Scott Rieckhoff, Author at Celluloid Junkie

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“Kill Bill” characters The Bride, O-Ren Ishii and Bill sit vertically against a red and black background, with the film title in yellow on the left side

“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair”: The Long Journey to the Big Screen

What fans of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: Vol I” (2003) and “Vol. II” (2004) know but many others may not, is that the two films weren’t supposed to be separate entities; the original vision for the blood-spattered revenge saga was intended to be a single release. And now, after a 20+ year wait a…

The Evil Dead In Concert

“The Evil Dead” Comes to Life in National U.S. Concert Tour

How a cult horror classic is being reborn as a live-to-film musical experience. What happens when one of horror’s most notorious cult films gets a symphonic resurrection? In 1981, Sam Raimi made his directorial debut with the supernatural indie “The Evil Dead,” a low-budget cabin-in-the-…

Cult Classics and Community: Fantastic Fest Marks 20th Anniversary Milestone

Autumn is upon us and so too is movie awards season. The unofficial opening of this window for accolades is typically marked by the launch of two major film festivals in early September, the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), both of which concluded within the p…

A collage of Lollipop’s superheroes in costume, designed in 2024

Lollipop Theater Network and the Seventh Annual Superhero Reveal

The experience of lining up at the movie theater on the opening weekend of a big movie, getting popcorn and candy, settling into your seat in front of a giant screen before the lights dim, all make for just some of the most memorable cinematic moments in a child’s life. But what about the chil…

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy - Theatrical Release Strategy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Theatrical Release Strategy

The fourth and latest installment in the Bridget Jones Universe (BJU) has surpassed a global box office gross of USD $110 million in just over three weeks across 78 countries, save for the United States, where the film is skipping movie theatres in lieu of a direct-to-streaming release. With a repor…

Art House Convergence

Art House Convergence Relaunches Loyalty Program in North America

Customer loyalty programs have become an essential tool for exhibitors over the years. At Art House Convergence (AHC), a coalition of independent exhibitors across North America, their own unique loyalty program has recently been relaunched. Formerly a project of the Michigan Theater Foundatio…