Archive for September, 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Two new clips have been released from Real Steel. See the previous clips here: Link >>
Hugh Jackman headlines as washed-up fighter Charlie Kenton, who lost his chance at a title when 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. When he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son, Charlie gets ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
North Shore News reviews the latest film from director Stephen Low, Rocky Mountain Express:
The story of the trans-Canada railroad has been told many times, but there's a special lift in watching it from the front of old 2816, a class H1b Hudson-type locomotive. Back in the 1930s, 2816 pulled passenger ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Dearborn's Henry Ford Museum will hold an IMAX film festival featuring the films, Tornado Alley, Rescue 3D, The Wildest Dream, Coral Reef Adventure, and Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West. CBS Detroit reports:
Starting October 1, The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre will send movie goers on the ultimate IMAX journey ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Hollywood Reporter writes:
Looks like Sony’s announcement it would stop paying for 3D glasses, which sunk RealD stock Wednesday, has rubbed off on Imax, even though its business model is such that Sony’s decision won’t affect the giant-screen movie company.
While shares of RealD, which actually could be harmed by Sony’s ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Austin's NBC affiliate KXAN interviews Air Racers 3D co-director Christian Fry on his latest film:
The film is a never-before-seen exploration of the world's fastest motor sport -- the legendary National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada.
Air Racers 3D will open in IMAX, Giant Screen and other ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Victoria, Canada's Times Colonist offers this great review of the classic Giant Screen film, Beavers, currently playing at the National Geographic IMAX:
The movie itself, shot in Alberta's Kananaskis country by Stephen Low, is as spectacular as the scenery which reflects on the surface of the beaver pond.
Beavers is worth seeing ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Tornado Alley opens tomorrow at Chattanooga's Tennessee Aquarium IMAX. From The Associated Press:
Five months after tornadoes hit the Chattanooga area and Tennessee, a movie about twisters is about to begin a run at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater in the city.
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The Greater Chattanooga American Red Cross is ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Seven new clips from Real Steel have been released.
Hugh Jackman headlines as washed-up fighter Charlie Kenton, who lost his chance at a title when 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. When he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son, Charlie gets one last shot at a comeback.
The film opens ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has released new film still and character images for Puss in Boots.
The film tells the hilarious and courageous (daring, bold, brave) tale of Puss's (Antiono Banderas) early adventures as he teams with mastermind Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) and the street-savvy Kitty (Salma Hayek) to steal the famed goose ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
(Evanston, IL—September 29, 2011) Giant Screen Films and D3D Cinema are pleased to announce promotions for Derek Threinen, Rob Grzymala and Deborah Raksany. Threinen has been promoted to Vice President, Film Distribution and Business Development, Grzymala to Vice President, Production and Finance, and Raksany to Vice President, Development and ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
The Los Angeles Times blog Hero Complex reports:
Brad Bird is thinking big with his first live-action feature film: A deal is being finalized by Paramount Pictures that will open “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” five days early at more than 200 IMAX theaters. The goal, according to the Oscar-winning writer-director ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
IMAX Big Movie Week Features These Action Blockbuster Favorites Exclusively At AMC Theatres
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sep 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AMC Theatres(R) has good news for guests suffering from post-summer, action-movie withdrawal. Beginning this Friday, Sept. 30, INCEPTION, FAST FIVE and STAR TREK -- three of the most popular ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX) today announced the new IMAX(R) theatre at SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas will open on Thursday, October 6th with a special promotional presentation of Real Steel: The IMAX Experience from DreamWorks Pictures. Regular presentations at the IMAX theatre will begin October 7th.
Media are invited to attend the opening ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Director Stephen Low's Rocky Mountain Express will be released this Friday. The Montreal Gazette gets an inside look into the film:
Stephen Low's latest IMAX film travels back to his childhood penchant for trains and helps him realize his own pan-Canadian dream all the while recalling the steam era that ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Solar Direct (ASD), a leading residential solar provider in California, announced today the appointment of Geoff Atkins, a leader in business development and brand strategy, to the newly created position of Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer (CMSO).
Atkins, who most recently held ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Business and community leader Steve Soboroff has been selected by the California Science Center Foundation as senior advisor for its project to transport and permanently exhibit the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour in Los Angeles.
Officials of the California Science Center, located in Exposition Park ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday reports:
The newly opened Digicel IMAX successfully hosted its first teachers’ screening on September 10. Teachers from various schools across Trinidad were treated to the movie “Space Station 3D” at the new cinema located at One Woodbrook Place. Space Station is the first-ever IMAX 3D space film ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Partnership to Include New Documentaries
Alliance to Kick Off With 2012 Release of To the Arctic -- a MacGillivray Freeman Films, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Co-Production
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) today announced their intention to form a long-term ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
London, Ontario, and Victoria, British Columbia, to Open New IMAX(R) Theatres
TORONTO, Sep 20, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (TSX:IMX) (NYSE:IMAX) and Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX) today announced an agreement to install two new digital IMAX(R) theatre systems, to be located in London, Ontario, at SilverCity London Cinemas, and in ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Film documenting the Reno National Championship Air Races will open at IMAX theatres in the US on February 10, 2012
Los Angeles (Calif.), Paris (France) & London (UK) – Sept. 19, 2011 /PR NEWSWIRE/ 3D Entertainment Distribution will host the IMAX industry premiere of "Air Racers 3D" this Tuesday morning, September ...
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