A lot of people blame this man for ruining a beloved franchise.  I blame him for something more damaging.

While watching Hugo, I realized that he is the man responsible for firing the projectionists.  As I once talked about before, the movie theater industry has been pushing…

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With all this talk about how the movie theater industry is losing money and theories being posted as to why, it's a wonder if any of the major movie theater companies are going to change up their act.  And from my unique perspective, I can say with some confidence that they probably won't.…

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I'm in an odd position now that I've seen something from the other side of the counter.  I say this because, like the title of this entry suggests, I just got back from my first press screening.  Now I could talk about the film, but I'm pretty sure that's breaking some kind of protocol as far as being a +1 for a press screening.  Or at least, I think it is.  I'm not quite sure.

Anyway, having worked the other side of the counter, I often see a demographic that clearly loves…

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I tend to hear a lot of things at work. Rumors, gossip, fact, fiction, praise, and complaints. But I just had a whole bunch of new information about the possible future of the theatre industry shoved down me all at once recently that I found very interesting. Unfortunately, most of the consumers out there don’t know about these plans.



Now, granted these plans won’t happen for another few decades, if even then. But it does make you think when you hear the what’s and the why’s to some of… Continue

If there’s one thing I can safely say without many people arguing against me, it is that this summer season at the movies sucked. I mean, really sucked. Both in business and in what movies came out.



I should also preface this by saying this is the observations from the theatre I work at and do not necessarily reflect the business of other theatres around the country, especially those where the bulk of the studio’s money is made like LA and NYC. The reason I’m even typing this… Continue

WARNING: WALL OF TEXT!

Do not read the following if you cannot stand reading long articles of any sort. Consider this your only warning!



An on-going discussion I’ve been having in and out of the theatre is a way to reform the box office so that it is more… I guess the correct term is “socialist,” but I’m not sure if I’m using it in the correct context. Anyway, the debate I found…

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