Movie Screening: Epic, 2013 – Free Tickets For All!

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The studio is doing an unprecedented push to get you and this movie together in one room.  We’ve been given the OK to flat out offer the passes to our entire web readership (and the entire web for that matter!).  So use your mouse and printer and get your ticket to the hottest star-filled epic adventure of the summer.

Please remember, as always, a ticket does not guarantee admission.  Get there early and you’ll be fine.  Show up before 9AM, your chances are great.  930am or later….maybe not so good.

Free Tix, EWpic screening

Free Tix, EWpic screening


Written by on May 17, 2013 and categorized under Screenings

Movie Review: Kon-Tiki

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There are stories I’ve never gotten my greedy little hands on simply because I figured they were “Dude books”.  Call of the Wild.  Treasure Island.  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  Anything by Ernest Hemingway (okay, that’s because I’m not a fan of his writing style.  And also, dudebook.)  Kon-Tiki was in there too, because I couldn’t see how a voyage across the ocean in a little raft could possibly appeal to me.  But if the book is as exciting as the movie Kon-Tiki, I owe that book a huge apology.  Huge.  This dramatic retelling of the story of one man’s quest to prove his theories makes me want to not only read the book, but see the original (Academy Award winning ) 1951 documentary.  Yeah, Kon-Tiki is that good.

 It’s just after World War II.  Naturalist, anthropologist and all-around adventure guy Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen, in all his retro/40s-era matinee idol glory) is in Polynesia studying life, the universe and everything.  The natives tell Thor that they arrived in Polynesia from the West.  But all the great Western minds had decided these natives arrived from the East.  I mean really; who could sail across that wide expanse of sea in only a lashed-together log raft?  Thor sees that as a gauntlet thrown, and decides to do just that.  With a small group of friends, he takes off from Peru to try to reach Polynesia as Tiki, the native god that islanders believe populated their islands, did.

But will he make it?  Considering this movie is based on the book written by Heyerdahl after his expedition, and that I’ve already referenced his documentary of said expedition?  You can pretty much guess that answer.  Still, as other great docudramas have done before (like Titanic, All The President’s Men, Schindler’s List, and Argo), Kon-Tiki keeps viewers invested in the characters/individuals by weaving together expert storytelling and stunning visuals.

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Written by on May 17, 2013 and categorized under Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

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Star Trek meets Sherlock.  At least that’s what it’s seeming like on all the fannish boards along the Interwebs.  With Benedict Cumberbatch’s character shrouded in mystery — a mystery revealed for all who check this movie’s updated IMDb page — fans of the actor have been going crazy waiting to see him, and Trekkers (or Trekkies, as you prefer) have been going crazy trying to outguess director J.J. Abrams.  And while Star Trek Into Darkness is definitely a Trek-nucopia of canon fodder, what it isn’t is particularly welcoming to those folks who wouldn’t know a Vulcan Salute from a peace sign.  Still, Star Trek Into Darkness delivers the Id, Ego and Superego comedic clashes, the Kobayashi Maru-like impossible challenges, and the same good-vs-evil that we’ve come to know and love from this long lived franchise.  Abrams, along with fellow Lost alum Damon Lindelof, crafted a Trek universe that is familiar but slightly tilted.  It’s great to see how the young characters slowly grow into their original series counterparts…and if you’re not really in the know?  Go see it with your friends who are, and get caught up in the fun.

Captain James T. Kirk has just been taken to task for his last hair-brained seat-of-his-pants mission; he’s been stripped of his command and his First Officer Spock has been reassigned to another ship.  But meanwhile at what looks alot like the medical wing of Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, a stranger named Harrison has plans that will shake Starfleet to it’s core, bringing the Federation into uncharted waters and bloodshed.  It’s up to Kirk to get his commanding officers to believe in him again, and for him to understand exactly what it takes to sit in The Chair.

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Written by on May 16, 2013 and categorized under Movie Reviews

Movie Review: At Any Price

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Don’cha just hate when a movie looks like it’s going to be really amazing and show a side of life that you’ve never seen before, only to whip a 180 and bore you to tears?  Well, if that’s you then At Any Price doesn’t have much to recommend it; it’s a film that starts off with all sorts of promise only to get mired in so many “important messages” that it loses itself and it’s audience.

Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) is a corn farmer in Iowa.  He’s also a salesman for GMO (genetically modified organisms) corn seed, and is making a pretty darn good living at it.  Son Dean Whipple (Zac Efron) is the obligatory kid who wants to get out of the sticks, and he’s got a good chance of that thanks to his skill at auto racing.  When the Whipples aren’t busy squeezing Charmin with the farm, they’re doing the usual things that folks in Corn Country seem to do in movies; party out in the middle of nowhere, cheat on their wife with the secretary/former prom queen, drive to the nearest town (two hours away) to steal stuff, and try to cheat the system.  But for Henry and Dean things start to fall apart, and when they do you know it’s going to affect everyone around them.

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Written by on May 13, 2013 and categorized under Movie Reviews

Free Screening: Star Trek Into Darkness

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*ba-buuuuuum!*

Sorry.  I always feel like there should be Important Music at the end of that title.  It has a heavy sense of impending danger, and possibly of impending awesome.  How’d you like to find out if there’s danger and awesome in Star Trek Into Darkness? (*ba-buuuuuum!*  Okay, I’ll stop.)  Sure, the film hits theaters May 17th (the official release dates are May 15th for IMAX, May 16th for other theaters, which means midnight showings y’all.)  You can also check out the trailer: StarTrekMovie.com.  But how about catching it before everyone else hits the multiplex?

Well, that’s easy.  We’re giving away passes to the Baltimore screening of Star Trek Into Darkness.

Here’s the synopsis, straight from the studio:

In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice.

As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

So, are you in?  Of course you are.  Read on for how to get yourself in on this action….

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Written by on May 9, 2013 and categorized under Screenings

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