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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com 2014 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Get your scorecards and pencils out, because this is the last stop you’ll need for all your 2014 Academy Award predicting needs…except for the 10 million other media outlets in the age of...
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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 2015 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Say it three times to win it, and you’ll win every Academy Award pool you enter – at least for the nine categories covered here – if you follow the advice of the...
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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 2016 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Okay kids, time to jump into the 2016 Oscar Pool. There are “predictors,” and then there is HollywoodChicago.com! That’s right, critic contributors Spike Walters and Patrick McDonald have the...
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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com’s 2017 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– When is comes to Academy Award predictions, HollywoodChicago.com is second to none. That’s right, nobody does it better, even the approximately 100 million other outlets predicting the Big...
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Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2018 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Time to fill out the Oscar prediction ballots! The 90th Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 4th, 2018, and HC film critics Patrick McDonald, Michael “Spike” Walters and Jon Lennon Espino are...
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Film News: Oriana Oppice Awarded Best Director for ‘Leia’s Army’ at Global...
WASHINGTON, DC– Chicago took home a bit of gold on August 26th, 2018, as local filmmaker Oriana Oppice was awarded Best Director for her short film “Leia’s Army” at the Global Impact Film Festival in...
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Film News: ‘Happy as Lazzaro’ Takes Top Prize at 54th Chicago International...
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 54th edition presented its awards on October 19th, 2018, at the AMC River East Theatre in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo...
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Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com Predictions for 2019 Academy Awards
CHICAGO– Time to fill out the Oscar prediction ballots! The 91st Academy Awards are on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, and HC film critics Patrick McDonald, Michael “Spike” Walters and Jon Lennon Espino...
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Film News: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is Top Film at 55th Chicago...
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 55th edition presented its awards on October 25th, 2019, at CHEZ venue in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best...
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Film Feature: HollywoodChicago.com 2020 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Let’s make this important! The 92nd Academy Awards are on Sunday, February 9th, 2020, and HC.com film/entertainment contributors Patrick McDonald, Michael “Spike” Walters and Jon Lennon Espino...
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DAY NINE: LIVE FROM CHICAGO! The 56th Chicago International Film Fest Awards,...
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival was founded in 1965 by Michael Kutza, and is the longest running “competitive film festival” in North America. So with that in mind it’s time for the...
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DAY TEN: Top Film at 56th Chicago International Film Festival is 'Sweat'
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) is competitive, and the 56th edition presented its awards on October 23rd, 2020, as a live virtual and online event on the CIFF YouTube page. The...
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The Gold Hugo: ‘Memoria’ at 57th Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO– The Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) is competitive, and the 57th edition presented its awards on October 22nd, 2021, as a live virtual and online event.. The winner of the Gold Hugo...
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Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2022 Oscar Predictions
CHICAGO– Here we go again. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com, for 2022 (the 94th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors – Patrick McDonald, Spike Walters and...
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The Gold Hugo: ‘Godland’ at 58th Chicago Intl. Film Festival
CHICAGO– The 58th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) announced its award winners on October 21st, 2022, and the recipient of The Gold Hugo in the International Feature Film Competition – the...
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Oscar Week: Interview with Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert of ‘Everything...
CHICAGO– It’s Oscar Week, as the 95th Academy Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12th, 2023, on ABC-TV. Nominated for Best Directors are affectionally called the “Daniels” … Dan Kwan &...
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Oscar Week: HollywoodChicago.com 2023 Academy Award Predictions
CHICAGO– We have arrived. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com for 2023 (the 95th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors of HC– Patrick McDonald and Spike...
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CIFF23: Gold Hugo as Best Film is ‘Explanation for Everything’
CHICAGO– The 59th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) announced its competitive award winners on October 20th 2023, and the recipient of The Gold Hugo in the International Feature Film...
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Oscar Week! HollywoodChicago.com 2024 Predictions
CHICAGO– Here we go again. Welcome to the annual Oscar Predictions on HollywoodChicago.com, for 2024 (the 96th Academy Awards). The film/entertainment contributors of HC– Patrick McDonald and Spike...
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CIFF24: Gold Hugo as Best Film at 60th CIFF is Italy’s ‘Vermiglio’
CHICAGO– The 60th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) announced its competitive award winners on October 25th, 2024, and the recipient of The Gold Hugo in the International Feature Film...
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