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COLUMN: 2014 Holiday Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2014 Holiday Movie Preview

 The holiday movie season of November and December is what really starts and decides the Oscar race every year and this year's schedule of films is no different.  There are some real contenders here looking to make people forget about "Birdman" and "Gone Girl."  Let's see what happens.  Here is my complete "Holiday Movie Preview" for 2014.  Enjoy! 

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Don ShanahanInterstellar, Big Hero 6, The Theory of Everything, Foxcatcher, Dumb and Dumber To, Beyond the Lights, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, The Imitation Game, Horrible Bosses 2, Penguins of Madagascar, Wild, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Exodus, Inherent Vice, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Annie, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Gambler, Into the Woods, Unbroken, The Interview, Big Eyes, American SniperComment
CHECKLIST: 2014 Holiday Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2014 Holiday Movie Calendar

Here is the master calendar for the upcoming holiday movie season releases for November and December of 2014.  Be sure to check ahead at theaters because release dates shift all the time.  Print this out, pin it, or put it on the fridge for the next two months.  Enjoy your holidays and enjoy these movies!

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2014, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanInterstellar, Big Hero 6, The Theory of Everything, Foxcatcher, Dumb and Dumber To, Beyond the Lights, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, The Imitation Game, Horrible Bosses 2, Penguins of Madagascar, Wild, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Exodus, The Hunger Games, Inherent Vice, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Annie, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Gambler, Into the Woods, Unbroken, The Interview, Big Eyes, American SniperComment
COLUMN: Must-see films for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
COLUMN: Must-see films for the 50th Chicago International Film Festival

While the festival doesn't boast anywhere near the amount of red carpet headliners found at Toronto or New York's film festivals, there are still several worthy films coming to Chicago for the first time in advance of their theatrical release and the year-end Oscar and awards season.  This very writer has acquired press credentials through Examiner.com to cover this year's event and here is a list of the must-see films from the festival's schedule.

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2014, Column, Media Appearance, SPECIALDon ShanahanAMC River East 21The Imitation Game, Birdman, St. Vincent, The Last 5 Years, Wild, The Salvation, Rudderless, Low Down, Clouds of Sils Maria, Beyond the Lights, Dear White People, Force Majeure, Two Days, Two Days One Night, Winter Sleep, Natural Born Killers, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oliver StoneComment
COLUMN: 50th Chicago International Film Festival special events
COLUMN: 50th Chicago International Film Festival special events

Since starting in 1965, the Chicago International Film Festival has operated as the country's oldest competitive international film festival.  Following "Miss Julie" and the Opening Night Gala, two films will be featured as the Festival Centerpieces.  Both films will screened on Wednesday, October 15th. Over the course of the two and a half weeks that follow, over 300 more films and events will take place primarily at the AMC River East 21 theater on 322 East Illinois Street.  Best of all, this whole extravaganza is open to the public.  For this watershed anniversary, several special presentations are planned.

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2014, Column, SPECIALDon ShanahanAMC River East 21Chicago Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, 50th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Examiner.com, Miss Julie, St. Vincent, The Last 5 Years, Beyond the Lights, The Imitation Game, Birdman, CIFF, Oliver Stone, Taylor Hackford, Victor SkrebneskiComment