009.
Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet Win 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Submitted by BrianTT on January 26, 2009 - 9:41am.CHICAGO – The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) gave out its coveted awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 and Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn and Meryl Streep walked away with the major film acting prizes.
‘WALL-E,’ ‘The Dark Knight’ Snubbed For Major 2009 Oscar Nominations
Submitted by BrianTT on January 22, 2009 - 8:36am.CHICAGO – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their 81st annual nominees this morning, January 22nd, 2009. For a body that has been known to make shocking mistakes, they may have topped themselves by excluding the two most beloved movies of 2008, “WALL-E” and “The Dark Knight” from the Best Picture category.
‘The Dark Knight’ Returns to IMAX Theaters on Jan. 23, 2009
Submitted by BrianTT on January 21, 2009 - 3:13pm.CHICAGO – You can celebrate the very likely Oscar nominations for “The Dark Knight” or lament the film’s snubbing by the academy by revisiting Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece in all of its IMAX glory starting this Friday on Jan. 23, 2009.