6/19/2009 The Proposal
7/1/2009 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
7/10/2009 Bruno
7/17/2009 The Hangover
7/24/2009 G-Force in REAL-D
8/14/2009 District 9
8/28/2009 The Final Destination in REAL-D
9/11/2009 Sorority Row
9/18/2009 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs in REAL-D
10/2/2009 Toy Story Double Feature in REAL-D
10/16/2009 Where The Wild Things Are
10/23/2009 Couples Retreat
11/6/2009 A Christmas Carol in REAL-D
11/25/2009 Old Dogs
12/18/2009 Avatar in REAL-D
The rats and mice part sounds scary. That alone would make me want to quit my position.
And it turns out, this theatre really was intended to be an arthouse. In its early years, the theatre ran art films and revivals as well as second-run fare. Also, there was a bistro and art gallery nearby (an idea that later showed up in other Cineplex theatre) which also inforced the whole art intention.
More interesting things I found were that Midnight Express and Life Of Brian both played for over a year in second run.
9/4/2009 Gamer
9/11/2009 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself
9/25/2009 Fame
10/2/2009 Shutter Island
10/16/2009 Law Abiding Citizen
10/23/2009 Astro Boy
11/6/2009 A Christmas Carol
11/20/2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
11/25/2009 Old Dogs
12/11/2009 The Princess and The Frog
12/18/2009 Avatar
I’d say the problem is that studios aren’t using 3-D to its full potential. If we are paying the extra $2.50 to see it in 3-D, shouldn’t we get more shots of things popping out onscreen?
I hated both Blair Witch and Cloverfield. Blair Witch is nothing more than fanboy hype over an iconic image, some random chat and a bunch of nothingness. Nowadays, it’s just a dramatic version of The Room.
As for Cloverfield, it’s just a ripoff of Godzilla made by television people that only did well because of fanboy hype.
Though not listed, this theatre had a marathon of the first four Nightmare On Elm Street movies the day before A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 opened (similar to the Star Trek marathon they had on September 7th, 1991). The first one began at 7:30 pm on August 18th, 1988, the second began at 9:00 pm, the third at 10:30 pm and finally the fourth film began at midnight.
This theatre played Army Of Shadows in one of their French film festivals back in 1984. The official US release would not come until 2007, when Rialto had a successful run of the 1969 film.
And after its brief return to showing hit titles (Fast and Furious, Obsessed, Wolverine, Terminator Salvation), the Chinese is back to running flops again. Right now, they have Imagine That in Week 3.
The theatre began its association with City Cinemas around November or December 1988. The first two movies I noticed on the City Cinemas block ad printed were Crossing Delancey and Mystic Pizza (both films deep into their runs).
Some films that the Cine Twin played in 1987 (the first year that the theatre was listed in the New York Times):
Platoon (second run)
Commando Squad (first run)
Beverly Hills Cop II (second run)
Dragnet (second run)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (first run)
Adventures In Babysitting (second run)
Can’t Buy Me Love (second run)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (first run)
He’s My Girl (first run)
Barfly (second run)
Teen Wolf Too (second run)
The Stranger (first run, Manhattan exclusive)
Home Is Where The Hart Is (first run, Manhattan exclusive)
Leonard Part 6 (first run, on both screens)
Pokemon: The First Movie (it was Pokemon mania at the time), The Messenger and Dogma would all have been better choices than Light It Up. But maybe the theatre felt that Usher would draw better than Pikachu.
I saw this in 35mm last year at the Gillioz so I’m not interested in seeing a digital version of this.
However, I am very interested in the Plan Nine From Outer Space show that they are doing on Thursday.
Wow, 76 weeks on Seven Wonders Of The World. I’m surprised that one was that successful.
Suggestions for more recent times:
6/19/2009 The Proposal
7/1/2009 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
7/10/2009 Bruno
7/17/2009 The Hangover
7/24/2009 G-Force in REAL-D
8/14/2009 District 9
8/28/2009 The Final Destination in REAL-D
9/11/2009 Sorority Row
9/18/2009 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs in REAL-D
10/2/2009 Toy Story Double Feature in REAL-D
10/16/2009 Where The Wild Things Are
10/23/2009 Couples Retreat
11/6/2009 A Christmas Carol in REAL-D
11/25/2009 Old Dogs
12/18/2009 Avatar in REAL-D
My favorite summer movie was Star Trek. I also really liked Up and The Hurt Locker.
Public Enemies put me to sleep.
The rats and mice part sounds scary. That alone would make me want to quit my position.
And it turns out, this theatre really was intended to be an arthouse. In its early years, the theatre ran art films and revivals as well as second-run fare. Also, there was a bistro and art gallery nearby (an idea that later showed up in other Cineplex theatre) which also inforced the whole art intention.
More interesting things I found were that Midnight Express and Life Of Brian both played for over a year in second run.
I blame the decline of intelligence. That and the fact the studios tend to confuse “outside the box” with “pretentious”.
Looks like they have reopened the theatre. They are currently showing Aliens In The Attic, Orphan, Harry Potter, Ice Age 3 and two Spanish films.
The theatre was closed back in June by the Department of Health after a few major health code violations. Here are the inspection notes.
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It looks like 9 will be booked into both the Chinese and Chinese 6 on September 9th since that will be the latest D-Box feature.
Fall sugggestions:
9/4/2009 Gamer
9/11/2009 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself
9/25/2009 Fame
10/2/2009 Shutter Island
10/16/2009 Law Abiding Citizen
10/23/2009 Astro Boy
11/6/2009 A Christmas Carol
11/20/2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
11/25/2009 Old Dogs
12/11/2009 The Princess and The Frog
12/18/2009 Avatar
I’d say the problem is that studios aren’t using 3-D to its full potential. If we are paying the extra $2.50 to see it in 3-D, shouldn’t we get more shots of things popping out onscreen?
I hated both Blair Witch and Cloverfield. Blair Witch is nothing more than fanboy hype over an iconic image, some random chat and a bunch of nothingness. Nowadays, it’s just a dramatic version of The Room.
As for Cloverfield, it’s just a ripoff of Godzilla made by television people that only did well because of fanboy hype.
Though not listed, this theatre had a marathon of the first four Nightmare On Elm Street movies the day before A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 opened (similar to the Star Trek marathon they had on September 7th, 1991). The first one began at 7:30 pm on August 18th, 1988, the second began at 9:00 pm, the third at 10:30 pm and finally the fourth film began at midnight.
This theatre played Army Of Shadows in one of their French film festivals back in 1984. The official US release would not come until 2007, when Rialto had a successful run of the 1969 film.
And after its brief return to showing hit titles (Fast and Furious, Obsessed, Wolverine, Terminator Salvation), the Chinese is back to running flops again. Right now, they have Imagine That in Week 3.
Was it in 1992? Because that’s when Blade Runner has its national reissue.
This theatre now has REAL-D in one of their auditoriums. They are currently playing Up in that auditorium.
List of auditorium seating charts:
1-92
2-92
3-56
4-70
5-398
6-84
7-115
8-115
9-86
10-86
11-100
12-96
13-78
14-78
15-195
16-195
17-58
18-58
Total-2,052 seats
The Wehrenberg chain installed the Mega Screen at some of their theatres. One of these claims to be the biggest screen in the Midwest.
The theatre began its association with City Cinemas around November or December 1988. The first two movies I noticed on the City Cinemas block ad printed were Crossing Delancey and Mystic Pizza (both films deep into their runs).
Some films that the Cine Twin played in 1987 (the first year that the theatre was listed in the New York Times):
Platoon (second run)
Commando Squad (first run)
Beverly Hills Cop II (second run)
Dragnet (second run)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (first run)
Adventures In Babysitting (second run)
Can’t Buy Me Love (second run)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (first run)
He’s My Girl (first run)
Barfly (second run)
Teen Wolf Too (second run)
The Stranger (first run, Manhattan exclusive)
Home Is Where The Hart Is (first run, Manhattan exclusive)
Leonard Part 6 (first run, on both screens)
Pokemon: The First Movie (it was Pokemon mania at the time), The Messenger and Dogma would all have been better choices than Light It Up. But maybe the theatre felt that Usher would draw better than Pikachu.
That will buy a lot of movie tickets.
I believe that the last film to play here was Children Of A Lesser God in 1987.
I’ve read that this the theatre didn’t have the best of clientele or upkeep. Does anyone have any stories about those two things?