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Sundance Channel’s Restless: Brits, Spies & Romance
For those Masterpiece Theatre fans itching for a good Brit-fix before the next season of Downton Abbey drops in early next year, don’t discount what’s on cable these days. Sundance Channel, in a co-production with Endor Productions for BBC One, is gearing up to present Restless, a special limited two-night event happening this December. Based on [...]
Movieside brings The Massacre to the Portage Theater, October 20-21
It’s that time of year again, Chicago– time to spend a lot of time in dark rooms watching horror movies to prep for Halloween! And this year, the various theaters and film groups around Chicago certainly aren’t disappointing with a ton of great programming. One of the longest-running current traditions, however, has a new home: [...]
Watch This: Trailers for The Flat, Parker
It’s a trailer double feature this week: for foreign film/documentary/indie-film buffs, we’ve got an exclusive look at Israeli film The Flat, and for the Hollywood big-wigs, look out for the action packed Parker. The Flat, directed by filmmaker Arnon Goldfinger, will have its limited U.S. theatrical debut on October 19, 2012, with screenings in New York [...]
Malick’s To The Wonder: U.S. Debut in 2013
Acclaimed director Terrence Malick’s latest film, To The Wonder, has officially been acquired by Magnolia Pictures and is slated to have a U.S. theatrical release next year. The film, starring Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace), had its world premiere at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival (as did other heavyweights like P.T. Anderson’s The [...]
“Lawrence of Arabia” Returns to the Big Screen to Celebrate 50th Anniversary!
NCM® Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Entertainment present a cinematic treasure in select movie theaters on October 4th, 2012. One of the most popular and influential films in the history of cinema returns to the silver screen with“Lawrence of Arabia 50th Anniversary Event: Digitally Restored” on Thursday, October 4 at 7:00 p.m. local time, with special matinees in select theaters. Presented by NCM® Fathom [...]
Halloween’s Coming: Monsters on TV
Monsters are everywhere all the time in this industry, but never get so much attention as they do in October. As we approach the end of summer and the start of fall, monsters are invading the small screen for your horror enjoyment. Here’s just a few of what’s to come to your television this weekend: [...]
Watch This: Trailer for The Comedy
If you know the names Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, you probably know them from a “quirky” (I don’t think I’m going to find the right word for it) project called Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (2012). Or from their cult-hit, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, an ultra low budget comedy sketch show that aired in 2007. [...]
E.T. Turns 30: Lands Back in Theaters 10/3
The classic Spielberg movie about an alien that just wants to phone home celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), was nominated for nine academy awards and was the number one film in the country for sixteen weeks – to name only a couple of its extraordinary accomplishments. To celebrate, TCM and Fathom [...]
Five Things You Should Know
Last weekend may people didn’t go out to see any movies. Making the weekend box office the lowest of the year. Here are a couple things you should know that happened this week. Michael Clarke Duncan was laid to rest this week in Los Angeles. You may remember Duncan, from his Academy Award and Gold [...]
Vamps Brings Heckerling and Silverstone Together Again
The era of Clueless may have come and gone, but the party-girls still have some unfinished business to attend to. Alicia Silverstone – branded forever as Cher “As If!” Horowitz – reunites this fall with the director who made her a household name back in 1995: Amy Heckerling. The writer/director of the classic high school comedy is [...]
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