There is little we like more than an afternoon spent browsing through old books, even if we can't afford to buy any of them. Which is why we're planning on spending the next couple of days at the Leslie Hindman October Book Auction, featuring rare and extremely expensive books (like this Henry Gray Anatomy text, which is expected to sell for $4,000 to $6,000). Look for us as we polish our monocle while pretending to......

Chicagoist is a huge fan of our own homegrown media industry. We like the original stuff that comes out of this city and telling our folks things like how we walk through Gotham City on our way to work and visit County General every time we have a boo-boo. So, as always, it was a lot of fun to sit in on last night's taping of "Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me". Host Peter Sagal informed......

Hollywood incinerated the post-summertime trash last weekend in preparation for some tried-and-true formula pictures releasing today. Cartoons always bring in the kids (and their parents) so Shark Tale is probably going to do some big business. Finally, a movie that answers the question: “What would The Sopranos be like as a two-hour cartoon but with fish instead of humans?” Chicagoist just wants to know how on Earth they managed to get Martin Scorsese to do......

Movie and maritime buffs, this one�s for you. The HMS Bounty (uh, its replica at least) is docked at Navy Pier, to the amazement of all�young and old, with and without scurvy, Clark Gable fans and Marlon Brando fans and even Mel Gibson fans. Ah, yes, the majesty of the sea. Well, lake. This replica, "the only wooden square-rigger in North America still sailing," was built for the 1962 film about the famous mutiny, during......

We�re on our knees praying that it stops drizzling and that the ground miraculously dries for tonight�s free movie in Grant Park, Guys and Dolls. Guys and Dolls is one of Chicagoist�s favorite musicals, and even though the movie flawed, it�s still enjoyable. Please oh please stop raining. The film stars a horribly miscast Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson, the smooth-talking high-roller who will bet on anything, including, in this case, himself. Good old reliable......

Remember the ol' TGIF theme song on ABC? (Or when people actually watched ABC?) "It's Friday night and the moon is bright/ Gonna have some fun, so you how it's done... TGIF!" And while the days of pre-"I Love the '90s" Urkel and the chubby/non-coke-using Olsen twins are gone, Chicagoist still takes those silly lyrics to heart, constantly humming them come week's end. Yes, good friends, the weekend is almost here. And here are......

Acting legend Marlon Brando, known for being as much of a character offscreen as on it, died yesterday at age 80. Over his long, storied career � which helped define modern American movie acting � he worked with some of film's best directors (Elia Kazan, Bernardo Bertulucci, Francis Ford Coppola) in some of their best works (On the Waterfront, The Godfather, Last Tango in Paris). One of the sexiest men to ever wear a......