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Reply #15 - Apr 6^th, 2012 at 7:20am

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10 or 15 bucks per movie Shocked

is there a festival pass? they have terminator 1 and 2 but not 3. i am sick of the anti terminator 3 bias. it's a good movie.

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Reply #16 - Apr 6^th, 2012 at 11:32am

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kirok wrote on Apr 6^th, 2012 at 7:20am:

10 or 15 bucks per movie Shocked

is there a festival pass?...

All those 70mm prints are very expensive to procure, especially outside of Los Angeles. Even with Paul Allen involved, it's not cheap to put on an event with such primo prints. Still, charging $30 for METROPOLIS (granted with the Alloy Orchestra), $15 for WAR OF THE WORLDS, and $20 for 2001 is a bit rich. Makes our Marathon prices seem more reasonable, eh?

But, there is, to me, quite the lame Marathon coming up:

A 6 movie Marvel's The Avengers 'thon.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/marvels-the-avengers-marathon-event-sells-out-am...

Sure, there are a couple of decent titles in the mix. But, I would find this numbing to sit through. Of course, it's selling out all across the country at $40 a pop. And, ugh, would this one be an assault on your ears....

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Reply #17 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 9:23am

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Opening in Boston this Friday April 13 is a movie I've been looking forward to "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope" A celebration of both the con but also the fandom culture that's made it grow and grow. http://comicconmovie.com/
It's opening at the Coolidge Corner and on Sunday the director will be there for the 3:00 show.
Reviews have been very good and the director is the guy who did Super-size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and it was produced by Stan Lee and Josh Whedon.

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Reply #18 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 10:06am

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Apr 10^th, 2012 at 9:23am:

Opening in Boston this Friday April 13 is a movie I've been looking forward to "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope" A celebration of both the con but also the fandom culture that's made it grow and grow. http://comicconmovie.com/
It's opening at the Coolidge Corner and on Sunday the director will be there for the 3:00 show.
Reviews have been very good and the director is the guy who did Super-size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and it was produced by Stan Lee and Josh Whedon.

f the coolidge.
i might go.

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Reply #19 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 12:00pm

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DETENTION is also opening, at AMC Boston Common (and other ANCe in large markets). It's a genuinely funny and fast-paced teen comedy/horror/sci-fi mashup that only makes me feel a little old because the old, lame pop-culture references are to the year I graduated high school.

Well worth a look, with the sci-fi elements surprisingly tight given the sort of comedy it is.

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Reply #20 - Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 7:31pm

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Fathom Events /Turner Classic Movies is running Universal's "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" double feature on the big screen tomorrow.

http://www.fathomevents.com/classics/event/tcmfrankensteins.aspx?d=10/24/2012

Grab your favorite beverage, sit back, and enjoy these Horror/sci-fi classics in the way they were meant to be seen. Anyone going to Randolph: We'll see you there.

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Reply #21 - Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 9:13pm

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Coolidge Corner 11:59 PM on October 27. 12 hour mini horror marathon. First two films are Exorcist and Carpenter's The Thing The other five films are surprises. $15 bucks for the double feature, $20 bucks gets you the whole thing. http://www.coolidge.org/content/12th-annual-halloween-horror-movie-marathon

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Reply #22 - Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 9:18pm

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I will be attending both events. I have seen Frankenstein a buch o' times on the big screen over the past few years but I cannot pass up the chance. Harvard showed it, Cooldige showed, Thon showed it..... Bride is my favorite of the Frankys.

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Reply #23 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 12:01am

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I appreciate the post.

Unfortunately, both are showing on Digital. So, thumbs down for me even though BRIDE is one of my Top 10 Films of All Time. And, it's playing ten minutes from my house.

We at the Marathon know that there are recently struck 35mm prints. Heck, FRANKENSTEIN's beautiful print was show at February's Marathon!

The shame. Shame on Universal Cry

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R_F_Fineman wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 7:31pm:

Fathom Events /Turner Classic Movies is running Universal's "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" double feature on the big screen tomorrow.

http://www.fathomevents.com/classics/event/tcmfrankensteins.aspx?d=10/24/2012

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Grab your favorite beverage, sit back, and enjoy these Horror/sci-fi classics in the way they were meant to be seen. Anyone going to Randolph: We'll see you there.

Massachusetts: 15 Locations
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Bellingham 14

Fenway 13

AMC Burlington 10

Legacy Place

Patriot Place

AMC Framingham 15

Hampshire Mall 12

Lowell Showcase Cinemas

Solomon Pond Mall 15

Blackstone Valley

Randolph Showcase Cinemas

Revere Showcase Cinemas

Cinemagic Sturbridge

Swansea

West Springfield 12

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Reply #24 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 12:13am

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Can we stop the moaning and groaning about digital. We get it. You hate it. You don't watch it. No need to mention it at every turn. Let it go already.

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Reply #25 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 1:54am

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Frank wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 9:18pm:

I will be attending both events. I have seen Frankenstein a buch o' times on the big screen over the past few years but I cannot pass up the chance. Harvard showed it, Cooldige showed, Thon showed it..... Bride is my favorite of the Frankys.

Would like to know what the surprise movies are, won't make it as I'ld have to fly in from Seattle.

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Reply #26 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 8:42am

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Lile wrote on Oct 24^th, 2012 at 1:54am:

Frank wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 9:18pm:

I will be attending both events. I have seen Frankenstein a buch o' times on the big screen over the past few years but I cannot pass up the chance. Harvard showed it, Cooldige showed, Thon showed it..... Bride is my favorite of the Frankys.

Would like to know what the surprise movies are, won't make it as I'ld have to fly in from Seattle.

I will post next week.

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Reply #27 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 10:26am

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You know, it seems like everytime I turn around (which is fairly frequent) there's yet another "Marathon" being touted. It's nice that our Original BSFFM has engendered such virulent copy-cat-ism (proving its viability as a conceptual marketing ploy), but it's becoming so tired and cliche that it almost makes me wish we could change our own event designation -- Annual Boston 24-hour Sc-Fi Movie Lockdown, or Boston's Only Annual 24-hour SF Film Confinement, or Annual BSF Movie Sweathouse -- anything to re-create our uniqueness as the original from which all other clones are, well, cloned.

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Reply #28 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 11:20am

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I was unaware that there were so many other thons. Are these local? I love a good marathon (all genres) so please do tell.

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Reply #29 - Oct 24^th, 2012 at 12:21pm

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First, of all. Current digital projection even at it's very best is inferior to a good 35mm print. Period. Black and White films are particularly affected because it is imperative to have rich deep blacks and sharp shadow fog detail - all things that digital has issues with. Blacks look grey and shadows look like a haze or fog.

Second, Universal has spent a considerable amount of money and effort to restore and maintain their classics in 35mm over the past several years. It's galling that they would just toss all that work into a closet in order to save a few bucks on shipping.

Third, I would love to see these films on the big screen. But, sometimes, it is more important to stand on principle.

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