The silver screen is the canvas onto which we project our imagination, and our imagination is often, well, nerdy. From the big-budget, high concept juggernaut that was Avatar to the subdued and stately Never Let Me Go currently knocking over critics on art house screens, the movies just love science fiction. It's been that way since the very beginning, and in case you haven't seen any trailers for Tron Legacy, it's still true today. more ›

This week, we're counting down the top 9 stories of 2009 according to the Chicagoist staff. more ›

Years ago, we were witness as Miller, Anheuser-Busch, and Coors collected distribution rights or partial ownerships to craft breweries in a high-stakes chess game over control of the beer drinker's dollar. Now there's InBev/A-B, MillerCoors, and a bunch of craft breweries trying like hell to maintain their independence and run successful businesses. Director Anat Baron's "Beer Wars" is being called a "David and Goliath" story, Following Dogfish Head's Sam Calagione and Rhonda Kallman of New Century Brewing, "Beer Wars" takes the viewer into the boardrooms, brewhouses, and follows sales reps on their calls as they fight for space in an already saturated marketplace. more ›