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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…

Is this how MDA persuaded Technicolor to set up shop in Singapore?

As previously reported Singapore has been working for several years to turn the country into the digital hub of Asia. Earlier this month the Technicolor announced that it would set up a facility in Singapore to service digital cinema needs throughout Asia. The Media Development Authority of Singapor…

Hollywood Rules India (For One Weekend)

For one weekend out of 52, Indian cinemas look like those in almost every other non-US territory dominated by Hollywood films. There were no less than five studio titles opening this past Friday: I Am Legend, 30 Days of Nights, 1408, The Heartbreak Kid and Air Buddies, with just one Hindi film (Hitc…

Tucson Goes Independent With Tower Theatres

Apparently the opening of a new multiplex is big news in Tucson, Arizona. Just ask Kent Edwards, a managing partner in Tower Theatres, a new independently owned 12 screen multiplex that opened at Arizona Pavilions in Marana on December 7th. The day before the grand opening the Arizona Daily Star pub…

Tutus and Popcorn Served Up In Australia

Last Friday evening the Australian Film Commission, through their regional digital screen network (RDSN), beamed a performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ live via satellite from Sydney Opera House towns across the country including Port Augusta, South Australia; Yarram, Victoria; Devonport, Tas…

India’s Cinemax Crosses 50 Screen Milestone

Whoever is handling public relations for Cinemax India, Ltd. deserves a wee bit of a raise after last week. The circuit’s press release announcing the opening of their new four screen multiplex in Gandhinagar managed to be picked up by every major media outlet in India and quite a few outside…

Hollywood Takes Spanish Lessons On NPR

Anyone who has had to distribute or exhibit American motion pictures in Latin America for any length of time has their opinion of dubbed versus subtitled prints. More often than not comedies and action movies are dubbed from English into Spanish. Of course all animated films are dubbed since childre…

Adlabs Expands Into U.S. With 200 Screens

The stereotype of the immigrant Indian convenience store worker that has kept Apu employed at the Kwik-E-Mart for the past 17 years on ‘The Simpsons‘ may soon have to be changed to that of the immigrant Indian concession stand employee. Recently, the Indian cinema chain Pyramid Saimira T…

LA Times: ‘Golden Compass’ South of Blockbuster Status

In their weekly box office prognositaction column today, Movie Projector, the Los Angeles Times is predicting that the holiday season’s first tent pole release, ‘The Golden Compass‘, will finish its opening weekend in less than blockbuster condition. They may not be far from wrong…

Landmark Cinema’s COO Goes CEO

Landmark Theatres’ chief operating officer Ted Mundorff has been promoted to the post of CEO, putting him in charge of the 58 properties in 28 US markets. From Variety article: Former CEO Bill Banowsky will continue to develop business opportunities for Landmark. For the past year, Mundorff ha…