This update is only kind of Amy related. I thought I should post it though for Amy fans who maybe haven’t had a chance to see Julie & Julia yet. Or for those who want to watch it again. My source isn’t clear, but I think this is happening tonight – July 28th.

Dine al fresco while watching recent foodie favorite, Julie & Julia. Enjoy Meryl Streep and Amy Adams at The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant’s weekly dinner-and-a-movie night, complete with complimentary gourmet popcorn. If popcorn isn’t enough, entree and drink specials corresponding with the movie will be available as well. FREE. Movie begins at dusk.

This looks like so much fun! I wish I lived closer to Chicago so I could go.

A release date of March 8th has been announced for the R2 DVD and BluRay release of Julie & Julia.  Details about the special features are below.

DVD

* 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* English and Italian DD5.1 Surround
* Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
* Commentary with Writer/Director Nora Ephron
* Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia – Go behind the scenes with Meryl Streep & Amy Adams to see how they became Julie & Julia.

Blu-ray Disc

* 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
* English, German (Germany) and French (Parisian) 5.1
* Subtitles: English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (Parisian), German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
* Commentary with Writer/Director Nora Ephron
* Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia
* “Family & Friends Remember Julia Child” – Julia’s closest family and friends tell us about the woman they knew and loved.
* “Julia’s Kitchen” – Learn all about how the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History acquired Julia’s kitchen and take a tour inside.
* “Cooking Lessons”:
o Poaching Eggs with Julia Child & Jacques Pépin
o Making Hollandaise Sauce with Julia Child & Jacques Pépin
o Mark Peel Prepares Scrambled Eggs
o Suzanne Goin Prepares Braised Beef Shortribs
o Steven Lewandowski & Drew Nieporent Prepare Butter Poached Maine Lobster
* movieIQ – “Julia’s Recipe Collector” – collect and email your favourite Julia Child recipes while watching the film!

While Amy did not get any individual nominations for a Golden Globe this year we here at Enchanting Amy would like to announce the Julie and Julia has been nominated as well as Amy’s costar Meryl Streep

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

For a full list of the 2010 Golden Globe nominations you can see here

Amy’s movie Julie & Julia arrives on DVD and BluRay on Tuesday but you can view high definition screencaptures of the movie here at Enchanting right now!  Screencaps of the special features should be up later this week.

• Film: [2009] Julie & Julia > DVD Screencaptures (HD)

As most of you already know, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has been released on DVD and BluRay today.  Here are some more dates to mark on your calender for the upcoming months.  Keep checking this post as more could be added as we find out about other appearances and releases.

• December 8 – Moonlight Serenade on DVD
• December 8 – Julie & Julia on DVD/BluRay
• January 8 – Leap Year in theaters
• Early-mid 2010 – The Fighter in theaters

Both of Amy’s latest movie projects have finally been given DVD release dates :) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will be released on December 1, 2009. And Julie & Julia will be released the following week on December 8, 2009
Both are available for pre-order on Amazon.

The gallery now has over 41,000 Amy photos and screencaptures!  And we’re still not done lol.  Anyway, I’ve added some MQ additions to the Night at the Museum and Julie & Julia press conferences.  Also added are some rare HQ photos of Amy with Debra Messing at a 2004 Women in Film event.  Thank you so much to Connie at Messing Around for allowing us to use the photos.

• Out & About: 2004 > Women in Film Event
• Out & About: 2009 > ‘Night at the Museum’ Press Conference
• Out & About: 2009 > ‘Julie & Julia’ Press Conference

Inspired by the Hasbro action figure, Paramount’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra took command of the weekend box office with a $56.2 million debut domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. G.I. Joe also took in $44.3 million overseas for a worldwide total of $100.5 million.

Meryl Streep’s Julia Child tale Julie & Julia opened a solid No. 2 as an alternative for adult crowds with $20.1 million. While G.I. Joe was the first choice for young males, women 35 and older were the main audience for Julie & Julia.

SOURCE

As for reviews of the film… the majority of them are favorable with Rotten Tomatoes listing it as 76% fresh.  Most critics are saying that Amy’s part of the movie, the Julie half, isn’t as strong as the Julia part.  To be clear though, most are not saying it’s Amy’s fault – it is Meryl after all and she just nails the part as she always does.  Hard to compete with that lol.

I’ve added over 30 new MQ photos from the Julie & Julia press conference that was held on July 29th.

• Out & About > 2009 > ‘Julie & Julia’ Press Conference