$35 for a Movie Ticket at a Luxury Theater Chain?

Would you pay $35 for a movie ticket if the theater had reclining chairs and footrests, digital projection with 2-D and 3-D capability, a lounge and bar serving cocktails and appetizers, concierge service and valet parking? Me, no. Maybe others…

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 | Tags: movie theaters, movie ticket prices
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Netflix “Browse Instant” Increasing Good Selection of Instant Movies To Watch Online

Every week or so I check Netflix’s “Browse Instant” (previously titled “Watch it Now”) page for new additions to their library of free (for members) movies to watch instantly online. When this feature was new the selection of films to…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 | Tags: movie rental, netflix
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Righteous Kill with Pacino and DeNiro, One Foot in the Grave?

Back in the early 1990s, there was something potentially film historic about Al Pacino and Robert De Niro finally appearing in a movie together since Godfather II in which they didn’t even share screen space. Michael Mann’s 1995 Heat was…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 | Tags: al pacino, robert de niro
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The A-Team Movie?

Who would have thunk it? Well, anyone in Hollywood really. If they can remake The Hulk twice in just about 5 years, why not a remake of the once popular, easily spoofable, 80s macho TV series starring Mr. T and…

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 | Tags: a-team, action, adaptation, adventure, bradley cooper, jessica biel, Liam Neeson, patrick wilson, remake, TV series
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Looking Forward to 2009: Watchmen, 3.06.09

Yay, another possibly wonderful comic book film adaptation! “In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently…

Friday, March 14th, 2008 | Tags: 2009, comic, comic adaptation, superhero, watcmen
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And the Winners of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) are….

The winners are noted in bold:

Best motion picture of the year

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 academy awards, 2008 oscar winners, 80th academy awards, the oscars
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Brilliant actor, Heath Ledger, 28, Gone Too Soon

“Mystery surrounded the death today in New York of the Australian-born actor Heath Ledger, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as one of two cowboys in the 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain. Friends and fans alike were shocked to hear of…

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | Tags: heath ledger
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80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscar) Nominations

And the nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) are….

Best motion picture of the year

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
• “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | Tags: 2008 academy awards, 80th academy awards, oscars
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