Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
The website to upcoming 3D Giant Screen film, Ultimate Wave Tahiti, has launched.
Featuring nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, the film will immerse audiences in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. From astounding surfing action to the chaos of ocean storms, the film ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
USA Today has posted its first look at Shrek Forever After coming to conventional and IMAX screens in 3D and 2D May 21, 2010.
Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) in Shrek Forever After. Rumpelstiltskin returns for the final film after making brief pop-ups in Shrek 2 and ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
IGN has posted an extended clip of the Thanator chase sequence from the film Avatar.
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The official movie site has also released an interactive trailer which you can download here: Link >>
The film tells the story of a reluctant hero who embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
AMC Tyler Galleria 16 in Riverside, California will be adding a digital IMAX theater. InlandSoCal.com reports:
Big-time blockbusters coming to Riverside are about to get a little bit bigger.
The AMC Tyler 16 movie theater at the Galleria at Tyler is adding an IMAX screen.
IMAX uses digital sound, theater geometry ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
TechDirt covers the recent lawsuits between IMAX and Cinemark over theater conversion patents:
IMAX theaters have become an increasingly important part of the movie business's continuing success over the past few years, as theaters have realized that (1) you can't "pirate" the IMAX experience and (2) people are often willing to ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
60 Minutes gets an inside look at director James Cameron's upcoming 3D epic, Avatar.
The film tells the story of a reluctant hero who embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected love, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
It opens December 18, 2009 in 3D and ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
WDIV Detroit reports:
The stop-animation film, "The Light Before Christmas" opens Friday at the Detroit Science Center's Chrysler IMAX Dome theatre.
The film is about two children named Katie and Makean who end up as characters in the poem "The Night Before Christmas" while it is being read to them by their ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
New images from How to Train Your Dragon have been released.
Also check out the official blog to the film here: Link >>
The film is an adventure comedy set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell.
It opens in conventional and IMAX ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Starting this Friday the 27th, the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park presents -- The Polar Express- in 3D Imax!
In addition, Santa will arrive on Saturday at 10am to greet children of all ages!
The Polar Express will run through out the Holiday and Santa will have a ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
WalesOnline reports:
WALES’ first Imax 3D cinema is set to open in Cardiff Bay next month.
The 16.8m wide, 7.7m high screen promises to deliver “the most immersive 3D movie experience ever created”, according to its designers.
The new cinema will offer crystal-clear 3D images and laser-aligned surround sound clear enough for the ...
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