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End of line for India’s exploitation cinemas?

It looks like the corporatization of the Indian film industry coupled with the relentless drive of the multiplex building is slowly killing off the exploitation films of the crime (‘dacoit‘), horror and semi-nudity variety, alongside the cinemas that show them. From the Times of India: R…

“Hannah Montana” Extends Run And Irks Parents

If you or your 10-year-old daughter missed seeing “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” have no fear. After the film raked in USD $31.3 million on 683 screens to come in first place at the North America box office last weekend, Walt Disney Pictures announced it w…

Technicolor Moves Into Pinewood

After more than 70 years in its West Drayton home, Technicolor Theatrical Services is packing up and moving into a brand new, state-of-the-art post production facility at Pinewood Studios. On January 29th Technicolor hosted a groundbreaking ceremony during a private reception at Pinewood attended by…

In praise of tiny cinemas (UK’s Top 10)

London’s The Guardian has an interesting article by its film critic Peter Bradshaw singing the praise of small cinemas. Really small cinemas. Think less than a 100 seats. It’s only since doing this job that my small cinema experience has been revived. Professional film critics and movie…

Complain more at your local multiplex

One of the reason that the exhibition industry has problems promoting digital cinema is because to laud the visual quality improvement that digital offers is tantamount to admitting that analogue projection in most cinemas is appalling. Typically the picture is all too often dim, scratched, out of f…

As Petula Clark almost sang about the cinema

An article about an Irish man falling asleep during a screening at Arklow’s Gaiety Cinema Group Multiplex only to wake up to find himself locked in, during the Christmas holiday season no less, leaves out the most important detail. Which film was playing that proved a snooze fest for at least…

Cinema is a good place for violence – official

Or, freakonomic goes to the movies. Economists experts have come up with a finding that won’t please those who consider the cinema a ‘family friendly‘ place or those advocating more U/PG films (that’s you, Mr Fithian) – showing violent films in cinemas doesn’t inc…

No ‘Welcome’ For ‘Sweeney’ At multiplex

Marcus Theatres has pulled “Sweeney Todd” from showing on any of its 49 cinemas as they thought Paramount was asking for too much. From Variety: “Unfortunately, as a result of the negotiations with Paramount reaching an impasse, Marcus Theaters will not be showing ‘Sweeney To…

No, no, no – Internet distribution WON’T kill cinemas

Print and on-line media have been getting WAY over excited about the straight-out-on-Internet release of Paramount’s Jackass 2.5 (less so about Hammer Horror’s return to production with the S-o-o-I release of Beyond the Rave). For a film that came across in its first outing (Jackass 1.0?…

Was this really the worst movie trailer of 2007?

While most newspapers and magazines devote December to the Best Films of 2007 (and sometimes the worst too), the LA Times has gone one step further and polled its contributors on the highlights and misses when it comes to the 60 second Cliff notes version of the film meant to entice the masses to th…