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Last Wednesday, December 11th, the Chicago Film Critics Association  kicked off the film awards season with its annual Awards Dinner at Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern  on Gallagher Way , right next to Wrigley Field (yeah, where the Yum Yum Donuts  used to be). I have been a member of the CFCA, on and off, since the organization began in 1989. I've presented awards, made phone calls, tallied votes, set up chairs, and even driven celebrity presenters and winners to and from the a

Two of the biggest theater chains in the country, Regal and AMC, do this thing in which they only charge a $5 admission to see a new movie that has never been shown to the public before. The catch is, you have no idea what the movie will be. There are no posters or images used in the advertising, no big stars revealed to draw you in and excite you, not even a plot, or a hint as to what genre the film is, or even what it's about..... You have no idea what it will be, until it