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Only Eat Popcorn In The Cinema!

Don’t eat popcorn at home, it might kill you! Better to eat your price-and-volume inflated corn kernels at your local ‘plex. At least according to this article in the Washington Post (‘Popcorn Concerns Put Work Safety Back on Agenda‘), which tells us that microwave home popco…

Halo 3 Bigger Than Spider-Man 3, But…

The Hollywood Reporter is not fooled by Microsoft’s PR spinners’ claim that first-day sales of ‘Halo 3‘ is “the biggest entertainment launch in history,” noting in the article (which it nevertheless made an e-mail bulletin of) that: “Halo” not only pas…

Rain = good cinema summer in UK

It appears that cinema have been making hay while the sun didn’t shine. Most British newspapers and websites seem to agree that it is primarily the weather rather than the quality of the films on offer, that made 2007 a strong box office summer. Take this article from The Guardian (‘Wet…

What are digital cinema manufacturers up to

DCinematoday‘s creator and editor Bill Mead casts a State-of-the-Union eye on the activities of all the different digital cinema equipment manufacturers in this article from Film Journal International. The conclusion is the most interesting thing about the article: Overall, digital cinema vend…

Marcus Theatre quarterly figures positive

The Marcus Corporation, the parent company of Marcus Theatres, reported its 2008 first quarter figures, which are looking good on the strength of a strong start to the box office summer. Total revenue was up over 20 per cent and operating profit was 11 per cent. The figures were even better for the…

Hungary to get first IMAX cinema

While Vienna has lost interest in IMAX, neighbour capital Budapest will the first (and probably only) city in Hungary to get its own IMAX cinema. According to a report on the website MTI, relating a story from business daily Vilaggazdasag, the screen will open by the end of October: A special projec…

Ballet beamed by satellite in Oz

Cinema goers in remote part of Australia will soon be able to watch live ballet from the Sydney Opera house at their local multiplex. It is the latest in the snowballing alternative content market for cinemas that truly began with the Metropolitan Opera’s live transmissions worldwide. The arti…

Plug for Swedish exploitation weekend

A small but shameless plug for an event I helped organise. Next weekend London’s ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) is showing a four day retrospective of the best Swedish exploitation films from the 1960s and 1970s. While everyone likes to associate Swedish cinema with Ingmar Bergman, a film…

Russians re-discover cinema going

After several years of post-Soviet decline, cinema going is picking up in Russia on the back of new multiplexes and a boom in local production. Two articles highlight how the country has turned itself around from a state of rampant piracy (still prolific) and closing cinemas to a new found confidenc…

Pacific Equity Partner Acquires Hoyts Cinemas

Australian exhibitor Hoyts has been sold to Pacific Equity Partner in a defeat to India’s Pyramid Saimira Theatre, which had pursued the deal aggressively. James Packer’s Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. and West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd. are reported to have sold Hoyts Austr…

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