Movie-Going News-Articles

Studios Pay Theaters Cash To Run Trailers

May 4, 2010

What’s so special about this latest trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse? [Answer below.] The Answer: If it’s playing in a theater, the theater owner may have gotten paid cold hard cash to run it by

Art Deco Movie Palaces of Birmingham . . . England That Is

April 6, 2010

Hundreds of movie palaces were built in England during the 1930′s by Odeon with architecture influenced by the art deco and Ballhaus movements. Many seated more than 4000 people. They were single theaters, not multiplexes, serving the movie-going public in

$200 Million Is The New $100 Million: Movie Box Office Success

March 16, 2010

$100 million in domestic box office gross used to be the benchmark of success that separated giant hits from lesser films. Nielsen’s Gold Reel Awards celebrated films that reached that magic mark, but 2007 seems to

Those Wacky Brits: UK Cinemas Get Government Handout For 3D Upgrades

March 14, 2010

According to one report, British Government funds are being used to upgrade numerous movie theaters for 3D films. Interesting use of public money. If this was happening in the US there would likely be an uproar, at least

Get Out Your Funny Glasses

February 24, 2010

3D film release schedule. You’re welcome nerds . . .

What Do Jackie Chan and Quentin Tarantino Have In Common?

February 19, 2010

One owns a movie theater, the other wants to. Tarantino is landlord of the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles . . . Chan quoted (at Berlin Film Fest): “When I stop making films, I