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Kick-Ass Kids: Matthew Vaughn helms comic-book tale of young superheroes
A lifelong comic-book fan and a veteran of the British gangster genre, English filmmaker Matthew Vaughn gets a chance to combine both passions with his new movie, Kick-Ass. More »
Back up on the big screen: Jennifer Lopez returns In Alan Poul's pregnancy comedy
After a literally pregnant pause in her career—having not released a movie or studio album since 2007 in order to have twins Max and Emme with her singer husband Marc Anthony—Jennifer Lopez returns to the screen April 23 in CBS Films’ The Back-up Plan, playing a pregnant-by-choice single woman who's given pause when, just after a fateful visit to a fertility clinic, she meets Mr. Right. More »
Romantic Rendez-Vous: Lincoln Center's love affair with French cinema continues
If it’s March in New York, it’s the next best thing to April in Paris for the area’s Francophiles and serious film fans (often the same people), as The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance again throw their annual “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema” party of new films. More »
3Dragons: Producer Bonnie Arnold tames DreamWorks' latest CGI creatures
In the dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood, producers often have to fight hard to attach themselves to the hottest projects. But for Bonnie Arnold...all it took was a casual weekend conversation with DreamWorks Animation head honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg to land one of the studio's most coveted in-development titles, How to Train Your Dragon. More »
Summer sneak preview: Star vehicles and sequels lead a promising lineup
Iron Man, Robin Hood, The A-Team, Sylvester Stallone…the summer 2010 season has no shortage of macho heroes for moviegoers to cheer on. More »
Cinemas
In good company: Georgia Theatre team salutes 'a Southern gentleman'
“When you look up ‘Southern gentleman’ in the dictionary, you’ll see Bill Stembler’s name.” More »
Georgia on his mind: ShoWester Bill Stembler creates family feeling at leading regional circuit
“We don’t change much,” muses William Jenkins Stembler, chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia Theatre Company (GTC) and 2010 ShoWester honoree. And indeed, in terms of numbers, his circuit of 272 screens at 27 locations in Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and, of course, Georgia, doesn’t seem much different from the last time Film Journal International checked in with him. More »
90 years young: Gerry Lopez leads a growing AMC toward digital future
AMC Entertainment Inc. is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year—and experiencing a growth spurt. More »
Hitting the jackpot: ShoWest convention celebrates another record year
While the economy still struggles to recover from one of the worst financial crises in history, the cinema business continues to support the prevailing wisdom that people find comfort at the movies during tough times. More »
Community spirit: ShoWest salutes cinema managers' creative promotions
This year’s ShoWest/NATO Marketing Achievement Award winners used their promotions to unite small towns and bring together the micro-communities of New York City. The events drew people to movie theatres not just to catch whatever was playing at eight o’clock, but to socialize, support charities, be entertained, and learn or taste something new. More »
Technology
XpanDing 3D: Maria Costeira targets screens in North America
For moviegoers in North America, RealD and Dolby Digital 3D are the names they generally associate with the new wave of hit digital 3D releases. But around the globe, there’s another player making a vivid impression in the stereoscopic realm. More »
Small towns, big picture: Cinemas at the heart of downtown revivals
The cinema and the downtown used to be as synonymous with each other as popcorn and movies. The downtown was the destination point of the city, and the movie theatre was the very heart of the downtown. More »
Pick your palace: Exhibition experts combine experience for Cinema Redux turnkey theatres
Looking at our sixth annual overview of new cinema construction over the past few months, not to mention the ongoing good numbers for our industry, some of you may have taken inspiration to go ahead with those long-held plans for that wonderful new theatre. More »
The return of 35mm 3D: Two competing processes add a new dimension to stereoscopic race
One of the most important but baffling aspects of the cinema technology market is that innovation can come from anywhere, from any direction, or any point in time. More »
Digital heads east: China, India and Korea lead the conversion race
Following the lead of the U.S. and European markets, in 2009 digital conversions in much of Asia continue to inch forward, propelled largely on a screen-by-screen basis as justified for specific 3D titles. More »
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REVIEWS
Film Review: Green Zone
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon translate their shock-and-awe Bourne stylistics to a stiff, uneven Iraq War actioner that's more anti-invasion wish fulfillment than ideas-driven drama. More »
Film Review: Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton's muddled take on the classic Lewis Carroll tale has moments of lucidity but mostly seems as confused as its titular heroine. More »
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