ELIZA DUSHKU – DUSHKU’S CHESS LESSONS02/13/2009 07:12:00 PM TV beauty ELIZA DUSHKU has found an unconventional way to unwind at the end of a long day at work – she’s taking chess lessons in a nightclub. The 28-year-old actress...
Hollywood Chess Trivia
From which movie is this famous chess playing scene? Bonus points if you can name the year the movie came out 🙂 Special thanks to Steve Grant for sending this one in! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
MATE
The upcoming feature film MATE is psychological thriller of mystery and suspense in the vein of MEMENTO and THE USUAL SUSPECTS. About MATE: In a world of corruption and deceit, two former world chess champions cross paths and are...
MATE – A thrilling upcoming feature film
The upcoming feature film MATE is psychological thriller of mystery and suspense in the vein of MEMENTO and THE USUAL SUSPECTS. About MATE: In a world of corruption and deceit, two former world chess champions cross paths and are...
Sydney Pollack 1934 – 2008
The legendary Sydney Pollack just past away at the age of 73. Sydney Pollack is an Academy Award winning director, actor, producer, and writer, who directed and produced over 40 major films. He was born on July 1, 1934,...
And the Oscars go to…
Best Picture: ‘No Country for Old Men’ Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen‘No Country for Old Men’ Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis‘There Will Be Blood’ Best Actress: Marion Cotillard‘La Vie en Rose’ Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem‘No Country for...
Movies and chess
Why do the movies love chess?By Finlo RohrerBBC News Magazine The late Ingmar Bergman’s film the Seventh Seal helped cement his reputation as a cerebral director, and might explain why chess is such an enduring theme for film makers....
Chess on the classic set
Classic actioner The 1961 multi-Oscar-nominated war film “The Guns of Navarone” looks splendid in this two-disc restored version, and it’s still enthralling. The story follows six Allied military specialists on an “impossible” mission into Nazi territory to destroy two...
The Oscars go to…
Did you watch the Oscar last night? Did you pick the right choices? Who made the best acceptance speech? Best Picture: The DepartedBest Director: Martin ScorseseBest Actor: Forest WhitakerBest Actress: Helen MirrenBest Supporting Actor: Alan ArkinBest Supporting Actress: Jennifer...