http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php Odds & Ends Journal Entries from The BigScreen Cinema Guide. Copyright 2013 SVJ Designs, LLC. en-us SVJ Designs RSS Generator 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:29:40 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2921&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2921 Odds & Ends Tue, 21 May 2013 17:29:40 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2912&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2912 Odds & Ends Tue, 14 May 2013 11:06:26 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2896&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2896 Odds & Ends Mon, 06 May 2013 14:58:04 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2894&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2894 Odds & Ends Mon, 06 May 2013 11:01:12 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2882&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2882 Odds & Ends Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:42:12 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2878&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2878 Odds & Ends Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:24:42 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2877&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2877 Odds & Ends Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:52:55 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2871&from=rss 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! http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2871 Odds & Ends Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:25:47 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2854&from=rss 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,... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2854 Odds & Ends Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:58:56 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2846&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2846 Odds & Ends Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:40:12 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2824&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2824 Odds & Ends Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:07:19 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2795&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2795 Odds & Ends Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:36:43 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2763&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2763 Odds & Ends Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:54:44 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2697&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2697 Odds & Ends Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:27:01 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2686&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2686 Odds & Ends Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:13:33 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2670&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2670 Odds & Ends Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:10:07 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2669&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2669 Odds & Ends Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:48:04 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2587&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2587 Odds & Ends Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:05:36 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2558&from=rss 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... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2558 Odds & Ends Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:19:18 EST http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2539&from=rss 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 higher... http://www.bigscreen.com/journal.php?id=2539 Odds & Ends Thu, 17 May 2012 21:27:41 EST