all the National Amusement Theatres in the immediate Virginia/DC area were under that managament, before they were integrated into the Rave Motion Picture chain.
Haven’t been to the theatres in quite some time, but I like the auditoriums/screen size/sound from the four auditoriums just to the left and right of the main concession stands.
saw ‘Step Up 3D’ on screen 12 – and the 7.1 soundmix was A-mazing!! much better than the mix for ‘Toy Story 3’ – both the 3D and the sound really made the film a visual and aural treat.
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Cinemaon
Jul 29, 2010 at 8:39 am
so ‘Close Encounters’ was NOT shown in 70mm – right? I could have sworn that ‘Empire Strikes Back’ was at the Uptown – but according to Jodar’s June 2007 posting it’s theatrical engagement was here at the Cinema
yes the Jenifer was part of the ‘DC movie theatre’ scene – it was at Wisconsin Ave and Jenifer St. where the Booeymongers and Filene’s Basement is – I thought GC owned the Mazza theatres. Initially those theatres (3 screens) were in the basement of the Galleria.
don’t know much about the servers – I probably go with Datasats' (formerly DTS), but for projector’s either Christie or Barco’s. Sony is more hype than anything – I don’t like how they repilicate moving white text on black backgrounds (end credits) – it’s blurry and conveys an out of focus look.
oh that’s great news. I remember seeing ‘Cherry Blossoms’ in digital projection and since it was shot in hidef it looked glorious – surprised (and glad) that Strand released it as such. I’ve seen way to many bad 35mm prints over at E Street – where I had wished the studio HAD released the film it ‘digitally’ Can I ask what DP system will be installed?
question – if all the theatres are going to technically all digial – what distributor’s are actually releasing ‘films’ as such – you can see why both Landmark theatres never changed over to digital projection because not everything is being released as such. The occasional ‘documentary’ might be released as such, but foreign films released in harddrive form is still relatively rare. (Kino released the restored ‘Metropolis’ in digital projection). Even AFI Silver which shows alot of films, new releases, revivals – the only time they show nearly everything in DLP is during Silverdocs. The industry and specifically Box Office magazine thinks the swing towards digital projection conversion is more prevailent, but it’s a tad blind to the fact that still not everyone’s on board
major thumbs up! how is parking going to work – I know that Visions in Dupont worked out a deal with the adjoining parking garage. Fenty, well… the city really screwed Washingtonians over by instigating extended parking to 10pm
I find it simply deplorable how the City has treated this theatre – the continual attitude and completely baffling actions (like this) is beyond embarrassing, it’s pathetic
it’s the glasses fault – the tint actually reduces the conveyed brightness – take off your glasses for a second and you’ll see the difference – IMAX and XD presentations though have more light output to compensate for what the glasses do. I noted this before, but the XD presentation of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ was far superior to the Sony 4K 3D presentation I had seen at AMC Mazza.
thankfully the turdfest ‘The Last Airbender’ only played on the XD screen for a week – ‘Despicable Me’ opened last Friday – and from what I have heard from a friend, ‘Inception’ will open on the XD screen this coming Friday.
the NBC channel 4 story (which they misspelled auction as “acution”) stated that the theatre is to remain, if and when a bid/purchase is made, as a performing arts venue
well that acquisition took forever.
all the National Amusement Theatres in the immediate Virginia/DC area were under that managament, before they were integrated into the Rave Motion Picture chain.
Haven’t been to the theatres in quite some time, but I like the auditoriums/screen size/sound from the four auditoriums just to the left and right of the main concession stands.
and of this weekend all 14 screens have been upgraded/converted to DLP digital projection.
is there a list of which ‘select’ theatres are showing this on the 27th??
saw ‘Step Up 3D’ on screen 12 – and the 7.1 soundmix was A-mazing!! much better than the mix for ‘Toy Story 3’ – both the 3D and the sound really made the film a visual and aural treat.
so ‘Close Encounters’ was NOT shown in 70mm – right? I could have sworn that ‘Empire Strikes Back’ was at the Uptown – but according to Jodar’s June 2007 posting it’s theatrical engagement was here at the Cinema
so is this the theatre that had 70mm engagements of ‘Close Encounters’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’/‘Last Crusade’ – ??
even though seeing ‘Windjammer’ was meant for the largest screen possible, a dvd/bluray release is also eminent.
question: I remember seeing ‘Return of the Jedi’ at the Jenifer, though I don’t remember it being in 70mm – was it?
yes the Jenifer was part of the ‘DC movie theatre’ scene – it was at Wisconsin Ave and Jenifer St. where the Booeymongers and Filene’s Basement is – I thought GC owned the Mazza theatres. Initially those theatres (3 screens) were in the basement of the Galleria.
if you go with something other than Sony, make sure that I’ll be able to display 4K DLP – which has a vague date of late 2010.
don’t know much about the servers – I probably go with Datasats' (formerly DTS), but for projector’s either Christie or Barco’s. Sony is more hype than anything – I don’t like how they repilicate moving white text on black backgrounds (end credits) – it’s blurry and conveys an out of focus look.
oh that’s great news. I remember seeing ‘Cherry Blossoms’ in digital projection and since it was shot in hidef it looked glorious – surprised (and glad) that Strand released it as such. I’ve seen way to many bad 35mm prints over at E Street – where I had wished the studio HAD released the film it ‘digitally’ Can I ask what DP system will be installed?
question – if all the theatres are going to technically all digial – what distributor’s are actually releasing ‘films’ as such – you can see why both Landmark theatres never changed over to digital projection because not everything is being released as such. The occasional ‘documentary’ might be released as such, but foreign films released in harddrive form is still relatively rare. (Kino released the restored ‘Metropolis’ in digital projection). Even AFI Silver which shows alot of films, new releases, revivals – the only time they show nearly everything in DLP is during Silverdocs. The industry and specifically Box Office magazine thinks the swing towards digital projection conversion is more prevailent, but it’s a tad blind to the fact that still not everyone’s on board
maybe now we will see more of those films that seem to play only in New York city – can’t wai!
it will also do great business for the eating establishments near the theatre
major thumbs up! how is parking going to work – I know that Visions in Dupont worked out a deal with the adjoining parking garage. Fenty, well… the city really screwed Washingtonians over by instigating extended parking to 10pm
I can’t recall was ‘Blue Thunder’ when it played at the Tenley presented in 70mm?
I thought there waa revival showing of ‘Ben Hur’ in 1999 or 2000 – does anyone remember if it was 35mm or 70mm?
ugh and I thought Lucas loved flogging his dead horse – hand it to Cameron.
I find it simply deplorable how the City has treated this theatre – the continual attitude and completely baffling actions (like this) is beyond embarrassing, it’s pathetic
it’s the glasses fault – the tint actually reduces the conveyed brightness – take off your glasses for a second and you’ll see the difference – IMAX and XD presentations though have more light output to compensate for what the glasses do. I noted this before, but the XD presentation of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ was far superior to the Sony 4K 3D presentation I had seen at AMC Mazza.
that’s strange since the projectionist supposedly tweeks the brightness ‘up’ a notch for 3D presentations for the ‘XD’ screen
thankfully the turdfest ‘The Last Airbender’ only played on the XD screen for a week – ‘Despicable Me’ opened last Friday – and from what I have heard from a friend, ‘Inception’ will open on the XD screen this coming Friday.
the NBC channel 4 story (which they misspelled auction as “acution”) stated that the theatre is to remain, if and when a bid/purchase is made, as a performing arts venue