My fourth annual Movie Week was a fairly balanced affair, between smaller and larger theaters, between ones I’d visited before and ones I hadn’t, and between the east and west sides of the city. I finally got around to a few of the Santa Monica theaters I’d never visited before, explored how the Arclight brand […]
Entries from May 2011
Movie Week IV wrap-up
May 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV wrap-up
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Movie Week IV, Day 7
May 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 7
AMC Avco Thor Wednesday, 5/11/11, 7:00 pm Price: $14.50 ($11.50 + a $3 surcharge for 3-D, outrageous) Concessions: Red Vines, mmm. Audience: 15 people, in a theater that seats about 500. Trailers/advertising: Lots. The inevitable “First Look” junk, including a behind-the-scenes for The Smurfs in which everyone involved looked like they were having their teeth […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 6
May 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 6
Culver Plaza Theatres The Adjustment Bureau Tuesday, 5/10/11, 7:25 pm Price: $8.00 Concessions: None Audience: five people, in a theater that seats about 150. Trailers/advertising: A series of out-of-focus and off-center trivia slides, followed by trailers for Cat Run, Hanna, Beginners, and Paul. Projection: 35mm platter, slightly out of focus and dark I’ve only been […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 5
May 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments
AMC Santa Monica 7 Hanna Monday, 5/9/11, 7:35 pm Price: $11.75 Concessions: None Audience: seven people, in a theater that seats about 225. Trailers/advertising: AMC’s First Look stuff, with ads for Gatorade, Coke, a Sprint “no talking ad” featuring a clip from The Notebook, and two ads for live transmission events from Fathom: “Their Eyes […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 4
May 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 4
Laemmle Monica 4 Win Win Sunday, 5/8/11, 4:55 pm Price: $11.00 Concessions: None Audience: 40-50 people, which I thought was a not-bad showing. Trailers/advertising: Trailers for Midnight in Paris, Tree of Life, The Double Hour, The Arbor, and The Big Uneasy. Projection: 35mm platter, with no issues This theater is new to me. I always […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 3
May 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 3
Arclight Sherman Oaks Fast Five Saturday, 5/7/11, 8:00 pm Price: $13.50 (and that’s with a dollar off for buying the ticket using the Arclight iPhone app) Concessions: None Audience: The approximately 200-seat theater was mostly full on this Saturday night. Trailers/advertising: as with all Arclight theaters, no ads, a godsend. Trailers for X-Men First Class, […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 2
May 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 2
Los Feliz 3 Bill Cunningham New York Friday, 5/6/11, 7:00 pm Price: $9.50 Concessions: None Audience: About 30, out of 60 seats total. Trailers/advertising: trailers for Hanna (already showing on another screen in this theater) and Green Lantern, which got universal laughter, which was probably not its intent. Projection 35mm, with the right side in […]
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Movie Week IV, Day 1
May 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Movie Week IV, Day 1
Mann Grauman’s Chinese Paul Thursday, 5/5/11, 8:00 pm Price: $11.75 Concessions: None Audience: In an auditorium that seats about 1,500, I counted eight of us. Trailers/advertising: A ton. Ads for The L. A. Times, Movietickets.com, Mountain Dew, Orville Redenbacher, Caesar’s Palace, a Pirates of the Caribbean app, Ford, Rihanna’s perfume, an Allstate ad with Liz […]
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