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May 21, 2013
A modified 1967 Mustang used during the filming of Gone in 60 Seconds starring Nicolas Cage sold recently at an auction for $1 million. The "Eleanor" Mustang was one of eleven that were created for...
May 14, 2013
Independent movie web site Indiewire interviewed husband and wife team Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton about their upcoming movie, Black Rock, which opens in a few theaters Friday. They co-wrote the...
May 06, 2013
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board has released its 2013 lineup for its "Movies in the Park" series, where you can watch some classic favorites, free, under the stars in parks around the...
May 06, 2013
The Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois is undergoing a restoration and they released a video back in April that shows some of their efforts and some of the hidden surprises that they found. ...
Apr 23, 2013
Santikos Theatres has released a promotional "coming soon" video for the the Santikos Palladium 22, which will be opening in Richmond, Texas on May 16, 2013. For more information about the...
Apr 18, 2013
On the heels of Universal Pictures' announcement of a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, they have announced that there will also be a sequel to last year's hit, Pitch Perfect that will arrive in...
Apr 18, 2013
Industry blog Collider is reporting that a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman is in the works for 2015: Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson hosted the studio’s presentation at...
Apr 11, 2013
AMC Theatres are celebrating the end of tax season with a coupon good for a small popcorn from April 12-15, 2013. Click the Read link below to visit AMC's site and get your coupon!
Mar 19, 2013
Select Cinemark locations will be showing the 1962 classic Lawrence of Arabia on Tuesday, March 20, 2013. The 216-minute epic movie won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director,...
Mar 04, 2013
Have you ever sneaked into a movie playing in another auditorium after watching the movie you paid to see? Some people admit to doing it when they were kids (essentially spending the day for the low...
Feb 04, 2013
AMC Theatres is offering up discount coupons for concessions and movie tickets in conjunction with the upcoming Academy Awards® ceremony. The discounts vary by day, with the first one being...
Jan 11, 2013
Select Cinemark locations will be showing classic movies on the big screen in January and February 2013, according to their web site. Already this month, they have shown 2001: A Space Odyssey and...
Dec 10, 2012
NPR featured an interview with famed composer John Williams, who was done more memorable movie scores (the music that plays during a movie) than most others combined. You may not know his name, but...
Oct 23, 2012
Motion picture archivist and historian Bob Furmanek maintains a web site called the 3-D Film Archive, and he and Greg Kintz just published an article titled "An In-Depth Look at CREATURE FROM THE...
Oct 10, 2012
Commentary tracks are nothing to home video, but this is the first time I've ever seen a director make a commentary available while his movie is still in theaters! Rian Johnson directed Looper, which...
Sep 28, 2012
IMAX staffer Hugh Murray posted an entry on the IMAX blog about their first mainstream 3D IMAX release, The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience, which was released in November 2004. Here is an...
Sep 28, 2012
With the upcoming release of the final Twilight movie, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Twi-hards and other extreme movie marathoners can spend all day watching the five Twilight movies in...
Jul 18, 2012
Reader Ron H. sent us a link to an article in the Los Angeles Times titled "4-D movies: Next big thing for U.S. theaters?" where the theatrical movie experience gets taken to a level that involves...
Jun 06, 2012
79 years ago, the first drive-in movie theater, the Camden Drive-In, opened in Camden, New Jersey. Richard Hollingshead opened the new theater after he was awarded a patent for the idea. According...
May 17, 2012
The Tumbler on display in Bentonville, Arkansas, the first stop on the tour. The excitement leading up to the July 20, 2012 release of The Dark Knight Rises is getting turned up just a little...
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