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4:00 PM on 04.30.2013

Here's your first look at Rocky the stage musical

It was ages ago when we first mentioned the stage musical adaptation of Rocky, but now we have your first look at the production, which is headed to Broadway in February or March 2014. And... well... it looks and sounds a li...

Hubert Vigilla



UPDATE: There are more theaters with The Hobbit in 48 fps photo
UPDATE: There are more theaters with The Hobbit in 48 fps
by Nick Valdez




Documentary-only movie theater opening in NYC photo
Documentary-only movie theater opening in NYC
by Hubert Vigilla


1:00 PM on 09.14.2012

London cinema uses ninjas to stop texting and talking

We love all those "don't talk or text" PSAs from The Alamo Drafthouse, like the Patton Oswalt PSA or the Michael Madsen PSA. It's a good-spirited way to tell inconsiderate jerks to shut the f**k up and turn off your stupid ph...

Hubert Vigilla



E.T. and the Twilight Saga will get one day re-releases photo
E.T. and the Twilight Saga will get one day re-releases
by Nick Valdez


9:00 AM on 09.05.2012

China's Dalian Wanda Group buys AMC for $2.6 billion

Dalian Wanda Group finalized its purchase of AMC Entertainment yesterday to the tune of $2.6 billion. Deadline notes that Wanda is China's largest investor in entertainment activities, and that this acquisition makes them the...

Hubert Vigilla

5:00 PM on 08.30.2012

New Apple patent could keep you from theater texting

As I said before, people who text or use their phones in theaters are jerks. I didn't just pay like a billion dollars just to hear about your grandmother's arthritis. Thankfully, that may all change.  Apple had a patent ...

Nick Valdez

10:00 AM on 08.22.2012

Glasses-free 3D movies may come sooner than you think

Do you hate those horrible 3D glasses you need to watch movies in theaters? Of course you do. You're human. They're especially heinous for anyone who tries to wear regular glasses underneath. Have you ever gotten a seat in a ...

Jenika Katz

8:00 AM on 08.06.2012

You cannot afford this custom Batcave theater

And if you can afford it, we should totally hang out more. The good people over at Elite Home Theater Seating can craft you a custom Batcave design for your home theater for the low low price of an arm and a leg. Most li...

Nick Valdez



Report: 35mm distribution to halt by 2013 photo
Report: 35mm distribution to halt by 2013
by Maxwell Roahrig


9:00 AM on 05.15.2012

John Carter gets a decent boost thanks to...drive-ins?

Well color me pink, folks haven't forgotten about the drive-in movie theatre! In an interesting turn of events, Disney is now seeing a decently little box office increase for its surprisingly decent John Carter, thanks t...

Maxwell Roahrig



Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is coming to New York City photo
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is coming to New York City
by Geoff Henao


11:00 AM on 03.29.2012

Clerks 3 may happen, would be a play

Kevin Smith recently announced his upcoming retirement, citing that he might make a Clerks 3 in the future if he has "something to say in [his] late 40s about being in [his] late 40s." He recently announced that he was very k...

Jenika Katz

12:00 PM on 03.22.2012

Teenagers want text-friendly theatres; World weeps

Over at The Hollywood Reporter, a poll was recently gathered which showed the proof of humanity's decline. Turns out, these sack of sh*t Millennials want theatres that'll cater to their every damn need, such as areas whe...

Maxwell Roahrig

6:00 PM on 03.14.2012

Let's save the Portage Theater!

Flixistonians! If you've been following the site for a while, you've probably realized that I'm a huge proponent of saving historic movie theaters from being repurposed or demolished. Well, here's a chance for me to put my m...

Maxwell Roahrig

10:00 AM on 03.13.2012

D-Box move-o-rama movie seats debut in the UK

William Castle was a gimmick prophet. D-Box movie theater seats (aka Percepto Vista) have debuted in the UK. If you're not familiar with D-Box, it's essentially theater seats that sync to the movements on screen. Think Star T...

Hubert Vigilla

6:00 PM on 12.14.2011

Patton Oswalt gets kicked out in new Alamo Drafthouse PSA

Look, the Alamo Drafthouse theaters in Austin, TX have one simple rule: You text/talk during a movie, you get kicked out. End of story. Apparently comedian Patton Oswalt didn't know about this iron-clad rule in the Drafthous...

Liz Rugg

6:00 PM on 12.13.2011

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to open one day early

Anyone who was planning to see David Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at a midnight screening next week can breathe a bit of a sigh of relief, since today Sony Pictures execs have decided to release the movie to theaters...

Liz Rugg

9:00 AM on 10.13.2011

Tower Heist VOD plans ceased

Well, that was fast. Seems that Universal's early VOD plans for Bret Ratner's latest suck-fest have fallen through. The National Association of Theatre Operators (NATO) have criticized Universal's plan to release Tower Heist&...

Maxwell Roahrig

7:00 PM on 10.07.2011

Want to know if Ghostbusters is playing near you?

Because I am the master of all Internet Fact, I proved in my last article about the Ghostbusters re-release that if you don't like Ghostbusters, you deserve to be eaten by wolves and stapled into a human centipede. Also, the ...

Alex Katz



8:00 PM on 10.06.2011

First three Twilight movies coming to theaters again

NCM Fathom and Summit Entertainment are planning to celebrate the release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part I by having the first three (yes, there have already been three...) Twilight movies play in theaters across the U.S. ...

Liz Rugg



Sony to stop paying for 3D glasses for theaters in 2012 photo
Sony to stop paying for 3D glasses for theaters in 2012
by Alex Katz