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Cineplex plans film festival of classic movies
Tuesday January 29th 2013A film festival made up of old favourites – from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Jaws – as well as the latest in cockney zombie cinema is coming to movie theatres around Canada.
The Great Digital Film Festival, which runs Feb. 1 to 7, is a collection of 18 films that have been grouped into themes: a day of Indiana Jones movies, for instance, or a quadruple-header of crime films that includes Goodfellas, Casino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
It’s put together by Cineplex, which started the festival four years ago at one theatre in Toronto and has now expanded it to 19 theatres from British Columbia to Quebec. “A lot of people have never seen these movies on the big screen,” says Cineplex spokeswoman Pat Marshall. “And for baby boomers, some of us haven’t seen them since we were teenagers or in our early 20s, on the dating scene.”
The films include fan favourites such as The Matrix and Gremlins, and some edgier fare. On Feb. 5, theatres will screen Battle Royale, a 2000 Japanese movie that is similar to The Hunger Games – a group of schoolchildren is set loose in the woods with instructions to kill one another – followed by Oldboy, a violent 2003 Korean movie about a man who is mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years and vows revenge when he is finally released. A remake of that movie, directed by Spike Lee and starring Josh Brolin, is due in October.
The one newcomer on the list – and the first time a new film has been shown at the festival – is Cockneys vs Zombies, a 2012 British release getting its Canadian premiere at a midnight show on Feb. 2. It’s about a group of robbers who accidentally open a zombie tomb in London, and have to lurch their way to safety while being slowly chased.
Tickets cost $6 each, with discounts for multiple films. For a list of participating theatres and showtimes, visit cineplex.com/digitalfilmfest.
Source: Montreal Gazette
Headline, Industry News
Cineplex plans film festival of classic movies
Tuesday January 29th 2013A film festival made up of old favourites – from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Jaws – as well as the latest in cockney zombie cinema is coming to movie theatres around Canada.
The Great Digital Film Festival, which runs Feb. 1 to 7, is a collection of 18 films that have been grouped into themes: a day of Indiana Jones movies, for instance, or a quadruple-header of crime films that includes Goodfellas, Casino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
It’s put together by Cineplex, which started the festival four years ago at one theatre in Toronto and has now expanded it to 19 theatres from British Columbia to Quebec. “A lot of people have never seen these movies on the big screen,” says Cineplex spokeswoman Pat Marshall. “And for baby boomers, some of us haven’t seen them since we were teenagers or in our early 20s, on the dating scene.”
The films include fan favourites such as The Matrix and Gremlins, and some edgier fare. On Feb. 5, theatres will screen Battle Royale, a 2000 Japanese movie that is similar to The Hunger Games – a group of schoolchildren is set loose in the woods with instructions to kill one another – followed by Oldboy, a violent 2003 Korean movie about a man who is mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years and vows revenge when he is finally released. A remake of that movie, directed by Spike Lee and starring Josh Brolin, is due in October.
The one newcomer on the list – and the first time a new film has been shown at the festival – is Cockneys vs Zombies, a 2012 British release getting its Canadian premiere at a midnight show on Feb. 2. It’s about a group of robbers who accidentally open a zombie tomb in London, and have to lurch their way to safety while being slowly chased.
Tickets cost $6 each, with discounts for multiple films. For a list of participating theatres and showtimes, visit cineplex.com/digitalfilmfest.
Source: Montreal Gazette
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Headline, Industry News
Cineplex plans film festival of classic movies
Tuesday January 29th 2013A film festival made up of old favourites – from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Jaws – as well as the latest in cockney zombie cinema is coming to movie theatres around Canada.
The Great Digital Film Festival, which runs Feb. 1 to 7, is a collection of 18 films that have been grouped into themes: a day of Indiana Jones movies, for instance, or a quadruple-header of crime films that includes Goodfellas, Casino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.
It’s put together by Cineplex, which started the festival four years ago at one theatre in Toronto and has now expanded it to 19 theatres from British Columbia to Quebec. “A lot of people have never seen these movies on the big screen,” says Cineplex spokeswoman Pat Marshall. “And for baby boomers, some of us haven’t seen them since we were teenagers or in our early 20s, on the dating scene.”
The films include fan favourites such as The Matrix and Gremlins, and some edgier fare. On Feb. 5, theatres will screen Battle Royale, a 2000 Japanese movie that is similar to The Hunger Games – a group of schoolchildren is set loose in the woods with instructions to kill one another – followed by Oldboy, a violent 2003 Korean movie about a man who is mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years and vows revenge when he is finally released. A remake of that movie, directed by Spike Lee and starring Josh Brolin, is due in October.
The one newcomer on the list – and the first time a new film has been shown at the festival – is Cockneys vs Zombies, a 2012 British release getting its Canadian premiere at a midnight show on Feb. 2. It’s about a group of robbers who accidentally open a zombie tomb in London, and have to lurch their way to safety while being slowly chased.
Tickets cost $6 each, with discounts for multiple films. For a list of participating theatres and showtimes, visit cineplex.com/digitalfilmfest.
Source: Montreal Gazette
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