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KingBiscuits commented about River Oaks Theatre on Dec 12, 2008 at 12:17 am

No Flags Of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima, Ghost Rider, Ratatouille, Halloween, Beowulf, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Horton Hears A Who or Wall-E, Cinemark? Of all those I mentioned all but Horton was done is scope and would be nice for a large auditorium.

Here would have been my choices, Cinemark (I’ve never seen pictures of this theatre but I like your game):
3/24/2006 Inside Man
Also Running (on your other screens): Failure To Launch, V For Vendetta, 16 Blocks, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Stay Alive, Find Me Gulity, Brokeback Mountain/Transamerica, The Hills Have Eyes
3/31/2006 Slither
Also Running: Ice Age: The Meltdown (on two screens), ATL, Inside Man, Failure To Launch, V For Vendetta, 16 Blocks, Stay Alive
4/7/2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown (moveover)
Also Running: Take The Lead, Thank You For Smoking, The Benchwarmers, Ice Age: The Meltdown, V For Vendetta, Slither, Inside Man, Failure To Launch
4/14/2006 Scary Movie 4
Also Running: The Wild, Take The Lead, Thank You For Smoking, The Benchwarmers, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Inside Man, V For Vendetta, Failure To Launch
4/21/2006 Scary Movie 4
Also Running: Silent Hill, Friends With Money, The Sentinel, The Wild/Inside Man, Take The Lead, Thank You For Smoking, The Benchwarmers, Ice Age 2
4/28/2006 United 93
Also Running: RV, Akeelah and The Bee, Silent Hill, Friends With Money, The Sentinel, Thank You For Smoking, Scary Movie 4, Ice Age 2
5/5/2006 Mission: Impossible III
Also Running: Hoot, An American Haunting, United 93, RV, Akeelah and The Bee, Silent Hill, The Sentinel, Scary Movie 4
5/12/2006 Mission: Impossible III
Also Running: Poseidon, Goal! The Dream Begins, Art School Confidential, Hoot/Poseidon, An American Haunting, RV, United 93, Akeelah and The Bee/Hard Candy
5/19/2006 The Da Vinci Code
Also Running: Over The Hedge (on two screens), Poseidon, Goal! The Dream Begins, Art School Confidential/Hard Candy, Mission: Impossible III, RV, United 93
5/26/2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
Also Running: The Da Vinci Code, Over The Hedge, The Da Vinci Code/Over The Hedge, X-Men: The Last Stand, Poseidon, Mission: Impossible III, RV, Titanic (special screening)
6/2/2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
Also Running: The Break-Up, District B13, The Da Vinci Code, Over The Hedge, Mission: Impossible III, X-Men: The Last Stand, Poseidon, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (special showing)
6/6/2006 The Omen
Also Running: The Break-Up, X-Men: The Last Stand (on two screens), District B13, The Da Vinci Code, Over The Hedge, Mission: Impossible III, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
6/9/2006 Cars
Also Running: Cars, A Prairie Home Companion, The Omen, The Break-Up, X-Men: The Last Stand, District B13, The Da Vinci Code, Over The Hedge
6/16/2006 Cars
Also Running: Nacho Libre, The Fast and The Furious 3, Cars, An Inconvenient Truth, A Prairie Home Companion, The Omen, The Break-Up, X-Men: The Last Stand
6/23/2006 Cars
Also Running: Click, Waist Deep, Nacho Libre, The Fast and The Furious 3, An Inconvenient Truth, The Omen, The Break-Up, X-Men: The Last Stand
6/28/2006 Superman Returns
Also Running: Superman Returns, Click, Waist Deep, Nacho Libre, The Fast and The Furious 3, An Inconvenient Truth, Cars, The Break-Up
6/30/2006 Superman Returns
Also Running: The Devil Wears Prada, Superman Returns, Click, Waist Deep, Nacho Libre, The Fast and The Furious 3, An Inconvenient Truth, Cars

And that’s just a little bit. What do you think, Cinemark?

KingBiscuits
KingBiscuits commented about Redstone to possibly sell NA on Dec 7, 2008 at 9:57 pm

Is Larry Miller (that crazy guy in Utah wouldn’t run Brokeback Mountain or Zach and Miri Make A Porno) involed with Cinemark? Because that sounds like his policy- family-friendly means lots of violence but no sex.

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KingBiscuits commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm

A low point for the Chinese: they are running Punisher: War Zone in the main auditorium.

Meanwhile, a list of 70mm engagements at the Chinese:

10/2/1930 The Big Trail
4/9/1958 Windjammer
5/10/1961 The King and I (Reissue)
12/14/1961 West Side Story
2/22/1968 Half A Sixpence
12/20/1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
12/20/1969 Hello, Dolly
11/16/1971 House Of Wax in 3-D (Reissue)
12/3/1975 Gone With The Wind (Reissue)
12/19/1976 A Star Is Born
5/25/1977 Star Wars
8/3/1977 Star Wars (moveover)
12/15/1978 Superman
4/13/1979 Hurricane
5/4/1979 The Exorcist (Reissue)
11/9/1979 Sleeping Beauty (Reissue)
12/21/1979 The Black Hole
2/29/1980 The Ninth Configuration
9/26/1980 Divine Madness
12/31/1980 Altered States
2/27/1981 Sleeping Beauty/The Black Hole
5/22/1981 Outland
6/12/1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
6/19/1981 Superman II (on two screens, possibly at the Twin)
11/13/1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Reissue)
5/21/1982 Annie
5/28/1982 Rocky III (possibly at the Twin)
6/4/1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
7/9/1982 Tron
9/24/1982 Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Reissue)
1/28/1983 The Road Warrior (Reissue)
3/25/1983 Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Reissue)
5/13/1983 Blue Thunder
5/20/1983 Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Reissue, possibly at the Twin)
6/17/1983 Superman III
7/15/1983 Staying Alive
7/29/1983 Krull (possibly at the Twin)
9/16/1983 Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Reissue)
10/7/1983 Never Say Never Again
10/21/1983 The Right Stuff
3/30/1984 Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan
5/23/1984 Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom (in THX, also at the Twin)
6/8/1984 Ghostbusters (at the Twin)
6/8/1984 Gremlins (at the Twin)
10/19/1984 The Razor’s Edge (in THX)
12/7/1984 City Heat (in THX)
12/14/1984 Dune (at the Twin)
12/14/1984 Starman (at the Twin)
6/7/1985 The Goonies (in THX)
6/21/1985 Return To Oz (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
7/10/1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (in THX)
7/10/1985 Silverado (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
7/12/1985 Explorers (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
7/24/1985 The Black Cauldron (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
8/16/1985 Year Of The Dragon (in THX)
11/27/1985 Rocky IV (in THX)
12/4/1985 Young Sherlock Holmes (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
12/6/1985 Spies Like Us (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
1/24/1986 The Clan Of The Cave Bear (in THX)
5/16/1986 Top Gun (in THX, possibly moved over to the Twin)
5/22/1986 Cobra (in THX)
8/15/1986 Manhunter (in THX)
10/3/1986 Tough Guys (in THX)
12/19/1986 Little Shop Of Horrors (in THX)
2/13/1987 Over The Top (in THX)
3/6/1987 Lethal Weapon (in THX)
6/12/1987 The Witches Of Eastwick (in THX)
7/1/1987 Innerspace (in THX)
8/7/1987 Who’s That Girl? (in THX)
12/9/1987 Empire Of The Sun (in THX)
12/20/1987 The Last Emperor (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
5/20/1988 Willow (in THX, also at the Twin)
6/10/1988 The Presidio (in THX)
8/12/1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream (in THX)
8/19/1988 The Big Blue (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
5/24/1989 Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (in THX)
6/23/1989 Batman (in THX)
7/7/1989 Lethal Weapon 2 (in THX)
8/18/1989 Casualties Of War (in THX)
9/22/1989 Black Rain (in THX)
12/22/1989 Tango and Cash (in THX)
5/16/1990 The Hunt For Red October (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
6/27/1990 Days Of Thunder (in THX, first appearance of digital sound at the Chinese)
8/10/1990 Flatliners (in THX)
12/7/1990 The Rookie (in THX)
12/21/1990 The Bonfire Of The Vanities (in THX)
12/25/1990 The Godfather Part III (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
12/6/1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (in THX)
12/13/1991 The Last Boy Scout (in THX, possibly at the Twin)
4/10/1992 Beauty and The Beast (in THX)
5/15/1992 Lethal Weapon 3 (in THX)
6/5/1992 Patriot Games (in THX)
10/9/1992 1492: Conquest Of Paradise (in THX)
7/15/1994 True Lies (in THX)
12/19/1997 Titanic (in THX)

KingBiscuits
KingBiscuits commented about Redstone to possibly sell NA on Dec 7, 2008 at 6:43 pm

Silly me, that should say “not really a big fan”.

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KingBiscuits commented about Redstone to possibly sell NA on Dec 7, 2008 at 6:42 pm

I’ve never been to a Regal but I’m really a big fan of them from reading about their practices. I like AMC and I’ve never been to a Cinemark (I live in a Wehrenberg and formely Dickinson dominated market but I’ve been to a few AMC theatres) but it seems like Regal will be the favorite since they’ve bought rivals in National Amusements’s key markets such as United Artists.

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KingBiscuits commented about Redstone to possibly sell NA on Dec 6, 2008 at 11:58 pm

I’m guessing that Regal will be the favorite to buy National Amusements since they seem to eat up the older chains.

And I think that Cinemark and Carmike should merge just so people don’t get them confused.

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KingBiscuits commented about Nauvoo Theatre on Dec 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm

I meant Nauvoo Temple but now that you think about it, Temple of Doom may be acceptable.

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KingBiscuits commented about Nauvoo Theatre on Dec 5, 2008 at 7:36 pm

Something tells me that this was a theatre run by the Temple.

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KingBiscuits commented about 3D sports could be next big thing on Dec 4, 2008 at 10:14 pm

No wonder why it was a closed event: it was a Chargers/Raiders game! Have it been the Patriots or the Giants playing, it would have been huge news.

I also remember that last year, one of the NBA Finals games was screened in 3-D in Cleveland at the Quicken Loans Arena to rave reviews.

Meanwhile, the one sport I’d love to see in 3-D is wrestling. It’s all about gimmicks so why not include a gimmick that works?

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KingBiscuits commented about 70/70: Laemmle 70th Anniversary Series on Dec 4, 2008 at 10:11 pm

I wish I were in Los Angeles instead of Springfield, Missouri. You know, I’d pay to watch every single one of them if I were there.

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KingBiscuits commented about Marcus Theatres installs 12th UltraScreen on Dec 3, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Now all that they need to do is drop their XpanD project and actually invest in REAL-D (I’ve never been to a Marcus theatre but I’ve read terrible reviews about their REAL-D knockoff).

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KingBiscuits commented about Esquire IMAX Theatre on Dec 3, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Phantasm and Every Which Way But Loose. That’s one interesting double feature.

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KingBiscuits commented about Halsted Twin Outdoor Theatre on Dec 3, 2008 at 7:05 pm

They probably weren’t getting enough cars to run the same film on four screens. Running the film on one screen likely cut operating costs.

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KingBiscuits commented about Disney resigns with IMAX on Dec 2, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Eagle Eye was presented theatrically in 2.40 while the IMAX Digital screens are 1.85, so the film would need be presented letterboxed unless cropping or open-matting (assuming that it was a Super 35 film) were done.

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KingBiscuits commented about Is Village Entertainment out of business? on Dec 2, 2008 at 9:06 am

According to BWChicago, Village folded on September 12th.

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KingBiscuits commented about AMC Dine-In Levittown 10 on Nov 28, 2008 at 9:47 pm

This was one of the few theatres to get involved with the Interfilm experiment in 1995.

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KingBiscuits commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov 26, 2008 at 4:58 pm

I’d guess Yes Man. Mann is real big on the Warner Bros. titles.

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KingBiscuits commented about Disney resigns with IMAX on Nov 25, 2008 at 4:35 pm

They should have done this a bit earlier, mainly for Wall-E. Wall-E was designed for a 70mm look and IMAX would have really shown off its space opera feel but since no deal between Disney and IMAX existed, the film only came out in regular formats (35mm and DLP).

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KingBiscuits commented about Commack Multiplex Cinemas on Nov 23, 2008 at 9:36 pm

antben, that black guy you refer to as was the late, great Gregory Hines. The actor/tap dancing extraordinare also appeared in White Nights, The Cotton Club and Tap (written and directed by the original Michael Myers, Nick Castle), among others.

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KingBiscuits commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov 23, 2008 at 9:10 pm

The Chinese should have attempted to get Che instead of The Landmark. A true epic in a roadshow release should be getting the deluxe treatment in one of Los Angeles’s premiere houses instead of a megaplex with small auditoriums.

However it’s getting the Ziegfeld in New York, one of that city’s last premiere houses.

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KingBiscuits commented about Todd Haimes Theatre on Nov 21, 2008 at 12:31 pm

That’s somewhat interesting that the Rutger Hauer Zatoichi update “Blind Fury” actually ran. I thought that it never ran in New York.

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KingBiscuits commented about Astor Theatre on Nov 21, 2008 at 6:23 am

The theatre’s marquee (in archive footage) recently had a small appearance in The Express. The film showing was a reissue of Stalag 17 (the scene takes place in 1961).

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KingBiscuits commented about First 20 screen theatre to close on Nov 19, 2008 at 7:03 pm

I wonder how much the theatre will go for when it’s put up for sale. From looking at the pictures, it could make a good second-run theatre with alternative programming on the side.

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KingBiscuits commented about Levittown Theatre on Nov 19, 2008 at 9:18 am

The theatre actually closed in the late 1990’s apparently since the New York Times listed times as late as 1996. At that point, they were playing Indian films.

The theatre also had the Long Island exclusive of Reservoir Dogs in 1992. I believe that ran it for over a month.

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KingBiscuits commented about The growing scarcity of quality 35 mm prints for classic film screenings on Nov 16, 2008 at 11:20 pm

It’s been going on since before the crisis, Pol. These Bible Belt people and family values/“We hate different people” folks just don’t want to change their minds.