Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Lake Superior News talks with Chief Projectionist Ron Pinard on the recent switch from 2D to 3D at Subury's Science North IMAX Theatre.
Converting the Science North IMAX theatre to accommodate 3D film technology has meant a complete interior renovation of the entire projection booth, as well as upgrades to the ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
A First Look clip of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been released online. The clip features behind-the-scene footage and interviews with the cast and filmmakers.
In the sixth installment of the Harry Potter series, Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure 3D is set to open February 28 at Science North's newly renovated theater. Sudbury Northern Life notes:
A new IMAX screen was installed on February 18 and 19 by a company called Cinema Stage.
The screen is perforated with thousands of tiny holes, allowing sound from ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Here's a helping of the latest reviews for the Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.
Newsday: "Team Jonas, if there's one problem with "The 3D Concert Experience," it's that it's too short. Sure, they were trying to keep it to 75 minutes for the little ones, but did they have to ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
The first Watchmen review for the IMAX version has been posted by the Londonist.
[T]he violence never overpowers the production, much as the special effects are perfectly judged to assist the storytelling rather than supplant it. Watchmen is a compelling, draining and gutting movie, and won't be reviewed anywhere without at ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
The Regal Stonecrest 22 multiplex in Charlotte, North Carolina will soon be getting a digital IMAX theater. The theater has a planned opening in July. The Charlotte Observer notes:
The system will be installed sometime in the second quarter, as part of a Regal IMAX conversion that also includes ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Morrow, Georgia will be getting a digital IMAX theater next week. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
The AMC Southlake Pavilion 24, in Morrow -- about 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta -- has added an Imax screen, which opens March 6 with “Watchmen.”
It’ll be the third Imax in the metro area, ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Regal Entertainment Group plans open a digital IMAX theater at its Edwards Temecula Stadium 15. The Press Enterprise reports:
(Photo: 2007 / The Press-Enterprise. Regal Entertainment Group plans to open an IMAX theater at its Edwards Stadium 15 multiplex at The Promenade mall off Winchester Road.)
The theater is one ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
N3D Land Productions has released three new clips from their upcoming Giant Screen film, Sea Rex 3D. Get a glimpse of some of the carnivorous reptiles that lived 20 million years before the dinosaurs.
Ramphorynchus:
Liopleurodon:
Rhomaleosaurus:
From a dozen sites around the world where fossils have been discovered or preserved, Sea Rex 3D ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Regal Entertainment Group announced today that Watchmen: The IMAX Experience® will be available at a total of 35 Regal Entertainment Group IMAX® theatres across the country. These Regal IMAX theatres include six locations with recently installed IMAX digital projection systems. Advance tickets are on sale now for Watchmen: The IMAX ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Innovative Image Transfer Technique Delivers State-of-the-Art Image Quality
LAGUNA BEACH, Ca. (February 25, 2009) -- Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, MacGillivray Freeman's award-winning giant screen film about global water shortages, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray, it was announced by MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company. Distributed by Image ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Cincinnati CityBeat takes a brief look at the history of 3D, and Hollywood's recent push for the technology with such releases as Coraline (above) and My Bloody Valentine in 3D.
As many as 11 3-D releases are currently scheduled for release during the rest of 2009, following on the heels of ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Top-Reviewed Concert Film of 2008 to Launch in 40 Japanese Theaters in March
U2 3D, rated the No. 4 best-reviewed film and top concert film in 2008 by Rottentomatoes.com and recipient of the Best Musical Film Award at the Los Premios MTV Latin American Video Music Awards, will open in more ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) and IMAX Corporation recently met to discuss marketing and branding issues. Key to the discussions is the recent roll-out of digital IMAX theaters, and its impact on the traditional film-based IMAX theaters.
Regarding IMAX's digital transition, IMAX is currently working on a policy to ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Mesquite, Texas will be getting a new digital IMAX soon. Pegasus News reports:
From the AMC folks comes word that they're opening a new IMAX theater at the Mesquite 30. The new facility will celebrate its opening on March 6 when the eagerly-anticipated Watchmen movie makes its appearance on area ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Two extended Watchmen clips featuring Rorschach have appeared online. Watch the clips using the player below:
Directed by Zack Snyder (300), the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. It opens in conventional and IMAX theaters March ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Via GSCA, Conan O'Brien airs his favorite Late Night clip: playing 1860s baseball which features Cradle of Aviation Museum's Gary Monti.
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- As part of the International Year of Astronomy, Chabot Space & Science Center will unveil an image taken using a combination of NASA's Great Observatories - The Hubble Space Telescope, The Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. NASA is releasing images from ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Big Picture Big Sound has posted their review of the Blu-ray edition of MacGillivray Freeman Films' Coral Reef Adventure.
The Picture
Once again Image Entertainment has done an excellent job in capturing the large format, 70mm IMAX production from MacGillivray Freeman and bringing it to the high definition Blu-ray format. The 1.78:1 ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
The Daily Free Press takes a look at the recent surge of 3D media from Super Bowl ads to the upcoming slew of films.
Although anaglyph technology is the classic type of 3-D technology, and many people can identify it, it is rarely used for movies, said Lenny Lipton, a stereoscopic ...
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