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Hollywood's 3-D risk

The dream of 3-D movies has been around for a long time. I remember as a boy going to the cinema donning my 3-D specs and watching The House of Wax starring Vincent Price where in one scene a guy is seen...

opinion by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) movie trailer

Jordan Yerman

Arab Cinemas Won't Mess with "Zohan"

I'm not entirely surprised by this, but it's certainly bad news for whomever purchased the distribution rights for the Middle East. The Adam Sandler comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan has been banned in Egypt,...

created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
278 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment

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Cinemas ban popcorn

A UK cinema chain has branded popcorn a 'noisy, messy' snack and is to ban it from its theatres. One of the joys of going to the cinema is buying overpriced tub of popcorn and munching through it as the film...

created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
3874 views | 63 recommendations | 33 comments

Amy Judd

Japan shies away from shrine film

A Chinese made film about the the Yahukuni shrine in Tokyo is being shunned in Japan and is accused of being anti-Japanese."From a scabbard he pulls a long ceremonial sword. Calmly and with precision, he carves an...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
475 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments

Classic marqee in Georgetown, South Carolina

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Continuous Showings -- The history of your hometown theater

”From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s,” said the U.S. Office of Management and Budget “worker productivity rose at only 1.5 percent a year on average. In the mid-1990s, average productivity growth...

created by denseatoms | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1180 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment

Sony Pictures to make Bollywood love story

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Sony Pictures to make Bollywood love story

""Bollywood makes roughly 200-odd films every year. We believe there is reasonably good money to make here," said Gareth Wigan, vice chairman of Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group, a Sony Pictures Entertainment...

created by uusjio | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Tom van B

WAR ON DEMOCRACY film by John Pilger

"'The War on Democracy' is John Pilger's first major film for the cinema - in a career that has produced more than 55 television documentaries. Set in Latin America and the US, it explores the historic and current...

created by Tom van B | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
856 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments

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People turn blind eye to DVD piracy

"Eight out of 10 people in the East Midlands "turn a blind eye" to novice criminals who cost DVD retailers and cinemas millions of pounds each year, according to new statistics. The research has revealed that as...

created by liamssoft | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Jordan Yerman

Out of Africa: Nigerian Cinema Goes Global

Nigerian film is beginning to make its way off the continent, after a long period of microdistribution and straight-to-video. A few years back, I had the privilege of attending the Cape Town International Cinema...

created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1733 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments

Cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates

Whoa. Off the wall. I think theater owners ought to realize they are in the ambiance business, not the movie business and let movie producers charge for home viewing new movies the day they open from home. They should make the theaters more attractive to people who are...

created by biverson | 4 years ago
320 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment

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Spiderman, Spiderman, friendly real-life Spiderman

First, Kryptonite. Second, life in other galaxies. Now, a real-life Spidey? It's a week of geek's dreams come true 'round these parts."Nicola Pugno, a 35-year-old researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin,...