| Movie theaters - the size does count | | Posted Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:56:31 PM by Alex Molin | Home theaters are now a part of our daily life. Many people have equipped them selves with big TV screens, plasma screens, or LCD screens etc… They have the most improved sound system, DVD players and probably anything you can thing of.
 Some bought a subscription to the nearest movie library and others burn the movies themselves directly from the movie channels or downloading them from the internet.
But as much as the new technology conquered our lives, there are still many of us that will not give up watching a movie on the real big screen. Going to the local movie theater or any movie theater for that purpose, is still considered the real deal.
The movie theaters industry is well aware of the rising competition coming from the other media player technologies and wants to stay on top of this game, no matter what.
They are improving the movie theater seats making them bigger and more practical, the surrounding sound system and even the theater's kiosk have been significantly upgraded.
But in the end, the main attraction will always be the size of the screen. And this is one place no one will argue: the size does count. IMAX movie theaters are an example of how far the movie industry can go just to make the movie theater one unforgettable experience.
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| | | UPDATE: Few Premade Blockbusters On Holiday-movie Slate | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:21:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES (Dow Jones) -- In years past, the kickoff to the Christmas movie season has featured such surefire hits as "The Incredibles," "Elf" and " Charlie's Angels." But is the moviegoing public really crying out for "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan?" Believe it or not, this mockumentary from comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen holds out the most promise for the Christmas season's inaugural weekend when it officially starts on Friday. With few proven franchises on tap for release over the next two months, it's also an indicator of things to come through the end of the year. It'll be a time when Hollywood gets to test audiences' imaginations. "People complain about formulaic films," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.... | |
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| | | Maple Palm -- Gay Immigration Movie In Theaters Nov 10 | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:05:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) October 10, 2006 -- With a finger on the pulse of such issues as same-sex marriage and immigration, a new independent film combines the two political hot potatoes into a highly controversial film set to hit theaters in limited release beginning November 10 in Los Angeles with additional cities to follow. .... | |
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| | | Met to simulcast live performances in movie theaters | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:01:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera will transmit six live performances to movie theaters and will broadcast more than 100 live performances over the Internet or on digital radio in a groundbreaking attempt to expand its audience, the company announced this week. The high-definition satellite simulcasts to hundreds of movie theaters in North America and Europe will begin Dec. 30 with Julie Taymor's English-language adaptation of Mozart's "Magic Flute" under the baton of James Levine, the company said. .... | |
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| | | ASK MICK LASALLE, CHRONICLE MOVIE CRITIC | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:13:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dear Mick LaSalle: Why can't individual movie theaters set their ticket prices themselves? Example: Any top "A" movie could bring in $10 per seat. But "B" level and "C" movies could pull in an audience at ticket prices in the range of $6, $5 down to $3. Ticket prices could be based on location of seat and possibly day of the week. Chuck Harrison, Oakland Dear Chuck Harrison: I have nothing against that idea in principle. That's how ticket prices used to be in the days when movies rolled out from the cities into the second- and third-run houses. But if such a practice were to return today, it wouldn't mean that most ticket prices would go down. They'd go up. When "The Birth of a Nation" opened in 1915, admission was $2, at a time when lots of people were making $15 and $20 a week.... | |
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| | | Drive-In Movie Theaters: A Timeless Tradition | | Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:15:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | In an era constantly looking at the past with a nostalgic nod toward new and returning trends, the drive-in movie theater, after decades of near-extinction, has found a resurgence in popularity with audiences taking advantage of its unique way of watching films. "I think a lot of appeal is the family value of going to one and being able to be in the outdoors and not be in a small auditorium sitting in a chair. It's just the freedom of being in your own vehicle," said Walt Effinger, president of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association. Summer time in Rome can be gauged by the seasonal opening of the West Rome Drive-in on Upper West Dominick Street. When the warm weather kicks into gear, so do the cars rolling onto the grassy lots outside the twin-screen drive-in, bringing a large part of pop-culture nostalgia to local residents.... | |
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| | | Kodak Bringing Theaters Into the 21st Century | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:01:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | In a move that's long overdue, Kodak is taking the intiative to fully digitize movie theaters across the country. While things like concession stand POS machines and online movie ticket purchases have driven new technology to theaters, most of the rest of the operation has remained quite primitive. Kodak has created their own "theater management software", which acts sort of like a big operating system for the entire theater, allowing control of things like lighting and temperature by the press of a button. And the best news -- those pre-show advertisements (I'm talking about the pre-advertisement advertisements) will be converted into digital videos instead of the snooze-worthy slide more @ source. .... | |
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| | | Multiple shopping centers, movie theaters proposed for Hesperia in ... | | Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:14:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | If all goes according to commercial developers' plans, Hesperia will look very different in July 2008 - or even July 2007. At least five major shopping centers, including two with movie theaters, are in various stages of development, and other major construction projects are planned for 2007. If all the proposed projects go through, Hesperia will see an additional 2,364,000 square feet of retail space and an additional 123,500 square feet of restaurants. The city will also see an estimated $2 million in new sales tax revenue and an estimated 1,500 to 1,800 new jobs created, according to new information released by city officials. Among the projects previously announced is the Target Center at Main Street and I-15. Environmental studies necessary for an Environmental Impact Report are currently being conducted for the 42-acre project.... | |
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| | | 'Miss Sunshine' aims to avoid Sundance curse | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 7:05:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The family comedy "Little Miss Sunshine," a top movie from January's Sundance Film Festival, opened in theaters Wednesday bringing with it the fear that the "Sundance curse" may hurt it with mainstream audiences. Husband-and-wife directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton spent five years raising cash to make "Miss Sunshine" with a "whatever-it-takes" zeal typical in indie moviemaking. The pair won a fat $10 million-plus payday, but success sometimes can be a curse for a Sundance hit if it is perceived by everyday moviegoers as a highfalutin art film. "There was a lot of fear about (the curse), but we've been showing the film a lot and had the chance to talk to our audience. I think we are close to overcoming that 'so what's so great about this Sundance hit,"' attitude, said Faris.... | |
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| | | Movie theaters going digital | | Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:12:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | National CineMedia LLC of Denver is diving into digital cinema, hiring JP Morgan & Co. and ex-Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. CEO Travis Reid to help in that pursuit. Formed in 2005, National CineMedia is the sales and marketing arm of this country's three largest movie-theater chains -- Regal Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE: RCG), AMC Entertainment Inc. and Cinemark USA Inc. The new company develops alternative content for more than 13,000 movie screens, from pre-movie programs to lobby advertising. .... | |
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| | | Movie Openings | | Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 7:05:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Pryce in the sequel to Gore Verbinski's smash hit 2003 swashbuckler on the high seas. "If the first movie was a good 25 minutes too long, this one is probably excessive by a good 40 minutes. But, yo-ho-ho, it's almost as much fun as you expect it to be, what with all the big stunts, digital yuck and Johnny Depp, as the high seas rummy, swishing around with mascara and eyeliner, filthy fingernails and a mouth full of dental heavy metal. And in the final part of what has grown into a trilogy, Keith Richards - Depp's model - promises to have a part, too, so maybe they can wobble and stagger around together. The world, after all, does need its pirates." 145 minutes. (Rated PG-13 for intensity and an awful lot of yuck.) (Jeff Simon) Opens today in area theaters.... | |
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