April 29, 2010
REEL WEEK: What’s Happening at the Movies
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Huntington’s Cinema Theatre offers a special Flashback Double Feature, which will run an entire week. The bill consists of “Enter the Dragon” (1973), the final film appearance of martial artist Bruce Lee, and “The Warriors” (1979), a New York street gang film that has been named to numerous top cult film listings.
Lauding that any “film viewed with a large audience is a much better [than in private],” Derek Hyman, President of the Greater Huntington Theatre Corp., builds on the Flashback Monday experience by “allowing customers to see vintage films on the day convenient for them.” The vintage double feature costs $5 for one and $8 for both flicks.
He added that the limited showtimes of the Flashback Monday series encourage higher attendance and create a “communal experience.”
Hyman, though, agrees with just about every moviegoer , too, he does not like “some idiot talking through the movie,” either.
ENTER THE DRAGON
“Enter the Dragon” has remained one of the most popular kung fu flicks by its series of superbly staged fighting sequences and Bruce Lee at the peak of his career. He plays a martial arts expert determined to bring to justice a narcotics dealer who was responsible for his sister’s death. To enter the fortified compound, Lee must chop, kick and fight into the dealer’s headquarters. This was Lee’s only English language film , although some of his electricity and charisma were evident in the cheesy , short lived, “Green Hornet” TV series. “Dragon” has been called “formulaic” mixing James Bond with a hint of blaxploitation. Watch for an updated “Lady from Shanghai” sequence as well as the hall of mirrors finale. The “English” titles for some of his other movies were “Fists of Fury,” “Return of the Dragon,” “Game of Death” and “Chinese Connection.”
WARRIORS
Directed by Walter (“48 Hours,” “Hard Times,” “Streets of Fire”) Hill, “The Warriors” (1979) concerned street gangs and New York City. When the leader of the city’s most powerful gang calls for a truce in favor of targeting police, a stray bullet ends the leaders life and the hit is blamed on a small gang, The Warriors, from Coney Island. They must make their way back to their home turf on the city’s subway system. When the film opened, it was linked to theatre vandalism and three killings of moviegoers on their way to or from showings in Southern California and Boston. President Ronald Reagan was a fan of the film having screened it at Camp David. A Seattle theatre found “people squeezed in , lying on the floor” and Entertainment Weekly rated it as the 16th greatest cult film. It’s also the 14th most Controversial movie.
FLASHBACK MONDAY
Following the double feature, Flashback returns to its 4 & 7 p.m. Monday time slot May 10 with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. On the series from May to July: May 17, TBA; May 24, “The Karate Kid;” May 31, “Blade Runner;” June 7, “Top Gun;” June 14, “Dr Strangelove;” June 21, “The African Queen;” June 28, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off;: July 5, Jaws; July 12, The Terminator; and July 19, Goldfinger.
SPRING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Colin Firth, Woody Harrelson, Heath Leger, James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, and Emma Thompson are among the stars you’ll find in the Spring selection of films at the WV International Film Festival. It runs from Thursday, April 29- Sunday May 2 at the Capitol Centre Theatre, 123 Summers Street.
Screenings include “The Cove”, which won this year’s Best Documentary at the Oscars.
Here’s the schedule. For more details visit, http://www.wviff.org , or call, (304) 342-6522.
Thursday April 29th
7:00 A Single
9:00 The Messenger ( Woody Harrelson plays an Iraq War veteran who just missed dying in combat who a few months
from discharge is assigned to the Casualty Notification Office)
Friday April 30th
6:30 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
9:00 The Last Station
Saturday May 1st
5:20 Intro to The Cove
5:30 The Cove
7:30 The Maid
9:30 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Sunday May 2nd
3:30 Broken Embraces
6:00 A Serious Man
8:15 An Education
RUNAWAYS
Chronicling a teen band coming of age in the 70s, “The Runaways” focuses on the bands formation and meteoric rise to fame. The story is based on a book by Cherrie Currie (“Neon Angel”) in which she reflects on her rock star experiences and delivers a strong anti-drug warning. (Exclusive, Cinema Theatre, Huntington)
PHISH
Filmed in 2009 at Festival 8, the 3D feature offers cover songs, intimate footage, backstage scenes, and rehearsals from a band known for “musical costumes” and their Halloween album costume. More than 40,000 fans were present at the festival where PHISH performed songs from the Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street , as well as a full length acoustic set. (Limited showings, Marquee Galleria, South Charleston, Wheeling).
IRON MAN 2
The release of “Iron Man 2” is nearing and movie fans are more than ready for the highly anticipated comic book film’s debut. MovieTickets.com is reporting that “Iron Man 2” has sold more than five times as many tickets as the first installment of “Iron Man” at the same point in the sales cycle, nine days prior the film’s release.
“Iron Man 2” also leads all ticket sales at MovieTickets.com today, accounting for 39 percent of all ticket sales, despite early reviews that waver from positive to negative.
As comic book super hero film continue to power the boxoffice, MovieTickets.com polled its readers (who cast a little over 13,600 votes) on, “Which comic book film are you most anticipating?”
Web-slinger “Spiderman 4” topped the list at 30% of the voters followed neck and neck by “The Avengers (24%) and “The Green Lantern” (23%) with “Captain America” capturing 20%.
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REEL WEEK: What’s Happening at the Movies
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Huntington’s Cinema Theatre offers a special Flashback Double Feature, which will run an entire week. The bill consists of “Enter the Dragon” (1973), the final film appearance of martial artist Bruce Lee, and “The Warriors” (1979), a New York street gang film that has been named to numerous top cult film listings.
Lauding that any “film viewed with a large audience is a much better [than in private],” Derek Hyman, President of the Greater Huntington Theatre Corp., builds on the Flashback Monday experience by “allowing customers to see vintage films on the day convenient for them.” The vintage double feature costs $5 for one and $8 for both flicks.
He added that the limited showtimes of the Flashback Monday series encourage higher attendance and create a “communal experience.”
Hyman, though, agrees with just about every moviegoer , too, he does not like “some idiot talking through the movie,” either.
ENTER THE DRAGON
“Enter the Dragon” has remained one of the most popular kung fu flicks by its series of superbly staged fighting sequences and Bruce Lee at the peak of his career. He plays a martial arts expert determined to bring to justice a narcotics dealer who was responsible for his sister’s death. To enter the fortified compound, Lee must chop, kick and fight into the dealer’s headquarters. This was Lee’s only English language film , although some of his electricity and charisma were evident in the cheesy , short lived, “Green Hornet” TV series. “Dragon” has been called “formulaic” mixing James Bond with a hint of blaxploitation. Watch for an updated “Lady from Shanghai” sequence as well as the hall of mirrors finale. The “English” titles for some of his other movies were “Fists of Fury,” “Return of the Dragon,” “Game of Death” and “Chinese Connection.”
WARRIORS
Directed by Walter (“48 Hours,” “Hard Times,” “Streets of Fire”) Hill, “The Warriors” (1979) concerned street gangs and New York City. When the leader of the city’s most powerful gang calls for a truce in favor of targeting police, a stray bullet ends the leaders life and the hit is blamed on a small gang, The Warriors, from Coney Island. They must make their way back to their home turf on the city’s subway system. When the film opened, it was linked to theatre vandalism and three killings of moviegoers on their way to or from showings in Southern California and Boston. President Ronald Reagan was a fan of the film having screened it at Camp David. A Seattle theatre found “people squeezed in , lying on the floor” and Entertainment Weekly rated it as the 16th greatest cult film. It’s also the 14th most Controversial movie.
FLASHBACK MONDAY
Following the double feature, Flashback returns to its 4 & 7 p.m. Monday time slot May 10 with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. On the series from May to July: May 17, TBA; May 24, “The Karate Kid;” May 31, “Blade Runner;” June 7, “Top Gun;” June 14, “Dr Strangelove;” June 21, “The African Queen;” June 28, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off;: July 5, Jaws; July 12, The Terminator; and July 19, Goldfinger.
SPRING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Colin Firth, Woody Harrelson, Heath Leger, James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, and Emma Thompson are among the stars you’ll find in the Spring selection of films at the WV International Film Festival. It runs from Thursday, April 29- Sunday May 2 at the Capitol Centre Theatre, 123 Summers Street.
Screenings include “The Cove”, which won this year’s Best Documentary at the Oscars.
Here’s the schedule. For more details visit, http://www.wviff.org , or call, (304) 342-6522.
Thursday April 29th
7:00 A Single
9:00 The Messenger ( Woody Harrelson plays an Iraq War veteran who just missed dying in combat who a few months
from discharge is assigned to the Casualty Notification Office)
Friday April 30th
6:30 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
9:00 The Last Station
Saturday May 1st
5:20 Intro to The Cove
5:30 The Cove
7:30 The Maid
9:30 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Sunday May 2nd
3:30 Broken Embraces
6:00 A Serious Man
8:15 An Education
RUNAWAYS
Chronicling a teen band coming of age in the 70s, “The Runaways” focuses on the bands formation and meteoric rise to fame. The story is based on a book by Cherrie Currie (“Neon Angel”) in which she reflects on her rock star experiences and delivers a strong anti-drug warning. (Exclusive, Cinema Theatre, Huntington)
PHISH
Filmed in 2009 at Festival 8, the 3D feature offers cover songs, intimate footage, backstage scenes, and rehearsals from a band known for “musical costumes” and their Halloween album costume. More than 40,000 fans were present at the festival where PHISH performed songs from the Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street , as well as a full length acoustic set. (Limited showings, Marquee Galleria, South Charleston, Wheeling).
IRON MAN 2
The release of “Iron Man 2” is nearing and movie fans are more than ready for the highly anticipated comic book film’s debut. MovieTickets.com is reporting that “Iron Man 2” has sold more than five times as many tickets as the first installment of “Iron Man” at the same point in the sales cycle, nine days prior the film’s release.
“Iron Man 2” also leads all ticket sales at MovieTickets.com today, accounting for 39 percent of all ticket sales, despite early reviews that waver from positive to negative.
As comic book super hero film continue to power the boxoffice, MovieTickets.com polled its readers (who cast a little over 13,600 votes) on, “Which comic book film are you most anticipating?”
Web-slinger “Spiderman 4” topped the list at 30% of the voters followed neck and neck by “The Avengers (24%) and “The Green Lantern” (23%) with “Captain America” capturing 20%.
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